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P.J. PHILLIPS TO MANAGE DIRTY BIRDS IN 2024

P.J. PHILLIPS TO MANAGE DIRTY BIRDS IN 2024

The Charleston Dirty Birds’ new leader for the 2024 season has managed two independent baseball teams to league championships and led his teams to post-season playoffs in five of his six full seasons as a manager. 
CHARLESTON DIRTY BIRDS UNVEIL 2024 SCHEDULE

CHARLESTON DIRTY BIRDS UNVEIL 2024 SCHEDULE

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...

DIRTY BIRDS’ HOLIDAY EXTRAVAGANZA LOGO UNVEILED

DIRTY BIRDS’ HOLIDAY EXTRAVAGANZA LOGO UNVEILED

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...

DIRTY BIRDS’ DWIGHT SMITH JR. NAMED ATLANTIC LEAGUE ALL-STAR

Outfielder, Dwight Smith Jr., is named to the 2023 Post-Season ALPB All-Star Team Charleston, WV (October 4, 2023) – The Charleston Dirty Birds' starting outfielder, Dwight Smith Jr., has been named to the 2023 Atlantic League Post-Season All-Star Team voted on by the league’s managers and coaches. In his first season in Charleston, Smith Jr. played 117 games and led the Dirty Birds with a .331 batting average, 142 hits, and 64 RBIs. In September, he made the 20/20 club with 20 stolen bases and 20 home runs for the season. “Dwight was a beast on the field from the beginning to end,” said Dirty...

DIRTY BIRDS RECEIVE PROMOTIONAL EXCELLENCE AWARD FOR SECOND-YEAR

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...

DIRTY BIRDS’ ATTENDANCE RISES FOR ANOTHER YEAR

DIRTY BIRDS’ ATTENDANCE RISES FOR ANOTHER YEAR

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...