The Jamestown Tarp Skunks 2023 season begins tonight at Diethrick Park with an exhibition game against the visiting Olean Oilers. This will be the third season for the inter-collegiate Tarp Skunks squad, which plays in the Perfect Game Collegiate … [Read more...]
[LISTEN] Communtiy Matter – Russ Diethrick and Kim Ecklund Discuss Babe Ruth World Series
Originally airing July 23, 2015. WRFA public affairs director Jason Sample sits down with Russ Diethrick and Kim Ecklund - members of the Babe Ruth World Series committee - to get more details about the 2015 13 year-old Babe Ruth World Series, … [Read more...]
Jammers to Host Press Conference, T-Shirt Giveaway Tuesday Afternoon at City Hall
JAMESTOWN, NY - Now that warmer weather is slowly returning to the area, it won’t be long before you once again hear the crack of the bat and the roar of the crowd on Jamestown's east side. To celebrate the anticipated arrival of another season of … [Read more...]
Anthony Barone to Manage Jammers in Inaugural Season of Prospect League Play
JAMESTOWN - MKE Sports & Entertainment is announcing the selection of Jamestown native Anthony Barone as Business Manager and Field Manager of the new Jamestown Jammers, which will begin play in the Prospect League in May 2015. Barone served … [Read more...]
2015 Babe Ruth World Series Organizers Announce New Website
JAMESTOWN - 2015 is the 35th anniversary of the first 13 –year-old Babe Ruth World Series to be played in Jamestown and that’s not going unnoticed by organizers of this year’s event, which returns to the city in August. The Jamestown Babe Ruth … [Read more...]
Final Two Home Games in Jammers’ History Take Place Sunday and Labor Day
JAMESTOWN - The final two home games in Jamestown Jammers history will be taking place Labor Day weekend at Diethrick Park. The Jammers – who announced earlier this week that they would be playing in Morgantown, WV in 2015 – will take on the … [Read more...]
It’s Official: Jammers, NY-Penn League to Pull Out of Jamestown
MORGANTOWN, W.V. - The city of Jamestown is losing its professional baseball team. On Monday afternoon, officials from the city of Morgantown, W.V. joined those from West Virginia University, the New York-Penn League and the Pittsburgh Pirates in … [Read more...]
City Council Work Session, Committee Meetings are Tonight
JAMESTOWN - The Jamestown City Council will be holding a work session tonight at city hall, with several council committees also scheduled to meet. At 7 p.m., the council’s Finance Committee will meet and will review several resolutions, including … [Read more...]