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Food, fun and baseball! Durham Bulls season opener is Tuesday
The Durham Bulls open their home season Tuesday. General Manager Tyler Parsons joins WRAL News to talk about the excitement and what fans can expect this year.
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The Durham Bulls open their home season Tuesday. General Manager Tyler Parsons joins WRAL News to talk about the excitement and what fans can expect this year.
SEE IT. >> COUNTING DOWN THE DAYS TO THE HOME OPENER RIGHT THERE AT THAT VENUE. WE LOOK LIVE AT THE DBAP DURHAM BULLS, ATHLETIC PARK. AS TOMORROW. THE BULLS TAKE THE FIELD FOR THE FIRST HOME GAME OF THE SEASON. SUCH AN EXCITING TIME HERE. GENERAL MANAGER TYLER PARSONS JOINING US LIVE TO TALK ABOUT ALL THIS EXCITEMENT OF WHAT FANS CAN EXPECT EITHER. WELCOME. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US HERE THIS YEAR. AND HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL. EVERY SPRINGTIME. WHEN WE GET TO THIS POINT HERE, WHAT ARE YOU MOST EXCITED ABOUT THIS YEAR'S TEAM COMING IN? >> I APPRECIATE YOU HAVING ME, JEFF. OPENING DAY. WE'RE EXCITED HERE. THE D BAP AND READY TO GET THE 2024 SEASON GOING. I'M JUST EXCITED TO SEE THE FANS AGAIN. YOU KNOW, WE HAD OUR FANS US THIS PAST FRIDAY IS JUST SO GOOD TO SEE ALL THE DURHAM BULLS FANS COMING HERE. THE STADIUM, A SMILE AND HAVING A GOOD WE CAN'T WAIT TO GET THIS SEASON GOING AND THE TIME YOU CAN TAKE A LITTLE BP IN THE DBAP, THE YOU KNOW, YOU'RE IN THE RIGHT PLACE. >> TO GET THIS SEASON, GOING TO HAVE GREAT WEATHER FOR IT. FINGERS CROSSED. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE GREAT WEATHER TODAY. GET THE FIELD READY TO MORROW OFF WEEK BEHIND OF WE GO. I'VE ALREADY HAD SOME CALL UPS. I MEAN, PLAYER WISE ROSTER, WISE TO YOU GUYS ARE ARE USED TO HANG AROUND IN CONTENTION. CAN WE EXPECT THE SAME AS FANS? >> YOU KNOW, WE I GIVE A RAISE OR MAJOR LEAGUE AFFILIATE DONE. A GREAT JOB OF ALWAYS LOADING UP THERE AND HEAR THE REALLY TALENTED ROSTER. NOT SO WE HAD THAT THE BACK-TO-BACK TRIPLE A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS THERE. AND IN 21, 22, WE HAVE MAKING THE PLAYOFFS LAST YEAR, BUT CAME UP JUST LIKE OUR ROSTER AND THE MAKEUP SO FAR. I WANT TO TELL THE PLAYERS AND A LOT OF PLAYERS WHO HAVE PLAYED HERE IN DURHAM AND KNOW WHAT THE EXPECTATIONS ARE. AND YOU KNOW, WE ENJOY WAITING IN THE EXPECTATION IS TO COMPETE FOR CHAMPIONSHIPS HERE IN DURHAM. SO EXCITED TO HAVE THEM SEE THE HOME CROWD, THE HOUSE. THEY STARTED ON THE ROAD THIS PAST WEEKEND. BUT THOSE EASIER TO PLAN FOR THAT HOME CROWD. >> YOU'VE GOT ONE IN THE WIN COLUMN A WHILE ON THE ROAD. SO THAT'S A GOOD THING COMING IN ON A ON A WINNING TO GET THINGS STARTED. >> I KNOW AT THIS LEVEL THERE'S ALWAYS A LOT OF IMAGINATION COMES INTO PLAY WITH. >> HOW WE GOING TO OUTDO LAST YEAR. YOU KNOW, AS FAR SOME OF THE PROMOTIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WHAT ARE WHAT ARE SOME OF THE BIG, GREAT IDEAS ARE GOING TO BE ROLLED OUT THIS YEAR? >> NOW WE'VE GOT A LOT OF FUN, NEW THING FOR FANTASY YEAR AT THE STATE. AND I THINK THE FIRST THING I SEE WITH FANS WALK IN A IT WILL BE A BRAND NEW WE WENT THROUGH A FIELD RESURFACING THIS PAST YEAR. SO THE ENTIRE FIELD IS BRAND NEW. SO WE GET READY HERE FOR FOR OPENING DAY TOMORROW. I'LL BE THE FIRST TIME THE BULLS HAVE PLAYED A GAME ON THIS BRAND NEW SERVICE. SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. WE'VE GOT SOME REALLY COOL FOOD AND BEVERAGE OFFERINGS THAT ARE GOING TO BE AROUND HERE. WE'VE GOT SOME PORK ON PORK. NACHOS WILL BE CAROLINA, DOG CAROLINA TOP PRETZELS. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE CHEESE STEAKS YEAR AND CHICKEN CHEESE DAYS AND WE'VE ALSO GOT LIKE PULL PORK PARFAIT AS WELL. SO A LOT OF COOL FOOD OFFERINGS THAT WE HAVE HERE. THE FANS WILL NOTICE TO THIS FROM A VISUAL STANDPOINT, JUST KIND OF A NEW LOOK AND FEEL WITH THE VIDEO BOARDS AND THEN WE'RE EXCITED. I THINK A LOT WILL HAPPEN. THIS FIRST HOMESTAND HERE, WE'RE EXCITED TO TO REALLY ANOTHER MASCOT TO JOIN WILLIE PULL AROUND THE DBAP HERE. SO SOME FANS CAN LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THAT AS WOW. THAT MIGHT BE THE TEASE OF THE CENTURY RIGHT THERE. AS FAR AS TO WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE DBAP. YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT THE FOOD A LOT BECAUSE IT SAYS GREAT. YOU KNOW, IT JUST GOES HAND-IN-HAND WITH GOING OUT TO THE BALLPARK, GETTING SOME OF THE FOOD. SO SOME OF THE THINGS YOU MENTIONED SOUND GREAT. >> CAN'T WAIT TO TAKE IT ALL. AND I KNOW THE PLAYERS APPRECIATE THE NEW FIELD. THAT OUT THERE AS WELL. IT IS A HOME OPENER TOMORROW. TYLER, ALL THE BEST WITH THE NEW SEASON. COMING UP ON US. I KNOW THERE IS THAT THERE. THERE'S A LOT OF OPTIMISM AND POSITIVITY COMING OUT OF THAT. WE ALL CAN'T WAIT. I APPRECIATE YOU HAVING ME ON AND CAN'T WAIT TO SEE OVERNIGHT THAT THE THAT THE SUMMER.