Saskatoon Berries ready to write some history as part of inaugural WCBL season

WATCH: Ten years after WCBL baseball was last played by a Saskatoon-based club, the expansion Saskatoon Berries are ready for opening pitch of their inaugural season.Baseball has taken Saskatoon’s Nolan Sparks all over North America, from Saskatchewan to stops in British Columbia, Texas and most recently Yavapai College in Arizona.

Announced as a WCBL expansion team in March of last year, the buzz around the team has been steadily building in the community in which Sparks first cut his teeth.“The most Berries hats I’ve ever seen was at the Blades game the other day,” said Sparks. “I was at Game 5 against Moose Jaw there and I saw probably 300, 400 Berries hats around town. It just means a lot and I’m excited for the city, excited for all of the players as well.

The Berries will follow in the footsteps of the Saskatoon Yellow Jackets before them, who competed in the then-called Western Major Baseball League between 2002 and 2014.Bichette homers as Blue Jays dump White Sox 9-2 According to head coach Joe Carnahan, the legacy of the Yellow Jackets is now coming full circle with a roster full of athletes who are aiming to inspire the next generation of young baseball players in the city.

On the eve of the Berries’ first game in franchise history, Carnahan is expecting the organization to tap into the community support that has helped raise their profile before they’ve even stepped into the box.

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