102-815: From 1968 to 1971, the Durham Bulls baseball team played as the Raleigh-Durham Mets for the 1968 season, played as the Raleigh-Durham Phillies for the 1969 season, and played as the Raleigh-Durham Triangles for the 1970 and 1971 seasons. The team remained in the Carolina League . The team played at both Durham Athletic Park which was located in Durham, North Carolina , and at Devereaux Meadow which
204-860: A Primetime Emmy Award . Costner rose to prominence starring in such films as The Untouchables (1987), Bull Durham (1988), Field of Dreams (1989), JFK (1991), Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991), The Bodyguard (1992), and A Perfect World (1993). During this time, he directed and starred in the western epic Dances with Wolves (1990), for which he won two Academy Awards : Best Picture and Best Director . He then starred in and co-produced Wyatt Earp (1994) and Waterworld (1995), and directed The Postman (1997), Open Range (2003) and Horizon: An American Saga (2024). Costner's other notable films include Silverado (1985), No Way Out (1987), Tin Cup (1996), Message in
306-624: A Bottle (1999), For Love of the Game (1999), Thirteen Days (2000), Mr. Brooks (2007), Swing Vote (2008), The Company Men (2010), 3 Days to Kill (2014), Draft Day (2014), Black or White (2014), McFarland, USA (2015), and The Highwaymen (2019). He has also played supporting parts in such films as The Upside of Anger (2005), Man of Steel (2013), Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014), Hidden Figures (2016), Molly's Game (2017), and Let Him Go (2020). On television, Costner portrayed Devil Anse Hatfield in
408-534: A Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie , and the 2013 Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television . In 2014, Costner appeared in the spy movie Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit , as Thomas Harper, a mentor for the series' title character. The same year, he starred in the thriller 3 Days to Kill and the drama Draft Day and produced and starred in Black or White . Black or White premiered at
510-423: A chance encounter with actor Richard Burton . At that time, Costner was uncertain about whether he should become an actor, and he approached Burton to ask his advice. Costner has said that Burton encouraged him to pursue acting. Costner has also stated that he asked Burton whether it was possible to be an actor without experiencing turmoil in one's private life; according to Costner, Burton replied that he thought it
612-554: A colorful life". In the final days before that year's United States presidential election , Costner campaigned for Barack Obama , visiting various places in Colorado , where he has a home. In his speech, Costner stated the need for young voters to get to the polls, early and with enthusiasm. "We were going to change the world and we haven't", Costner said at a Colorado State University rally. "My generation didn't get it done, and we need you to help us". In October 2014, Costner sent
714-641: A daughter born in 2010. In May 2023, Baumgartner filed for divorce. They finalized their divorce on February 20, 2024. Early in his life, Costner was a Republican . He was both a supporter and friend of Ronald Reagan , frequently playing golf with the former president. He eventually switched his affiliation in the early 1990s. Since 1992, Costner has financially supported a variety of Democratic politicians, including Al Gore and Tom Daschle , but also made contributions to Republican Phil Gramm as late as 1995. In 2008, he said publicly that he had no ambition to run for political office, adding "I've lived quite
816-662: A federal jury in Louisiana deliberated for less than two hours before rejecting Baldwin's and Contogouris' claims in the multimillion-dollar oil-clean-up case, and the court ordered Baldwin and Contogouris to reimburse Costner and the other defendants in the case for their costs. On June 6, 2004, Costner opened Tatanka: The Story of the Bison one mile south of Deadwood, South Dakota , on U.S. Route 85 , saying he hoped it would be an educational and emotional place for people to learn about America's westward expansion. Promoters stated in
918-527: A lawsuit in Louisiana District Court claiming $ 10.64 million for securities fraud and misrepresentation. The suit claimed that Costner kept a meeting with BP secret from them, and the secret meeting resulted in an $ 18-million down payment on a $ 52 million purchase, and that after the down payment, but before any announcement, another investor used part of the down payment to buy out their shares, thus excluding them from their share of
1020-601: A major league affiliate for the 1970 season and the 1971 season, their last season as the Triangles. The team remained known as the Triangles through their last season, but then folded after the season. At that point, baseball in Raleigh officially ended and baseball did not return to Durham until 1980. Durham Bulls The Durham Bulls are a Minor League Baseball team of the International League and
1122-410: A measured yet passionate performance. Like a man who has hold of an idea he cannot let go, he forges ahead, insisting that there is more to the assassination than meets the eye." He then starred opposite Whitney Houston in the romantic drama The Bodyguard (1992) where he also served as a producer. The film was a pop-culture sensation and financial success. The next year he starred as a criminal on
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#17327834839871224-593: A minor role as "Frat Boy #1" in the Ron Howard film Night Shift (1982). He appears at the climax of a frat-style, blow-out party in the New York City morgue, when the music is suddenly stopped by a frantic Henry Winkler. Costner can be seen holding a beer and looking surprised at the sudden halt of celebration. Costner appeared in a commercial for the Apple Lisa and Table for Five in 1983, and,
