Saskatoon returning to WCBL, fielding new team for 2024 season | 24CA News
Saskatoon is happy to re-enter the Western Canadian Baseball League (WCBL) after the Wednesday press convention announcement of the enlargement of the town’s baseball membership, making a 10-year dedication to the league.
The expanded membership will area a staff for the summer time of 2024, training out of Cairns Field and the Gordie Howe Sports Complex, which is at present present process renovations.
“We believe it’s been too long since Saskatoon has had a WCBL team,” mentioned Sask. Entertainment Group vice-president Steve Hildebrand.
“We feel it’s super important for the baseball community and the City of Saskatoon to have somewhere to go on a beautiful summer evening.”
The final time Saskatoon performed within the Western Canadian Baseball League, then generally known as the Western Major Baseball League, was over a decade in the past, because the Saskatoon Yellow Jackets.
“It was a no-brainer for the league that this was the right time, right partner in the league and it’s time to move forward and bring baseball back at the WCBL level to Saskatoon,” mentioned WCBL president Kevin Kvame.
“We look forward to taking the league to higher levels of fan excitement and engagement with the involvement of Saskatoon in the coming years. We have always felt the loss of a franchise in Saskatoon and enthusiastically welcome the City of Saskatoon, its fans, and partners back to our WCBL family.”
Hildebrand mentioned this will probably be an excellent transfer for the town.
“I consider that it is a key marketplace for the WCBL and am glad we might convey it again. This has been a lacking piece of the Saskatoon baseball group ever because the Yellow Jackets left. I feel it will likely be an excellent summertime occasion for companies and group alike.
“We want to be a part of this community and we want to be a part of this game locally that has already grown exponentially in the last five or six years… I think that baseball is more popular now, and I also think our team is better suited to promote the game and to have fun fan experience at Cairns Field.”
The staff is at present assembling a training workers and creating a web-based marketing campaign so followers can weigh in on the brand new staff’s identify and colours.
“We will open up a voting campaign for a few weeks, finalize that and really just put it into the hands of the fans,” mentioned director of business operations, Tyler Wawryk.
The new staff will probably be owned and ran by the Sask. Entertainment Group, the identical group that owns the Saskatoon Blades and the Saskatchewan Rush.
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