![]() Moving the team to Ottawa, however, has an interesting upside for Mandalay. Same goes for Rochester: Naomi Silver and crew would be gracious hosts, to be sure. Moving the team to Allentown would be easy: the team would be a tenant, and Kurt Landes‘ team would basically take care of the rest. Since there’s the chance an International League team could potentially cut into Brooklyn Cyclones (short-season A NY-Penn League) attendance, permission from the Mets is not expected by some in the Yankees front office. You can take Richmond County Bank Ballpark, home of the Staten Island Yankees, off the list for the moment: with a new team owner and the need to get the permission of the New York Mets to move the SWB Yankees there for a season (remember, the Yankees and the Mets have a territorial agreement that requires the other to approve any moves within the territory), a move to Staten Island is seen as being problematic. Folks are being tight-lipped about the team’s home in 2012, but we hear the two leading contenders are Coca-Cola Park, home of the Lehigh Valley IronPigs (Class AAA International League) and Ottawa Stadium, the former home of the Ottawa Lynx (Class AAA International League), though Frontier Field, home of the Rochester Red Wings (Class AAA International League), has also been mentioned. The biggest: where to play while PNC Field (shown above) is being renovated. The destiny of the team will be in Mandalay’s hands, and there are many decisions to make. We’re expecting Mandalay to continue managing the team at Richmond County Bank Ballpark, at least in the near future.Īfter the SI Yankees sale is finalized, we expect to hear an announcement about Mandalay and the Yankees closing on its purchase of the SWB Yankees. The sale has not been finalized and must be approved by the various levels of baseball (the league, MiLB, MLB). According to several MiLB owners, the SI Yankees are being sold to a New York City hedge-fund manager not currently involved in professional baseball. However, the sale of the SI Yankees has been under the radar. (That money will be used to help pay for a renovation of PNC Field.) The pair have been managing the team, with an option to buy from the current owners ( Pennsylvania’s Lackawanna County and Luzerne County) for $14.6 million. ![]() The sale of the SWB Yankees was expected the Yankees and Mandalay Baseball have had an option to buy the team for more than a year now. ![]() The New York Yankees are exiting the Minor League Baseball world this offseason, according to several sources, as the team is in the process of selling the Staten Island Yankees (short season A NY-Penn League) and its share of Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees (Class AAA International League). By Kevin Reichard on Septemin Minor-League Baseball, News
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