1326-478: A news release that the $ 5-million attraction had a new, 3,800-square-foot interactive center featuring exhibits, retail, and food and beverage areas, as well as offices and a small theater. The visitor center features graphics and text about the bison and the relationship of the Plains Indians to the animals - historically hunting and now raising them for food and clothing, among other things. The centerpiece
1428-766: A nomination from the Broadcast Film Critics Association and won the San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor. After that, Costner starred in The Guardian and in Mr. Brooks , in which he portrayed a serial killer . In 2008, his Tig Productions company closed and was changed to Tree House Films. In 2008, Costner starred in Swing Vote . He starred opposite Jennifer Aniston in
1530-780: A son born in 1988. The couple divorced in 1994 after 16 years of marriage, due to Costner allegedly having an affair while on the set of Waterworld . Cindy Silva received a settlement of US$ 80 million (equivalent to $ 149 million in 2023). Following his divorce, he had a brief relationship with Bridget Rooney, future wife of billionaire Bill Koch ; Costner and Rooney had a son together, born in 1996. He then dated political activist Birgit Cunningham . In 1996, he lived with supermodel Elle Macpherson . On September 25, 2004, Costner married his girlfriend of four years, model and handbag designer Christine Baumgartner, at his ranch in Aspen, Colorado . They have two sons, born in 2007 and 2009, and
1632-572: A special cameo, in Funny or Die 's "Field of Dreams 2: NFL Lockout". Costner portrayed Jonathan Kent in the rebooted Superman film Man of Steel , directed by Zack Snyder . Costner was going to have a role in Quentin Tarantino 's Django Unchained , but had to drop out due to scheduling conflicts. Costner portrayed Devil Anse Hatfield in the three-part miniseries Hatfields & McCoys , which premiered on May 28, 2012, on
1734-486: A tribute to British troops serving around the world, thanking them for their work. On December 22, 2019, Costner endorsed Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg at a rally in Indianola, Iowa . Later, Costner supported Democratic candidate Joe Biden . Costner narrated a commercial for J. D. Scholten , a Democrat running for the U.S. House of Representatives from Iowa's 4th congressional district . For
1836-543: Is a bronze sculpture depicting a buffalo jump by Hill City artist Peggy Detmers , depicting 14 bronze bison in the act of running from their pursuers and three bronze Lakota riders on horseback. Three of the massive bison are posed in midair, cascading over the face of a cliff. Costner commissioned the work in 1994 from Detmers. The five-fourths-scale bronzes, each weighing between 2,500 and 8,000 pounds, were cast at Eagle Bronze Foundry in Lander, Wyoming . Costner opened
1938-626: Is a pro baseball player and one a former pro baseball player. Costner has a home in Austin, Texas , and sometimes appears at Texas Longhorns baseball practices and games. He was a close friend of former Longhorns baseball coach Augie Garrido from Garrido's days coaching at Cal State Fullerton , Costner's alma mater. He cast Garrido to play the role of the Yankee manager in For Love of the Game . He tries to attend every College World Series game that
2040-571: Is located in Raleigh, North Carolina . The Durham Bulls were renamed because the team itself acquired the nearby Carolina League rival Raleigh baseball team and the Raleigh team merged into the Bulls. The merge happened after the 1967 season. Before the merge and at the time, the Bulls were affiliated with the New York Mets for the 1967 season. The team was able to maintain its affiliation with
2142-520: Is the youngest of three boys, the second of whom died at birth. Sharon Rae Costner (née Tedrick) was a welfare worker, and William Costner was an electrician and a utilities executive. Costner's father's heritage originates with German immigrants to North Carolina in the 1700s, and Costner also has English, Irish, Scottish, and Welsh ancestry. Costner was raised Baptist . He was not academically inclined in school, but did play sports (especially football), take piano lessons, write poetry, and sing in
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#17327834839872244-488: The 2022 United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming , Costner endorsed Republican Liz Cheney for reelection. Over Costner's career he has received numerous accolades including two Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Director Dances with Wolves (1990). He received three Golden Globe Awards for Dances with Wolves , Hatfields & McCoys (2012) and Yellowstone (2023). He also received
2346-680: The Billboard Top Country Albums and No. 35 on the Top Heatseekers chart. Three singles ("Superman 14", "Long Hot Night" and "Backyard") have been released to radio, although none have charted. For the single "Superman 14" a live music video was made. In 2009, they went on tour with opening act The Alternate Routes . In August, at the Big Valley Jamboree in Camrose, Alberta , Costner and
2448-669: The CSUF Titans team plays in Omaha, Nebraska . Costner walked on for a tryout, but did not make the team early in his time at the university. Costner was a partial owner of the Zion, Illinois -based Lake County Fielders independent baseball team in the North American League . The Fielders name was an homage to Field of Dreams , with the logo showing a ballplayer standing amid a field of corn. On August 12, 2021, he led
