Charleston Dirty Birds

Charleston Dirty Birds

The Charleston Dirty Birds are a minor league baseball team based in Charleston, West Virginia. They are a member of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball, an independent professional league which is not affiliated with Major League Baseball or Minor League Baseball. The Dirty Birds play their home games at Appalachian Power Park.

The Dirty Birds nickname is a reference to the city of Charleston's history as a coal mining town. The coal miners would often emerge from the mines covered in coal dust, and they were known as "dirty birds." The Dirty Birds nickname is a symbol of the city's strength, resilience, and connection to its coal mining heritage.