The Saskatoon Yellow Jackets were a baseball team that played in Saskatoon , Saskatchewan . The team was a member of the Western Major Baseball League , a collegiate summer baseball league operating in the prairie provinces of Canada . The team joined the league in 2002, but struggled financially throughout its existence and folded in 2014.
6-483: The Yellow Jackets began play out of Cairns Field in 2002. The team changed ownership multiple times and struggled with fan engagement. The team also struggled on the field, and missed the playoffs for six straight seasons from 2009 to 2014, finishing at the bottom of the Central division each of those years. The team folded in 2014. This left Saskatoon without a WMBL team until the city was awarded an expansion franchise,
12-688: Is a stadium in Saskatoon , Saskatchewan , Canada. It is primarily used for baseball and serves as the home of the Saskatoon Berries of the Western Canadian Baseball League as well as local baseball. Cairns Field features artificial lighting, an electronic scoreboard, an irrigated and groomed grass infield, drainage, an 8-foot outfield fence with wind screening, and dimensions of 335 feet down each line and 400 feet in center field. The supporting facilities at
18-728: The Saskatoon Berries , in 2023. In August 2017, two former Yellow Jackets dressed for the Seattle Mariners , marking the first time that two WMBL players dressed for the same Major League Baseball team. Andrew Albers , from North Battleford , pitched five innings on 15 August, while Marco Gonzales took the mound on 16 August. This article about a baseball team in Canada is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Cairns Field 52°06′41″N 106°41′50″W / 52.111273°N 106.697089°W / 52.111273; -106.697089 Cairns Field
24-478: The field include stands seating 2,000 fans, a clubhouse with four dressing rooms, concession, washrooms, showers, media press box with a public address system, an umpires' room, warm-up mounds, and a permanent batting cage. The original ballpark back in 1914 held a capacity of 1,700 which drew a total of 6,422 spectators for the city's entry into the Western Canada League. The original Cairns Field
30-625: Was home to the Saskatoon Yellow Jackets from 2002 until the team folded in 2014. When Saskatoon was awarded an expansion WCBL team in 2023, the team's ownership renovated the facilities, including adding a new video board and expanding seating. A sold-out crowd of 2,200 turned out for the first home game in Saskatoon Berries history on May 28, 2024. This article about a building or structure in Saskatchewan
36-713: Was situated near the Canadian Pacific Railways station named after James Frederick Cairns, who became the president of the Saskatoon Baseball Club in 1921. The former grandstand used in the current Cairns Field had been constructed for harness racing in the Pion-Era. The park had renovations during the 1980s as well some others after the Berries moved in, in 2024. The ballpark hosted for the 2005 Canadian National Junior Championships. It
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