2550-682: The California Speedway . In 2008, he worked with the NASCAR Media Group and CMT Films to help produce the NASCAR Documentary The Ride of Their Lives which was released in December of that year. Costner would be the narrator for that documentary. Also in 2009, he was named the spokesman for NASCAR Day which took place on May 15. The next day, May 16, he and his country music band would perform in
2652-645: The Danville Leafs featured the first black player in Carolina League history, Percy Miller Jr. , who played for the Leafs. It would not be until April 18, 1957, that the Bulls fielded African-American players, when third baseman Bubba Morton and pitcher Ted Richardson took the field in a loss to Greensboro . That season also saw the first Carolina League All-Star game played in Durham. In 1967,
2754-478: The History Channel . It broke a record by pulling 13.9 million viewers. The miniseries tells the true American story of a legendary family feud – one that spanned decades and nearly launched a war between Kentucky and West Virginia . The role earned Costner the 2012 Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie , the 2013 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by
2856-923: The Hornets , and their first home game was against the New Bern Truckers on May 12. The league, however, folded in July, not having played a full season. In December 1912, the Durham Tobacconists re-formed as the Durham Bulls in the North Carolina State League . Their first game was on April 24, 1913, at Hanes Field on the Trinity College campus (now the East Campus of Duke University ). They defeated
2958-606: The MiLB.TV subscription feature of the official website of Minor League Baseball, with audio provided by a radio simulcast. Former play-by-play announcers include Gary Cohen , who was the Voice of the Bulls in 1986 and became part of the New York Mets ' broadcast team in 1989, Steve Barnes (who also was the Duke women's basketball radio play-by-play announcer), and Neil Solondz, who was with Durham from 2004 to 2011 before being hired by
3060-706: The Nashville Sounds , winners of the Western Division, in a single playoff game, 13–0, to win the IL championship. Durham faced the Reno Aces for the Triple-A championship, winning 10–6. Playing under a split-season format in 2023 in which the teams with the best league-wide records at the end of each half qualified for the playoffs, Durham won the second-half title at 48–27. Overall, the team posted
3162-718: The New York Yankees and Chicago White Sox onto the field prior to the MLB at Field of Dreams game held in Dyersville, Iowa and gave a short speech. In 1995, Costner bought a company that was developing oil separation machines based on a patent he purchased from the US government . The machines developed by the company were of little commercial interest until the Deepwater Horizon oil spill , when BP took six of
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3264-521: The North Carolina State League from 1913 to 1917. The Bulls were members of the Piedmont League from 1920 to 1933 and for a second time from 1936 to 1943. Durham competed in the Carolina League from 1945 to 1971. For the latter part of this stretch, they merged with a team from Raleigh , becoming the Raleigh-Durham Mets (1968), Raleigh-Durham Phillies (1969), and Raleigh-Durham Triangles (1970–1971). The Durham Bulls returned as members of
3366-925: The Tampa Bay Rays . Patrick Kinas has been the announcer since 2012. Broadcasts are produced by members of Explorer Post 50, a youth-based group for students who have completed middle school and are 14 to 20 years old. The program provides youth with hands-on experience in television production. Pitchers Catchers Infielders Outfielders Manager Coaches 60-day injured list [REDACTED] 7-day injured list * On Tampa Bay Rays 40-man roster ~ Development list # Rehab assignment ∞ Reserve list ‡ Restricted list § Suspended list † Temporarily inactive list Roster updated September 18, 2024 Transactions → More rosters: MiLB • International League → Tampa Bay Rays minor league players These honors have been awarded to
3468-749: The Toledo Mud Hens in a three-game sweep during the first round of the playoffs, but were defeated three games to two in the Governors' Cup Final by the Richmond Braves (now Gwinnett Braves ). 2007 was also the first season of Charlie Montoyo as Bulls manager, replacing Bill Evers . In 2008, with a record of 74-70 the Bulls would once again win the South Division. After defeating the Louisville Bats three games to one in
3570-597: The Triple-A affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays . They are located in Durham, North Carolina , and play their home games at Durham Bulls Athletic Park , which opened in 1995. Established as the Durham Tobacconists in the North Carolina League in 1902, the team subsequently disbanded and restarted numerous times. After a 10-year hiatus, it was reestablished as the Durham Bulls and played in
3672-625: The novel of the same name by Nicholas Sparks . The film drew mixed reviews and just about broke even at the box office. His career revived somewhat in 2000 with Thirteen Days , in which he portrayed Kenneth O'Donnell , a top adviser to John F. Kennedy . The western Open Range , which he directed and starred in, received critical acclaim in 2003, and was a surprise success commercially. He received some of his best reviews for his supporting role as retired professional baseball player Denny Davies in The Upside of Anger , for which he received
3774-521: The 1972 season, and baseball would not return to Durham until 1980. Also, minor league baseball in Raleigh ended for good. For the 1980 season, the Raleigh-Durham Triangles were reformed and renamed back to the Durham Bulls. On June 22 of that same year, the local CBS affiliate, then WTVD in Durham , broadcast the Bulls game locally, the first time that the Bulls had ever been featured on television. The team also became an affiliate of
