Down on the Farm: SWB Yanks Also in First Place

Triple-A Squad at 15-9 in the First Month (Scranton, PA) – Sporting a similar record to the parent club the SWB Yanks are off to a good start as well.  Sitting on top of the North Division in the International League, the team has played well on the road with a 10-6 record.  Jesus Montero [...]

Sorting Things Out: One Man’s Scranton Roster Prediction

The Farm System Continues to Look Promising (New York, NY) – As the Yanks sort out their prospects and get closer to opening day the roster for Scranton looks more predictable.  One blogger has take a shot at forecasting it and the whole article can be read here. In short here are the predictions (from [...]

Jun 19 – Annual Road Trip: SWB Yanks Fall to IronPigs 5-4

Montero and Pilletere Homer in Losing Cause (Allentown, PA) – Two from Section 430 (Brendan and Tom) along with Rob Mc, made the 4th annual minor league trip to Allentown to see the Scranton Yanks hook up with the Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs.    While the Bronx Yanks would win on the day (5-3 with [...]

Jan 15 – Getting Closer: Yanks 2010 Spring Training Tickets go on Sale

(New York, NY) -The Yanks finally released the schedule and pricing for the spring season and thus we are even closer to seeing baseball again. Single game tickets for the 2010 Spring Training season in Tampa are on sale NOW. To purchase tickets to any 2010 Yankees Spring Training home game, click this link to [...]

Sep 14 – Scranton Yanks Reach Governor’s Cup Final Again

Re-Match with Durham Bulls is Set (Scranton, PA) – The SWB yanks look to win another Triple-A cahmpionship when they take on the Durham Bulls. The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees have only five players returning from last year’s championship series: Juan Miranda, Chris Stewart, Eric Duncan, Kei Igawa and Zach Kroenke (right).    All but Duncan are significant [...]

Aug 2 – Annual Road Trip: Scranton Yanks Beat Pawsox 8-2 and 4-0

FNY Team Enjoys a Summer Doubleheader in PA (Scranton, PA) – Four from the FNY team (Brendan, James, Jim Sr. and Tom) along with 2 guests (Jim C. and Rick W.) made the annual trek to a minor league game.  And at least the Triple-A squad can beat the Red Sox this year as they [...]

Jun 21 – SWB Yankees Washout

3rd Annual Game Postponed to Aug 1st (Scranton, PA) – Well 3 from Sec 430 (Brendan, James and Tom with guest Jeff) tried to make the annual trek to see the farm boys but the Saturday rains postponed the game to a Sunday double-header.  Then with nice clouds and blue skies Brendan and Tom did [...]

Jun 9 – Vote and Vote Often: For Shelley and AJax and Other SWB’ers

From Lohud.Com Yankees Blog (Scranton, PA) – The SWB Yankees e-mailed today to say that on-line voting has started for the Triple-A All-Star team. So help out the Yankees prospects and vote one or two or 25 times. You can go to MinorLeagueBaseball.com or right to SWBYankees.com.   The SWB Yanks sit atop their division with [...]

May 17 – Good News from the Farm: Wang Improves in 2nd Rehab Start

Also Bruney Could Return on Tuesday (Scranton, PA) -  The SWB Yankees split their doubleheader with Columbus winning the first game 3-0 behind 7 innings from C-M Wang and dropping the second 2-1.  They sit in first place in their division in the International League with a 26-11 record. Courtesy of Milb.com: Chien-Ming Wang tossed [...]

Apr 18 – Scranton Yanks Improve to 10-0

2008 Governor’s Cup Champs Open the Season on Fire (Scranton, PA) – The SWB Yankees continue their very hot opening streak with another win, this time over Rochester 6-2.  At 10-0 the team looks like it is ready for another league title.  Today’s winner was Kei Igawa (2-0) and the overall play of the team [...]