A Colloquy with Gerry Hunsicker; Bulls Split With Knights. Also, I Am Psychic.
Reid Brignac moves from short to second base, makes highlight reel catch.
DBAP/DURHAM—First (and second) things first: The Bulls split a two-game miniseries with the Charlotte Knights, sumoing them last night, 14-7, and then rolling over to receive same on “Education Day” this morning [sic], 9-1. The Bulls’ PR people beat me to the choicest pun the way the first waiters to spot staff-meal always scarf up the tuna tartare.
Neither game was much fun to watch. The Bulls struck for six runs in the bottom of the first yesterday on a grand slam by Justin Ruggiano and a two-run shot by John Jaso. The Knights halved the deficit in the fourth, but the Bulls tacked on seven more runs in the fifth and sixth and yawned their way to victory from there. The teams collaborated on a seven-error, 11-walk game that somehow managed to finish in less than three hours. Most of the press box denizens were probably glad not to have to pay much attention to the proceedings, because they were more interested in the TV showing the Carolina Hurricanes’ series-winning thriller over the New Jersey Devils.
