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'Bull Durham' Turns 30 - And So Does Asheville's Greatest (Fictional) Baseball Moment
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30 years ago Friday, the movie Bull Durham premiered. The film merged baseball and romantic comedy, all while showcasing the state of North Carolina. Filming locations in the state included Durham, Raleigh, Greensboro, Wilson, Old Fort, and Asheville. Bull Durham’s biggest legacy though is the resurgence it sparked in minor league baseball that’s still felt today. It was released in 1988, and while minor league baseball had been around for decades by that time, it didn’t really resemble what it does now says Asheville Tourists team president Brian Dewine. “When minor league baseball first started, it often times (teams) would take the name of their affiliate, they would play in front of a few hundred fans, and it just was what it was," Dewine says. In 1988, the total attendance for all of minor league baseball was just over 21.6 million people. Last season, the total attendance was nearly double that. “Bull Durham showed everyone what minor league baseball was. Yeah there were bus
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