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Minor league baseball teams won’t stop wearing Star Wars jerseys

Someone is finally catering for the cross section of Star Wars fans and baseball fans.

James Dator
James Dator has been covering a wide range of sports for SB Nation for over a decade, with a special focus on the NFL.

The Durham Bulls are joining the throngs of minor league baseball teams to catch a timely case of Star Wars fever! Timely in the sense that it’s a reference to a movie that’s almost 40 years old. Now you can be a part of history by witnessing these R2-D2 jerseys on May 4... as in “May the fourth be with you.”

It’s following in a fine from a year ago and one that seems will stick around for a while.

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