Minor-league Durham Bulls to wear R2-D2 jerseys

Minor-league Durham Bulls to wear R2-D2 jerseys

Published Mar. 25, 2014 12:58 p.m. ET

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) The Durham Bulls - the minor-league baseball team made world famous in the 1988 Kevin Costner film ''Bull Durham'' - are going back to the movies for one game this season.

The team will wear jerseys that resemble R2-D2 during their annual ''Star Wars Night'' on May 4.

The selected date is a pun on an oft-quoted line from the ''Star Wars'' movies: ''May the force be with you.''

The team says it will auction off the jerseys to benefit the Autism Society of North Carolina.

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The Bulls are the Tampa Bay Rays' Triple-A affiliate.

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