Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees

Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees

MiLB infobox
name = Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees
founded = 1937
city = Moosic, Pennsylvania
misc =

uniform
class level = Triple-A (1946-Present)
past class level= Double-A (1937-1945)
current league = International League
conference =
division = North Division
past league =
majorleague = New York Yankees (2007-Present)
pastmajorleague = Philadelphia Phillies (1987-2006)
*Cleveland Indians (1981-1986)
*Texas Rangers (1980)
*Houston Astros (1977-1979)
*Pittsburgh Pirates (1957-1976)
*Philadelphia/Kansas City Athletics (1952-1956)
*New York Giants (1937-1951)
uniform =
nickname = Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees (2007-Present)
pastnames = Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons (1989-2006)
*Maine Phillies (1988)
*Maine Guides (1984-1987)
*Charleston Charlies (1971-1983)
*Columbus Jets (1955-1970)
*Ottawa A's (1952-1954)
*Ottawa Giants (1951)
*Jersey City Giants (1937-1950)
ballpark = PNC Field (1989-Present) (known as Lackawanna County Stadium from 1989-2006)
pastparks =
leaguechamps = 1977, 2008
divisionchamps = 1992, 1999, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008
misc6 =
owner = Lackawanna and Luzerne Counties / Mandalay Sports Entertainment
manager = Dave Miley
gm = Jeremy Ruby
The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees are the Class-AAA minor league baseball affiliate of the New York Yankees. The Yankees play at PNC Field (formerly Lackawanna County Stadium), located in Moosic, Pennsylvania, which is part of the metropolitan area of Scranton and Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.

While Lackawanna County and Luzerne County retain ownership, the club is managed by Mandalay Sports Entertainment, which also runs several other Minor League teams, including the Yankees' short season Class-A team, the Staten Island Yankees. In the management deal, Mandalay has the option of purchasing the team for between $13 million and $16.4 million, depending on the timing of the purchase. There is also some concern that the team could be moved out of Northeastern Pennsylvania unless a new stadium is built. [ [http://www.thetimes-tribune.com/site/index.cfm?newsid=17914733&BRD=2185&PAG=461&dept_id=590572&rfi=8 The Times-Tribune - Sale talk for team still dogs Cordaro ] ]

Franchise history

The franchise began life in by|1937 as the Jersey City Giants, the top farm club of the New York Giants.Fact|date=August 2008 They remained in Jersey City, New Jersey through by|1950, moving to Ottawa, Ontario, Canada prior to the by|1951 season.Fact|date=August 2008 After four seasons in Ottawa as the Ottawa Giants, the struggling franchise claimed the Columbus, Ohio territory (which had become available because of the relocation of the Columbus Red Birds to Omaha, Nebraska), joining the International League as the Columbus Jets in 1955cite news | title=Pittsburgh link worked wonders: After short affiliation with Kansas City, Jets welcomed future Pirates stars | url=http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/sports/stories/2008/07/15/pittsburgh_clippers.html?sid=101 | work=Columbus Dispatch | first=Jim | last=Massie | date=July 15, 2008 | accessdate=2008-07-16] .

Stadium problems following the by|1970 season caused the Jets to relocate to Charleston, West Virginia as the Charleston Charlies. In by|1977, the Charlies won the franchise's only IL title, defeating the Pawtucket Red Sox, who had defeated the Charlies for the title in 1973. The team moved from West Virginia to Old Orchard Beach, Maine prior to the by|1984 season, and became the Maine Guides.Fact|date=August 2008 In their first season as the Guides, the team again lost the IL title to the PawSox. In by|1989, the franchise moved to their current home in Pennsylvania.Fact|date=August 2008

From 1989 until by|2006, the team was known as the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons, and was affiliated with the Philadelphia Phillies as their top minor league farm team. After the 2006 season, the Ottawa Lynx signed a Player Development Contract with the Phillies in anticipation of their move to Allentown's new Coca-Cola Park for the 2008 season.

In April 2006, the team unveiled a renovated clubhouse, which is considered to be similar in quality to major league clubhouses. [ [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/26/sports/baseball/26scranton.html?pagewanted=1&ref=sports Nothing’s Too Good for Their Yankees - New York Times ] ]

On September 21, 2006, the Red Barons announced a two-year affiliation agreement with the New York Yankees, ending the Yankees' 28-year relationship with the Columbus Clippers. [ [http://www.wnep.com/Global/story.asp?S=5438202&nav=menu158_2 Yankees Farm Team To Play Here ] ] The Red Barons sold 47,000 tickets on the day of the announcement. [ [http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/app/news/article.jsp?ymd=20060925&content_id=134705&vkey=news_t531&fext=.jsp&sid=t531 Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees: News: Article ] ]

On December 12, 2006, the team officially changed its nickname to the Yankees, and unveiled new team logos and uniforms. [ [http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/app/news/article.jsp?ymd=20061212&content_id=148304&vkey=news_t531&fext=.jsp&sid=t531 Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees: News: Article ] ] The SWB Yankees' logo is almost identical to Staten Island's, with the exception of the different city names.