3876-539: The 1994 season. Durham Bulls Athletic Park opened its doors in 1995, complete with a new snorting bull sign. The 1997 season was the final one in which the Bulls were an affiliate of the Atlanta Braves and also their last year in the High-A Carolina League. In 1998, the franchise moved two levels up to Triple-A and joined the International League (IL), in part because of their popularity as
3978-545: The 2005 movie Rumour Has It . Costner was honored on September 6, 2006, when his hand and foot prints were set in concrete in front of Grauman's Chinese Theatre alongside those of other celebrated actors and entertainers. In 2010, he appeared in The Company Men alongside Ben Affleck , Tommy Lee Jones and Chris Cooper . It debuted at the Sundance Film Festival , and received good reviews. It
4080-650: The 2014 Toronto International Film Festival and opened in the United States in 2015. In 2015, Costner played coach Jim White in the drama film McFarland, USA , about cross-country running. In 2016, he played the fictional character Al Harrison, a NASA Space Task Group supervisor, in Hidden Figures , and in 2017, he starred with Jessica Chastain in Aaron Sorkin 's directorial debut film Molly's Game . Since 2018, he has starred in and produced
4182-430: The Atlanta Braves that season and would remain so until 1998. Team owner Miles Wolff began pushing for a new ballpark for the Bulls in 1988 in order to attract Triple-A baseball, but stadium plans were pushed back for years. When the film Bull Durham was released in mid-1988, it led to a major resurgence of local popular interest in the team and their ballpark. Both the real Bulls and their movie counterparts played in
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4284-461: The Bulls became a New York Mets affiliate. One year later, the Bulls were renamed the Raleigh-Durham Mets . The franchise was renamed because the Bulls acquired the nearby Raleigh Pirates and merged with them. The team still maintained their affiliation with the Mets, playing half of their home games at Durham Athletic Park and half at Devereaux Meadow in Raleigh. The team switched affiliations from
4386-553: 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. Morris made four more appearances later that year. The 2001 season saw the Bulls set single-game (10,916 on July 23) and full-season (505,319 set on September 1) attendance records. The Bulls celebrated their 100th anniversary season in 2002. On September 12, 2002,
4488-699: The Bulls defeated the Charlotte Knights , the Chicago White Sox affiliate, 18-3 for their 6,000th win in franchise history. The team retired the number 20 of longtime general manager Bill Evers the following year. In 2013, the team won its fourth Governors' Cup title, defeating the Pawtucket Red Sox in the International League Final. The same year the number 10, belonging to former Bulls player Chipper Jones,
4590-411: The Bulls were organized into the Triple-A East . In their first season in the league, the Bulls claimed the Triple-A East's championship with a 77–43 record. After the conclusion of the regular season, 10 games that had been postponed from the start of the season were reinserted into the schedule as a postseason tournament called the Triple-A Final Stretch in which all 30 Triple-A clubs competed for
4692-427: The Bulls won their first IL championship, defeating the Buffalo Bisons 2-0 for the Governors' Cup . In 2003, Durham became the first club in the 119-year history of the championship to sweep back-to-back final playoff series, defeating the Pawtucket Red Sox . After missing the playoffs for the 2005 and 2006 seasons, the Bulls captured the 2007 South Division title with an 80-64 regular season record. Durham defeated
4794-447: The Bulls. The Bulls franchise, however, was re-activated by having the operations of the Wilmington ball club integrated into the Bulls. The Reds then switched affiliations from the former Wilmington ball club to the Bulls and the Bulls continued as the same franchise. On the evening of June 17, 1939, the Durham Athletic Park burned to the ground hours after the Bulls defeated the Portsmouth Cubs 7-3. The groundskeeper, Walter Williams, who
4896-454: The Carolina League in 1980. They were replaced by an International League team in 1998. In conjunction with Major League Baseball 's (MLB) reorganization of the minors in 2021, they were placed in the Triple-A East, but this was renamed the International League in 2022. Durham has won 17 league championships. They won the Piedmont League championship six times (1922, 1924, 1925, 1930, 1940, and 1941). Though not affiliated with any MLB team for
4998-423: The Durham Tobacconists. The official date when the franchise formed was March 18. William G. Bramham , later President of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues ( Minor League Baseball ), was the first owner. The Tobacconists took the field for the first time on April 24 in an exhibition game against Trinity College . Their first game in the North Carolina League was at Charlotte on May 5 against
5100-469: The First Baptist Choir. He has said that watching the 1962 film How the West Was Won as a child inspired his love for Western films. Costner has stated that he spent his teenage years in different parts of California as his father's career progressed. He has described this time as a period when he "lost a lot of confidence", having to make new friends often. Costner lived in Ventura , then in Visalia . Costner attended Mt. Whitney High School where he
5202-444: The High-A Carolina League in the late 1980s. On August 30, 1990, a crowd of 6,202 made the Bulls the first Class-A team in history to pass the 300,000 mark in attendance for a season. The Bulls were sold to the Raleigh -based Capitol Broadcasting Company in 1991. Capitol president Jim Goodmon initially proposed building the new stadium near Raleigh-Durham International Airport , but after city leaders in Durham offered to renovate
