Editing Saskatoon Yellow Jackets (section)

== Team history ==
The Yellow Jackets began play out of [[Cairns Field]] in 2002. The team changed ownership multiple times and struggled with fan engagement.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2015-01-21 |title=Saskatoon Yellow Jackets out for 2015 season |work=CTV News |url=https://saskatoon.ctvnews.ca/saskatoon-yellow-jackets-out-for-2015-season-1.2199874 |access-date=2023-07-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Mitchell |first=Kevin |date=2023-03-29 |title=The Western Canadian Baseball League is back: New franchise lands in Saskatoon for 2024 |work=Saskatoon StarPhoenix |url=https://thestarphoenix.com/sports/baseball/the-western-canada-baseball-league-is-back-new-franchise-lands-in-saskatoon-for-2024 |access-date=2023-07-18}}</ref> 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.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Western Canadian Baseball League |url=http://www.attheplate.com/wcbl/wmbl.html |access-date=2021-01-07 |website=www.attheplate.com}}</ref> The team folded in 2014.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mitchell |first1=Kevin |date=2015-12-09 |title=Saskatoon would be welcomed back into the WMBL, if it's 'done right', league president says |url=https://thestarphoenix.com/sports/baseball/saskatoon-would-be-welcomed-back-into-the-wmbl-if-its-done-right-league-president-says |access-date=2019-06-10 |website=Saskatoon StarPhoenix}}</ref> This left Saskatoon without a WMBL team until the city was awarded an expansion franchise, the [[Saskatoon Berries (baseball)|Saskatoon Berries]], in 2023.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mitchell |first=Kevin |date=2023-07-14 |title=They have a name and a coach; now, the Saskatoon Berries wait for the 2024 baseball season |work=Saskatoon StarPhoenix |url=https://thestarphoenix.com/sports/they-have-a-name-and-a-coach-now-the-saskatoon-berries-wait-for-the-2024-baseball-season |access-date=2023-07-18}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Shield |first=David |date=2017-08-16 |title='Just think of the odds': 2 former Saskatoon Yellow Jackets now playing for Seattle Mariners |work=CBC News |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/andrew-albers-playing-seattle-mariners-1.4249907 |access-date=2023-07-18}}</ref>