Adam Powers knows he’s fortunate.

Amidst the shutdowns that have occurred nationwide as a result of COVID-19, the lifelong Pittsburgh resident and tax accountant, a profession he shares with his wife Carly, is still able to fulfill his responsibilities from home.

“With our boys’ daycare shutting down, we are doing our best to juggle their needs with our work,” he said. “But, we are lucky that we’re able to work from home at a time when many people are not so fortunate.”

But Powers’ decision to share his story of working at home with Pittsburgh’s CBS-affiliate, KDKA, generated local interest.

In a feature by KDKA reporter Jon Delano, he was wearing a Jamestown Tarp Skunks T-shirt.

The shirt, a Christmas gift courtesy of Lakewood resident and father-in-law Cecil Miller, was a welcomed but curious memento to Powers: he reserved judgment on the name until after he did some background research.

“My first impression was … “Is this a real baseball team? I was thinking it had to be from a movie or TV show,” he said. “The next thing that I did was look up how the name came to be.”

Powers admitted he was impressed with the backstory, that of Silver Creek native and baseball legend Howard Ehmke’s post-retirement career as the inventor of the baseball tarp, and felt as though it was a unique and fresh new name to market Jamestown’s Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League franchise.

“I can’t say that I’ve seen any sports team embrace a skunk in this wa y… or at all,” he said. “I think it’s a phenomenal break from the ordinary. We have enough teams named after birds.”

Powers would know.

A huge baseball fan, he reluctantly admits his allegiance to the Pittsburgh Pirates.

“Growing up in Pittsburgh, my favorite team is by default the Pirates,” he said. “They haven’t been an easy team to root for, but any team can win on a given day in baseball.”

Powers’ love for the game began at the age of 6 and has continued ever since. After playing all throughout high school, he took a break before joining an adult league seven years ago and has in recent years been able to share his passion with his sons, 4-year-old Nash and 7-month-old Camden.

“My older son (is becoming a big Pirates fan and a baseball fan),” he said. “He started playing tee-ball last spring, and I’m not looking forward to finding out that his season is canceled in the next few weeks.”

Still, Powers remains hopeful that by the time his family returns to Jamestown over the summer, the momentary pause in our national pastime will be lifted and that he’ll be able to share his passion with his two boys at Diethrick Park.

“If and when baseball gets started again, we’re looking forward to taking in a Tarp Skunks game,” he said. “I love Jamestown. It’s where we got married … It’s a great little town with a lot more sunny days — and snowy days — than this Pittsburgher is used to.”