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2012: What's in Store?

Sam Stephenson — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 09:56:00 -0400

The Bulls won their opener last night in 12 innings, as reported by Adam Sobsey, showing his inimitable, thorough form already.

I'll be taking the baton from Adam and covering home games soon, too.…

Bull City Summer Pilot Project, a Recap

Sam Stephenson — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 16:04:00 -0400

Nine games in eight days, the Bull City Summer pilot project, or test run, is complete, capped yesterday by “the most important win of the season,” everyone agreed including manager Charlie Montoyo, Bulls’ radio broadcaster Neil Solondz, and Bull City Summer’s Adam Sobsey. Yesterday also included announcements that Bulls’ outfielder Russ Canzler won MVP of the International League and that the DBAP would host the AAA National Championship game in September 2012.…

Q&A with Herman Reeder, Cotton Candy Vendor

Sam Stephenson — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 12:14:00 -0400

If you've attended a Bulls game over the last four seasons, you've seen Herman Reeder. If you are a regular at Bulls games, you might find the lean, sinewy, bearded figure of Herman Reeder as recognizable as any of the players.…

Groundskeeping in Rain, Pt. 2

Sam Stephenson — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 11:00:49 -0400

Yesterday, I posted this interview with Bulls head groundskeeper Scott Strickland. After last night's rain delay I interviewed Strickland again and he offered an interesting anecdote that may provide a subtle indication of the stress and uncertainty on the Bulls' pitching staff right now.…

A Hurricane Not Too Hard on DBAP Field

Sam Stephenson — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 15:25:25 -0400

In the fourth inning of last night’s Bulls’ 12-7 loss to the Charlotte Knights, I sat down near the right field foul pole with the DBAP’s head groundskeeper, Scott Strickland, to ask him some questions about preparations for Hurricane Irene. Strickland is only twenty-eight years old but he’s already been with the Bulls for eight years.…

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Bull City Summer Pilot Project

Sam Stephenson — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 09:39:01 -0400

For the past 13-plus years I've been studying a nondescript five-floor brick and wood-plank walk-up in New York City's wholesale flower district that was an after-hours jazz haunt in the 1950s and '60s. The work became known as The Jazz Loft Project at the Center for Documentary Studies (CDS).…
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