Saskatoon returning to WCBL, fielding new team for 2024 season
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The new club will field a team for the summer of 2024, practicing out of Cairns Field and the Gordie Howe Sports Complex, which is currently undergoing renovations.
Saskatoon is excited to re-enter the Western Canadian Baseball League (WCBL) after the Wednesday press conference announcement of the expansion of the city’s baseball club, making a 10-year commitment to the league.
The expanded club will field a team for the summer of 2024, practicing out of Cairns Field and the Gordie Howe Sports Complex, which is currently undergoing renovations.
“We believe it’s been too long since Saskatoon has had a WCBL team,” said 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 last time Saskatoon played in the Western Canadian Baseball League, then known as the Western Major Baseball League, was over a decade ago, as 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,” said 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 said this will be a great move for the city.