Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains... and sometime if you're in Durham, you should visit the historic Durham Athletic Park. Prior home to the Durham Bulls minor league team, this is also the filming location for the movie "Bull Durham". While the Bulls have changed homes, college baseball is still played here. If you're a baseball fan, if you're a "Bull Durham" fan, then you should visit if only to see where it all happened. It'll be as if you dipped yourself in magic waters, and the memories will be so thick you'll have to brush them away from your face (wrong movie, I know, but very...
Read moreAfter watching Bull Durham 100 times, it was awesome to finally visit the field. The former home of the Bulls, still hosts local high school teams as well as travel ball tournaments. The grounds crew welcomed me inside after seeing me looking through the fence. Jimmy was awesome and gave me a ball from the tournament and let me walk around and take pictures. If you've seen the movie and are a baseball fan, you should definitely visit...
Read moreThis is an absolutely gorgeous park. The grounds crew from DBAP keep the DAP looking amazing. There isn't much parking on site, but plenty around the ball park. There isn't a bad seat in the stands. For the history buffs, this is the park the movie Bull Durham was filmed in. Beautiful murals on the building in left behind the scoreboard, and open seating at the Arcade in center field. Plenty of stalls and sinks in...
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