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#17327834839875304-410: The Mets after the merge, but the team then switched to the parent club's name. The team continued as the Mets affiliate for the 1968 season only. The team then switched affiliations to the Philadelphia Phillies for the 1969 season which ended up being the only season affiliated with the Phillies. The Phillies abandoned them and the team was renamed the Triangles for the 1970 season. The team did not have
5406-450: The Mets to the Philadelphia Phillies and were renamed the Raleigh-Durham Phillies for the 1969 season. The team hadn't been affiliated with the Phillies since the 1932 season. The Phillies abandoned the franchise and the team became independent, renaming themselves the Raleigh-Durham Triangles for the 1970 season. The team played as the Triangles from 1970–1971 and remained independent for both seasons. The franchise disbanded again before
5508-522: The Midnight Star Casino and Restaurant in Deadwood, S.D., in 1991. He hired Francis and Carla Caneva to manage the establishment and gave each of them a 3.25 percent ownership and paid them salaries and bonuses. He terminated their employment in July 2004 and asked to agree to an amicable disassociation. When they declined, Costner dissolved the partnership and hired an accountant who determined its fair market value to be $ 3.1 million. The Canevas sued Costner to buy their shares based on twice that amount or sell
5610-423: The Raleigh Capitals 7-4. On May 30, 1917, however, the North Carolina State League folded due to America's joining of the Allied Powers during World War I. The Bulls were declared league champions, even though the season was shortened to only 36 games. On October 31, 1919, the Bulls joined the Piedmont League , a minor league with clubs scattered around Virginia and North Carolina . Seven years later, in 1926,
5712-408: The Tampa Bay Rays. Durham has gone on to win three Triple-A National Championship Games (2009, 2017, and 2022). The 1988 film Bull Durham , starring Kevin Costner , Tim Robbins , and Susan Sarandon , featured the Bulls and Durham Athletic Park , the team's stadium at the time. Most of the filming was done at the ballpark following the end of the 1987 season. The Bulls were founded in 1902 as
5814-467: The United States who want to hear about the people, places, and histories they are encountering on their travels. Costner serves on an honorary board for the National World War I Museum in Kansas City, Missouri . In spring 2011, he recorded two radio spots for the museum that were aired on Kansas City Royals Radio Network. Costner was named ceremonial Grand Marshal of the NASCAR Cup Series ' Auto Club 500 which took place on February 25, 2007, at
5916-432: The actor a role in a future project. That became Silverado (1985) and a breakout role for Costner. He also starred that year in the smaller films Fandango and American Flyers and appeared alongside Kiefer Sutherland in an hour-long special episode of Steven Spielberg 's Amazing Stories . Costner achieved movie star status in 1987, when he starred as federal agent Eliot Ness in The Untouchables and in
6018-461: The band were scheduled next on stage when a severe thunderstorm struck, causing the stage and stands on the main stage to collapse. One person was reported dead and forty injured. Later, an auction was held to raise money for the two young sons of the woman killed. A dinner with Costner was auctioned off for $ 41,000. Two guitars, one autographed by Costner, helped raise another $ 10,000 each. A second Kevin Costner and Modern West album, Turn It On ,
6120-430: The championship, their third since joining the International League. The Bulls advanced to the Triple-A Baseball National Championship Game against the champions of the Pacific Coast League for the first time in team history, as that championship game did not exist at the time of the Bulls' previous two Governors' Cup championships. Facing the Memphis Redbirds , the Bulls would win their first class championship, scoring
6222-402: The city of Durham purchased El Toro Park, renaming it the Durham Athletic Park after the 1933 season. The Bulls were unable to operate for the 1934 and 1935 seasons due to the Great Depression . Meanwhile, a team from Wilmington, North Carolina who also played in the Piedmont League and was a Cincinnati Reds affiliate called the Wilmington Pirates relocated to Durham and was going to replace
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#17327834839876324-443: The company on the open market. They won in the lower court but, on Costner's appeal, lost in the South Dakota Supreme Court. Costner closed the establishment in 2017 and sold it in 2020. In 2020, Costner joined Woody Sears's new audio entertainment travel app, HearHere, as a co-founder, podcast narrator, and investor. Costner narrates some of the audio stories provided by the iPhone subscription app for travelers on road trips across
6426-413: The couple while Costner attended auditions. Costner made his film debut in Sizzle Beach, U.S.A. (1981). Filmed in the winter of 1978–79, the film was not released until 1981 and re-released in 1986. The release complications and lack of documentation led many to believe that Costner's debut was in The Touch (also known as Stacy's Knights ), in 1983 with Eve Lilith and Andra Millian. Costner played
6528-619: The drama film The War . The film also co-starred Elijah Wood . The film seemed to gain little attention. The science fiction- post-apocalyptic epics Waterworld (1995) and The Postman (1997), the latter of which Costner also directed, were both commercial disappointments and both largely regarded by critics as artistic failures. However, while Waterworld achieved respectable box office and some positive reviews, results for The Postman were far worse and it ended up winning five Golden Raspberry Awards , including Worst Picture, Worst Actor and Worst Director for Costner. Costner starred in
