We're moving up

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We, Puna-Mustat (Est 1941) are on a mission to bring back the Finnish baseball culture to Helsinki. Our goal is to create the largest junior club by 2030 and for the men's team to make their way up to Superpesis (top league) by 2027. We are building the new arrival of the national game to the capital city with a progressive, liberal, and urban approach.

 

For now, we are a non-profit organization with an experienced leadership team, 17 teams across juniors and adults, +200 official members and during the year over 1000 people play or practice in one or more of our concepts for all ages. Our main baseball field is located in Meilahti, Helsinki. In 2024 our men’s team rose from the 2nd division to the 1st division and their games attracted 200-600 spectators to their matches.

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Finnish baseball for everyone

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Puna-Mustat strives to make Finnish baseball accessible for everyone in Helsinki (and apparently internationally). The club has junior operations with teams in all age groups and competitive adult teams for both women and men. We organise a league, Kuntopesis, for hobbyists and a weekly Pesistiistai concept (Finnish baseball Tuesday) on 5 different locations in Helsinki during the summer where everyone from all ages can join and play for free with our gear and with the help of our instructors.

 

We invite new juniors to join our teams at any time of the year and for beginners aged 7–12 years we organise a 5-week Finnish baseball school, Pesiskoulu, every spring and autumn in 14 locations across Helsinki to make it easy to get started. For 4–6 olds we organise a versatile sports practice concept, Pesisliikkari, also in 14 locations, where children exercise and have fun while learning Finnish baseball skills.

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Finnish baseball and Helsinki belong together

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Finnish baseball was originally invented in Helsinki and our mission is to bring the Finnish baseball culture back to the city. For a long time, the sport has been popular primarily in smaller cities across Finland. Puna-Mustat has a successful history within the sport but our last championship with men dates back to 1973 and with women to 1977. Today, a major part of Finnish baseball-related Google searches are made in Helsinki so the potential fan base in Helsinki is massive and our job is to capitalise on it. 

 

Today we play our matches at an old stadium with quite basic facilities but we have made our plan public to build a proper stadium by 2027 to Meilahti. See article on the main news outlet Helsingin Sanomat on our plans here.

 

We’re sorry we haven’t translated all of our site to English yet. If you have an idea on how to best do it, do reach out!