The Ken Shepard Award is given annually for promotional excellence in the Atlantic League Charleston, WV (October 2, 2023) – The Charleston Dirty Birds have been named the 2023 Ken Shepard Award winner for Promotional Excellence for the second year in a row. The award recognizes the Dirty Birds for their promotional calendar and in-game entertainment. The Dirty Birds’ promotional calendar featured Friday night giveaways and multiple identities to increase attendance by nearly 27,000 fans in 2023. The club played as the Charleston Pepperoni Rolls as an alternate identity to embrace a West Virginia staple and as the Pajaros Sucios de Charleston to embrace...

2023 Attendance Announced After Final Home Game Charleston, WV (September 18, 2023) – The Charleston Dirty Birds announce attendance has increased for another year at GoMart Ballpark. 140,632 fans were in attendance at the team’s 66 home games for the 2023 season. “Being up over 15% attendance from last year shows how strong the community support is and continues the upward trajectory of our organization,” said Dirty Birds’ Owner and CEO, Andy Shea. “We had more kids attend our Ballpark for camps, clinics, and lessons than any other team I know of, by far. This was one of my top focuses for last year, and we will...

Business Operations Manager Promoted to General Manager Charleston, WV (September 12, 2023) – After 20 years of service to the Horse Racing and the Gaming Industry, Ben Blum has been named the Charleston Dirty Birds General Manager after just nine months with the organization. With a background in Information Technology and Business Operations Management, Blum joined the Dirty Birds team in January of 2023 and learned the various roles and needs of the organization. “The synergies between horse racing and professional baseball are vast,” said Dirty Birds’ General Manager, Ben Blum. “We operate events for our customers and fans throughout peak months in the summer with a strong focus...

CHARLESTON, WV (September 5, 2023) – As Robert “Wheeler Bob” Friedman works his 50th anniversary season in professional baseball this year, the Charleston Dirty Birds will celebrate his service with “Wheeler Bob Wednesday” tomorrow night (Sept. 6). In honor of one of his most frequent calls as a vendor, “Just five dollars,” the team is offering general admission tickets to the game for just $5. Wheeler Bob has been a fixture as a vendor at baseball games at Charleston’s ballparks since he started vending during the 1970s with the Charleston Charlies. By the late 1980s when the Charleston Wheelers revived baseball...

CHARLESTON, WV (September 1, 2023) – United Way of Central West Virginia and the Charleston Dirty Birds are teaming up to collect cleaning supplies to assist after the recent days of flooding impacted areas in Eastern Kanawha County. The Charleston Dirty Birds announced today to bring two or more items and receive a general admission ticket to that game at the ballpark through Sunday. NO CLOTHING ITEMS WILL BE ACCEPTED. A list of supplies recommended are: Heavy Duty Trash Bags/Contractor Bags Buckets (5 gallon or smaller) Sponges Scrub Brushes Squeegees Mops Rubber/Latex Gloves Work Gloves Bleach Multi-Purpose Cleaner Laundry Detergent Paper...