6630-423: The encouragement of his wife Christine. In October 2007, they began a worldwide tour which included shows in Istanbul and Rome. The group also performed at NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at Daytona International Speedway and Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina. The band released a country album, Untold Truths , on November 11, 2008, on Universal South Records . The album peaked at No. 61 on
6732-426: The films being released over a series of months. Costner will act as director of the project and said the film was proposed as an event television series. Production on the first film was expected to last at least 220 days, but was completed by November 2022. Production of the next films was underway by May 2023. Costner is the singer in Kevin Costner & Modern West , a country rock band which he founded with
6834-450: The first hall of famer to play for the Bulls, who was a member of the 1963 club ( Chipper Jones , who played for the Bulls in 1992, was the second, elected in 2018). Morgan's number remained the only one retired by the club for many years; he attended the ceremony where his number was retired. The team also retained the snorting bull sign that was used in Bull Durham and it remained at Durham Athletic Park until both team and sign left after
6936-447: The first four, the Bulls were a farm club for the Cincinnati Reds and Brooklyn Dodgers , respectively, for the last two. They won the Carolina League championship on three occasions: in 1957 with the Detroit Tigers , 1967 with the New York Mets , and 1969 with the Philadelphia Phillies . The Bulls have won the International League championship eight times (2002, 2003, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2021, and 2022), all as an affiliate of
7038-454: The first round, the Bulls again lost the championship, this time in four games to the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees . In 2009, they won the division for a third consecutive season with an 83-61 record. Facing the Louisville Bats in the first round again, the Bulls were victorious, winning in five games. The third time was the charm for the Bulls in the Governors' Cup final, as they dethroned the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees in three games to win
7140-448: The franchise or its personnel by Minor League Baseball. Four players, eight managers, and one executive won league awards in recognition for their performance with Durham in the Carolina League. Ten players, two managers, and two executives have won league awards in recognition for their performance with Durham in the International League. The Bulls have honored five individuals by retiring their uniform numbers . This ensures that
7242-404: The golf comedy Tin Cup (1996) for Ron Shelton , who had previously directed him in Bull Durham . He developed the film Air Force One and was set to play the lead role of the President, but ultimately decided to concentrate on finishing The Postman instead. He personally offered the project to Harrison Ford . In 1999, he starred in Message in a Bottle with Robin Wright , based on
7344-623: The highest winning percentage. Durham won the tournament with a 9–1 record. In 2022, the Triple-A East became known as the International League, the name historically used by the regional circuit prior to the 2021 reorganization, which the Bulls had been members of since their move up to Triple-A. Manager Brady Williams led the 2022 Bulls to win the Eastern Division title with a 86–64 record. They then defeated
7446-787: The infield of Charlotte Motor Speedway as well as participate as a judge in the 2nd annual Victory Challenge before the 25th Running of the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race . In 2015, Costner co-authored The Explorer's Guild: A Passage to Shambhala , a hybrid adventure novel and graphic novel , with John Baird, researcher Stephen C. Meyer , and illustrator Rick Ross. Costner has a chapter giving advice in Tim Ferriss ' book Tools of Titans . In 1975, while in college, Costner started dating fellow student Cindy Silva, and they married three years later. During their marriage, they had two daughters born in 1984 and 1986, and
7548-510: The leading role of the thriller No Way Out . He solidified his A-list status in the baseball-themed films Bull Durham (1988) and Field of Dreams (1989). In 1990, he partnered with producer Jim Wilson to form the production company Tig Productions. Tig's first film was the epic Dances with Wolves which Costner directed and starred in. This film was nominated for 12 Academy Awards and won seven, including two for him personally ( Best Picture and Best Director ). The same year saw
7650-654: The league's second-best record, 88–62. In a single round of playoffs for the IL championship versus the Norfolk Tides, winners of the first-half, the Bulls were defeated, two games to one. All Bulls home and road games are broadcast on 96.5 FM Buzz Sports Radio . Live audio broadcasts are also available online through the team's website and the MiLB First Pitch app. Select home games are televised on Me-TV 50.2 , and all home games are broadcast by WRAL Sports+ . All home and road games can be viewed through
7752-482: The machines from a company in which Costner owned an interest, Ocean Therapy Solutions, for testing in late May 2010. On June 16, 2010, BP entered into a lease with Ocean Therapy Solutions for 32 of the oil-water separation devices. Although Spyron Contoguris and Stephen Baldwin had previously sold their interests in Ocean Therapy Solutions in mid-June to another investor in the company, they filed
