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...

Holiday Light Show Extravaganza at GoMart Ballpark November 17 through January 1 CHARLESTON, WV (August 25, 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 with the Florence Y'alls of the Frontier League,...

Dirty Birds’ Pitching Coach and LHP Joe Testa Named July ALPB Pitcher of the Month CHARLESTON, WV (August 4, 2023) – The Atlantic League of Professional Baseball and the Charleston Dirty Birds announce LHP Joe Testa has been named the league pitcher of the month for the month of July. Testa returned to Charleston at the beginning of the 2023 season making this his third season with the Dirty Birds. He also remains the Dirty Birds’ pitching coach while on the active-player roster. After pitching in the starting rotation in 2021, he returned in 2022 pitching 67 innings with 58 strikeouts and clinching 700...