[1] Sotkamon Jymy has won the men's Finnish Pesäpallo Championship (Superpesis) 20 times in years 1963, 1990, 1992–1993, 1995–1997, 2001–2003, 2005–2006, 2009, 2011–2015, 2020 and 2023-2024.

[1] Its well-known competitor is Vimpelin Veto from Vimpeli, known as long-time rival of Sotkamon Jymy.

This development was supported by the 'sports schools' organised by the municipality of Sotkamo in the summer, where baseball was the only ball game.

It had to fight for its survival against village clubs like Sumsan Suju and Tipasojan Isku - and once even came close to dropping into the provincial league.

Jymy returned to the Championship League in 1984 and a pesäpallo boom was quickly born in Sotkamo, fuelled by the cramped and raucous atmosphere of the old stands.

In the 1980s, young manager Juha Tanskanen took over the talented age group of Janne Vuorinen, Kari Hakkarainen and Sami Sirviö in junior baseball and turned them into the most celebrated top-flight team in the history of baseball.

It has been a pioneer in marketing, networking, creating meaningful values, building cooperation agreements and, in general, in how a sports club can become a strong community player and influencer.