7854-664: The main team in Bull Durham , and also because the Triple-A leagues needed two more teams to accommodate affiliates for the Major League Baseball expansion teams Tampa Bay Devil Rays and Arizona Diamondbacks . Wolff's dream of attracting Triple-A baseball came true when the Bulls became the Triple-A affiliate of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays (now Tampa Bay Rays ), who have remained their parent club ever since. DBAP expanded its seating capacity due to
7956-708: The miniseries Hatfields & McCoys (2012), winning the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie . From 2018 to 2023, he portrayed rancher John Dutton on the Paramount Network drama series Yellowstone , for which he received a Golden Globe award. Costner was born on January 18, 1955, in Lynwood, California , and grew up in Compton, California . His parents were William and Sharon Costner. He
8058-689: The move. 1998 also saw the Bulls play their first game outside the United States when they played road games against the Ottawa Lynx (now the Lehigh Valley IronPigs ), though it would be another year before they recorded their first win in Canada. The Bulls' second appearance on film was in The Rookie , released in 2002. It starred Dennis Quaid as Jim Morris , a baseball pitcher who is now retired. The real Jim Morris did play for
8160-654: The number will be associated with one player of particular importance to the team. An additional number (42) was retired across professional baseball to honor Jackie Robinson , the first African American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era. Specific General Kevin Costner Kevin Michael Costner (born January 18, 1955) is an American actor and filmmaker. He has received various accolades , including two Academy Awards , three Golden Globe Awards , and
8262-425: The old ballpark or help build a new stadium, the current downtown Durham site was secured. In July 1992, the Bulls unveiled their current mascot, Wool E. Bull, a moniker submitted by Durham resident Jim Vickery out of a pool of 500, inspired by the otherwise unrelated novelty song oldie, " Wooly Bully ". The "E" in his name stands for "education." The next June, the Bulls retired the number 18 belonging to Joe Morgan ,
8364-457: The profits from the total sale. The suit claimed that, despite public statements by Costner, Ocean Therapy Solutions, BP and others to the contrary, Baldwin and Contogouris were told that BP was still testing the machines and had not yet committed to lease the machines from Ocean Therapy Solutions and that the other investor in Ocean Therapy Solutions purchased their shares for $ 1.4 million to Baldwin and $ 500,000, to Contogouris. In June 2012,
8466-474: The release of Revenge , in which he starred along with Anthony Quinn and Madeleine Stowe , directed by Tony Scott ; Costner had wanted to direct it himself. Costner portrayed Robin Hood in the action-adventure film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) where he also served as a producer. Costner starred alongside Alan Rickman , Morgan Freeman , and Christian Slater . The film received mixed reviews but
8568-478: The run in Clint Eastwood 's drama A Perfect World (1993). Film critic Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly wrote, "Costner seems about as pathological as a koala bear, and his gentle charisma reinforces the film's touchy-feely theme". He took the title role in the western biopic Wyatt Earp (1994), directed by Lawrence Kasdan, where he also served as a producer. That same year he starred in
8670-461: The same year, had a small role in the nuclear holocaust film Testament . Later, he was cast in The Big Chill and filmed several scenes that were planned as flashbacks, but they were removed from the final cut. His role was that of Alex, the friend who committed suicide, the event that brings the rest of the cast together. Costner was a friend of director Lawrence Kasdan , who promised
8772-488: The season, Baseball America named the Bulls the most successful MiLB franchise of the 2010s. As a consequence of the worldwide onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Minor League Baseball announced on June 30, 2020, that no season would be held, meaning that the Durham Bulls would not take the field again until the following spring. In conjunction with Major League Baseball 's restructuring of Minor League Baseball in 2021,
8874-582: The team had their fourth losing season since 1998 and missed the playoffs. 2017 proved a watershed year for the Bulls, as they captured their first South Division championship since 2014 with an 86-56 record. The Bulls then won their second Triple-A National Championship, defeating the Memphis Redbirds after beating the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders for their fifth Governors' Cup title. Success continued in 2018;
8976-595: The team moved from Hanes Field to El Toro Park . The park was dedicated on July 26 by the Commissioner of Baseball Kenesaw Mountain Landis , who put on a show by riding a real bull , the team mascot, onto the playing field. Six years later, in 1932, the team became affiliated with the National League 's Philadelphia Phillies , the first of ten teams that the Bulls have been affiliated with. The next year,
9078-644: The team went 79-60 and won their second straight South Division championship and Governor's Cup before falling to Memphis in the National Championship. Sandberg left before the 2019 season for a position with the Seattle Mariners . The Bulls hired Brady Williams as their 5th Triple-A manager. The team finished 2019 with a 75-64 record, making the playoffs as a wild card, and advanced to the Governor's Cup before losing to Columbus. After