In the future, the New York Yankees would like for a new baseball stadium to be built for their AAA team in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre area. A Yankees-themed hotel, various shops, and a Yankees museum would be built in the area as well. [http://www.thetimes-tribune.com/articles/2008/07/24/news/sc_times_trib.20080724.a.pg1.tt24baseball_s1.1831338_top7.txt]

Playoffs

*2008 season: Defeated Pawtucket 3-1 in semifinals.

*2008 season: Defeated Durham 3-1 in Governor's Cup Finals.

Titles as other names

The Yankees won the 2008 International League Governors' Cup after defeating the Pawtucket Red Sox 3 games to 1 in the first round and the Durham Bulls 3 games to 1 in the finals. It is the first major championship in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre are since 1948.

The Red Barons never won the Governors' Cup, the championship of the IL, but have played in the championship series 3 times.

*by|1992 - Lost to Columbus
*by|2000 - Lost to Indianapolis
*by|2001 - Lost to Louisville in a shortened series (one game) due to the September 11th Terrorist Attacks. IL Commissioner Randy Mobley did not declare a co-championship as was done in most other minor leagues.

As the Maine Guides, they played in the championship series once.
*by|1984 - Lost to Pawtucket

As the Charleston Charlies, they won the Governor's Cup once, and played in the championship series 2 times.
*by|1973 - Lost to Pawtucket
*by|1977 - Defeated Pawtucket

Current roster

Notable alumni

Red Barons

*Marlon Anderson
*Andy Ashby
*Pat Burrell
*Darren Daulton
*Johnny Estrada
*Cole Hamels
*Josh Hancock
*Dave Hollins
*Ryan Howard
*Mike Lieberthal
*Mickey Morandini
*Brett Myers
*Scott Rolen
*Jimmy Rollins
*Curt Schilling
*Chase Utley
*Shane Victorino
*Randy Wolf
*Jon Zuber

Yankees

*Phil Hughes
*Shelley Duncan
*Joba Chamberlain
*Ian Kennedy
*Edwar Ramírez
*Alberto Gonzalez
*Kei Igawa
*Ross Ohlendorf
*Jeff Karstens
*Jose Veras
*Darrell Rasner
*Brett Gardner
*Melky Cabrera
*Roger Clemens

Uniform design

The team's two home uniforms are white with navy blue pinstripes, mirroring those of the parent club. The primary home jersey features the cap logo on the left chest [http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j114/Brad_Will/Wiki/SWBYanksHome.jpg] , while the alternate home jersey features the Yankees hat. [http://shop.mlb.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2590079&cp=2166084.2166084]

The team's road uniforms are grey with navy blue and white trim, with the Yankees wordmark across the chest. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/


] In 2008 the team began wearing their navy blue batting practice jerseys for a majority of their road games and have also stopped wearing their road gray hats with the blue bill and now wears their blue alternate cap with the Y on it for their road games. j. [http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j114/Brad_Will/Pics/6-20-07/ChrisBritton.jpg] . [ [http://shop.mlb.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2590081&cp=2166084.2166084 MLB.com Shop ] ]

Radio

Mike Vander Wood is the Current radio play-by-play announcer. Vander Wood joined the team after leaving the Cincinnatti Reds single-A team the Dayton Dragons.

The team's former radio play-by-play announcer, Kent Westling, retired prior to the 2008 season and had been with the franchise since it moved to Pennsylvania in 1989. While he cut back his schedule in later years, Westling, a former local television sportscaster who once worked on telecasts of St. Louis Blues hockey team, had been behind the microphone for more than 2,000 games until announcing his resignation after the 2007 season [ [http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070820&content_id=292184&vkey=news_t531&fext=.jsp&sid=t531 Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees: News: Article ] ] . Bill Savage, a sports writer for "The Times Leader" in Wilkes-Barre, covered the team for its first six seasons, and during that stretch, from 1989 to 1994, missed only about 10 of the team's games.

Trivia

*On the NBC sitcom "The Office", which takes place in Scranton (although filmed in California), the character Ryan Howard, played by actor B.J. Novak, is rumored to be named after Phillies first baseman and 2006 NL MVP Ryan Howard, who was playing for Scranton/Wilkes-Barre when production for the series started in 2004.
*Also, on the NBC sitcom "The Office", in the season 4 episode Local Ad, the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees logo can be seen on the vending machine when Dwight and Andy are talking to each other.
*A bobblehead of former Red Barons catcher Mike Lieberthal sits on the desk of Dwight Schrute, played by actor Rainn Wilson.

References

External links

* [http://www.swbyankees.com/ Official Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees website] .
* [http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/app/news/article.jsp?ymd=20060123&content_id=38921&vkey=pr_t531&fext=.jsp&sid=t531 "Red Barons Guaranteed Major League Affiliate"] .
* [http://www.frontiernet.net/~rochballparks3/scranton/scranton.htm Photographs of Lackawanna County Stadium, current home of the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons - "Rochester Area Ballparks"]


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