The Durham Bulls Podcast

Durham Bulls home clubhouse manager Pat Phelan joins Patrick Kinas on THE Durham Bulls Podcast to provide a look into his unique job.  Phelan talks about his career arc from a Bulls bat boy to the clubhouse, his special friendships and championship memories.

In the first episode of the 2024 off-season, Durham Bulls outfielder Nick Schnell joins Patrick Kinas on THE Durham Bulls Podcast to talk fatherhood, growing up in the midwest and his journey as a first-round high school pick of the Rays to Triple-A.

Durham Bulls catcher Logan Driscoll joins THE Durham Bulls Podcast to talk about his journey to the Bull City.  Durham is now Driscoll's new home with his wife Isabel, who is a resident at Duke Medical.Hear about Driscoll's baseball arc, how he and Isabel met at the age of 9, and off-the-field enjoyment of fishing.  Logan recounts a story about an argument he got into on the field in college - with his brother and teammate - and how Logan feels he'd fare in a mascot costume.

17-year DBAP scoreboard operator Chris Ivy joins Patrick Kinas on THE Durham Bulls Podcast.  He takes us through the journey of landing one of the coolest jobs at the DBAP, what it's like behind the Blue Monster and tracking the game every run, hit and error at a time.

Cole and Beau Sulser join Patrick Kinas on THE Durham Bulls Podcast to talk about their inidividual and collective journeys to major league baseball.  Cole and Beau are one of 450 sets of brothers to reach MLB.Cole is in his third stint pitching for the Durham Bulls (2019, 2023, 2024).  

Former Durham Bulls outfielder and major league superstar Andruw Jones joins Patrick Kinas on THE Durham Bulls Podcast to talk about his storied career.Jones tells the story of his signing out of Curacao, his relationship with Willie Mays, his major league call-up as a 19yo, the motivation behind not being invited to major league camp in 1996 after he was named Minor League Player of the Year, and his return to Durham Bulls Athletic Park after 28 years.Jones also admits who his toughest pitcher was to face, his must-watch MLB players during his era, and from whom he had to borrow clothes after his first day in the major leagues.

Durham Bulls pitcher Joe Record joins THE Durham Bulls Podcast to talk about his journey to the Bull City.  Record talks about his time leading UCSB to the 2016 College World Series, the breakout high school game that put him on the map and his diagnosis last summer as a Type 1 diabetic.  Hear about the games he'd play with his older brother as a kid that wouldn't end when the sun went down.  Instead, they'd end with something breaking or someone in tears.

CJ Hinojosa joins Patrick Kinas on THE Durham Bulls Podcast to discuss his baseabll journey from the University of Texas to the Bulls.  Hinojosa talks about his special relationship with Augie Garrido, one of college baseball's all-time legendary head coaches, family and much more.

Durham Bulls catcher Rob Brantly joins Patrick Kinas on THE Durham Bulls Podcast to discuss his baseball journey.  Brantly details his career from his childhood to college to fulfilling his lifelong dream of playing major league baseball.

Jatovi McDuffie, the 19-year on-field announcer for the Durham Bulls, joins the podcast to talk about his loves of the job, how he got the job, his passion for people and gaming, and his endeavor to better the Durham community through his on-field and off-field ventures.