9180-539: The television series Yellowstone , marking the first regular TV series role of his career. In 2019, Costner starred in The Art of Racing in the Rain , where he voiced Enzo the dog. It was his first voice-over film in his career. In August 2022, Costner began production on Horizon: An American Saga , a Western epic that will be split into at least four films, each just under three hours in length. Costner plans on
9282-430: The winning run on a wild pitch in the bottom half of the 11th inning. Also in 2009, the Bulls retired the number 8 of Crash Davis, the main character of Bull Durham , which was their first number retirement in 16 years. On August 19, 2010, the Bulls won their fourth straight division championship. Almost two weeks later, the Bulls set the Triple-A wins record winning their 84th game of the 2010 season. On August 2, 2011,
9384-465: The year with a cumulative mark of 533,033. Before the 2015 season, Jared Sandberg was named the fourth manager in the team's Triple-A history, replacing Montoyo. The 2015 season saw the Bulls set both a new single-game paid attendance record on July 4, and a new single-season paid attendance record, finishing with a cumulative mark of 554,788. In 2016, the Bulls had the franchise's second-highest attendance numbers and retired Montoyo's number 25. Overall,
9486-539: Was an immense box-office success. He then starred as District Attorney Jim Garrison in the Oliver Stone -directed political epic thriller JFK (1991). The film gained significant controversy for its historical inaccuracies but was also praised for its style, direction, and performances. Costner received a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama nomination for his role. Critic Roger Ebert praised his performance writing, "As Garrison, Costner gives
9588-524: Was asleep under the grandstand when the blaze began, was able to escape though the fire nearly killed him. Damage costs were more than $ 100,000. In a remarkable two-week turnaround, Durham Athletic Park was functioning again by July 2, with the old wooden grandstand replaced by concrete and steel . Temporary bleachers were also added and seated 1,000. The crowd that day saw the Bulls beat the Charlotte Hornets 11-4. A new Durham Athletic Park
9690-593: Was finally completed in April 1940, in time for an exhibition game between the Cincinnati Reds and Boston Red Sox , which attracted 5,574 fans. Only 1,587 turned out ten days later for the Bulls' first game of the season. On September 5, 1943, the last-place Bulls played their last Piedmont League game, beating Richmond 15-5. The following year, the Piedmont League became an all-Virginia league, and there
9792-606: Was in the marching band. Costner graduated from Villa Park High School in 1973. He played baseball at Villa Park and was teammates with Dennis Burtt . He earned a BA from California State University, Fullerton (CSUF) in 1978. While at CSUF, he became a brother in the Delta Chi fraternity. Costner became interested in acting and dancing while in his last year of college. In 1978, while on an airplane returning from his honeymoon in Puerto Vallarta , Costner had
9894-636: Was no baseball in Durham in 1944. In 1945, a second Carolina League formed. On April 27 the reactivated Bulls played their first game in the new league, defeating the Burlington Bees 5-0. Three years later, in September 1948, Tom Wright, a former Bulls outfielder, became the first Carolina League player to make it to the majors when he debuted with the Boston Red Sox. Three years after that, the Bulls helped make history when their 5-4 loss to
9996-467: Was possible. Costner credits Burton with inspiring him to become an actor. Having agreed to undertake a job as a marketing executive, Costner began taking acting lessons five nights a week, with the support of his wife. His marketing job lasted 30 days. He took jobs that allowed him to develop his acting skills, by paying his tuition, including working on fishing boats, as a truck driver, and giving tours of movie stars' Hollywood homes. This work supported
10098-765: Was released in February 2010 in Europe and was supported by a European tour. In July 2012, the band performed in Halifax, Nova Scotia , at the 20th annual Telus World Skins Game in support of the IWK Health Centre Foundation, donating a guitar autographed by Costner. Kevin Costner has also appeared in the documentary film Country Roads by Marieke Schröder. The most recent album released by Kevin Costner and Modern West, Tales from Yellowstone ,
10200-656: Was released in cinemas worldwide in January 2011. The film was considered to be an Oscar contender, but did not get a nomination. Costner announced that he would be returning to the director's chair for the first time in seven years, in 2011, with A Little War of Our Own . He was also about to team up again with director Kevin Reynolds in Learning Italian . No updates have been released about either film since their original production announcement. He also appears, as
10302-531: Was retired. Following a $ 20 million renovation to the DBAP, the Bulls hosted the 27th Triple-A All-Star Game on July 16, 2014, which saw the International League prevail 7-3 over the Pacific Coast League. Montoyo became the franchise's all-time winningest manager on July 21, earning his 614th victory to pass Evers. On August 31, 2014, the Bulls again broke their all-time paid attendance record, finishing
10404-403: Was written by Costner and his co-writers from the perspective of John Dutton, Costner's character on the hit TV series Yellowstone . Songs from the album were featured on Season 3 of the show. Several of Costner's films have included a baseball theme: Chasing Dreams , Bull Durham , Field of Dreams , For Love of the Game , and The Upside of Anger , in three of which his character
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