CHARLESTON, W.Va. (December 14, 2023) – While past, present and future Charleston Dirty Birds fans are preparing for the holiday season, Dirty Birds manager PJ Phillips is busy preparing for the 2024 baseball season. He’s assembling his coaching staff, which will include an award-winning pitching coach and a long-time confidante as bench coach.    When the 2024 Atlantic League season begins in April, Phillips will be joined by former Major League pitcher and Frontier League Coach of the Year Rob Carson as the team’s pitching coach and bench coach Cip Garza, who has served in that role alongside Phillips since the...

Charleston rises as Holiday season destination. CHARLESTON, WV (November 27, 2023) – The Charleston Dirty Birds hosted their biggest Friday night crowd ever at GoMart Ballpark on Black Friday as 5,317 people came to enjoy the Salango Law Dirty Birds Light the Night, presented by GoMart. Within 24 hours, a new record was established as 6,442 came to the two- million-light holiday light show on Saturday. Coinciding with the grand opening of the Holly Jolly Brawley celebration downtown, the combination of special events is raising Charleston’s stature as a holiday season destination. “The continued support from this community is simply...

Dirty Birds’ Home Opener: Thursday, April 25 vs Staten Island Charleston, WV (October 19, 2023) – The Charleston Dirty Birds alongside the Atlantic League officially release the full 2024 Season Schedule. The Dirty Birds will play 126 games: 63 games in Charleston and 63 on the road. The Dirty Birds start the 2024 campaign at GoMart Ballpark against Staten Island for Opening Day on Thursday, April 25. Home games in Charleston will include 11-weekend series and a Friday night Independence Day Celebration on July 5. The Dirty Birds will host nine midweek series against Atlantic League opponents to complete the 63 home-game schedule. The...

Salango Law Light the Night Presented by Go Mart at Go Mart Ballpark November 17 through January 1   CHARLESTON, WV (October 17, 2023) – All are invited to spend the holiday season with the Dirty Birds at the first-ever Salango Law Dirty Birds Light the Night presented by GoMart! From November 17–January 1, GoMart Ballpark will turn merry and bright with an avalanche of holiday cheer, larger-than-life decorations and enough lights to temporarily blind a reindeer. It is the most epic holiday light extravaganza in West Virginia—perhaps, the entire western hemisphere!   To pull it off, the Dirty Birds have partnered...