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The Durham Bulls is a Triple-A minor league baseball team that currently plays in the International League. The Bulls play their home games at Durham Bulls Athletic Park located in the downtown area of Durham, North Carolina. Durham Bulls Athletic Park is often called the "DBAP" or "D-Bap". The Bulls are the Triple-A affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays. Established in 1902 and disbanded many times over the years, the Bulls became internationally famous in 1988 following the release of the movie Bull Durham, which starred the team, Kevin Costner as "Crash" Davis, a veteran catcher, Tim Robbins as Ebby Calvin "Nuke" LaLoosh, a talented young pitcher, and Susan Sarandon as Annie Savoy, their love interest. Bull Durham was the Bulls’ first appearance on film. The Bulls’ second appearance on film w

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The Durham Bulls is a Triple-A minor league baseball team that currently plays in the International League. The Bulls play their home games at Durham Bulls Athletic Park located in the downtown area of Durham, North Carolina. Durham Bulls Athletic Park is often called the "DBAP" or "D-Bap". The Bulls are the Triple-A affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays. Established in 1902 and disbanded many times over the years, the Bulls became internationally famous in 1988 following the release of the movie Bull Durham, which starred the team, Kevin Costner as "Crash" Davis, a veteran catcher, Tim Robbins as Ebby Calvin "Nuke" LaLoosh, a talented young pitcher, and Susan Sarandon as Annie Savoy, their love interest. Bull Durham was the Bulls’ first appearance on film. The Bulls’ second appearance on film was in the movie The Rookie which was released in 2002 and starred Dennis Quaid as Jim Morris, a baseball pitcher who is now retired. The real Jim Morris did play for the Bulls briefly during the 1999 season and was then called up to the major leagues on September 18, 1999 at the age of 35. He made his debut against Royce Clayton of the Texas Rangers, striking him out on four pitches. His goal of pitching in the majors was finally realized, and he made four more appearances later that year. At the time of Bull Durham, both the real Bulls and their movie counterparts played in the High-A Carolina League, two steps below the team's current position in the Triple-A International League. The franchise was promoted from High-A to Triple-A which was ten years after their first film appearance because of their popularity as the main team in Bull Durham and the Triple-A leagues needed two more teams to accommodate affiliates for the Major League Baseball expansion Tampa Bay Devil Rays and the Arizona Diamondbacks. The Durham Bulls joined the International League as an expansion franchise. The Bulls then switched affiliates from the Braves to the Devil Rays for the 1998 season. The Bulls’ promotion to Triple-A helped bring professional baseball back to another city, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina in the form of the Myrtle Beach Pelicans. That team was founded as the Danville 97s in Danville, Virginia (right after the Bulls were promoted to Triple-A), playing their home games at American Legion Field. The 97s relocated after one season in Danville to Myrtle Beach to become the Pelicans and are now playing at Pelicans Ballpark. The 97s/Pelicans franchise is a new franchise because the Bulls retained their Carolina League history, but that team was not granted as an expansion franchise. The Pelicans still play in the Carolina League. Through twelve seasons in Triple-A, the Bulls have already won three Governors' Cups. In 2002, the Bulls celebrated their 100th anniversary season. In 2009, the Bulls won their first Triple-A National Championship. On August 2, 2011, the Durham Bulls defeated the Charlotte Knights for their 6,000th win in franchise history.