MOOSIC, PA JUNE 24: A general view of the ballpark during the game between the Worcester Red Sox and the ScrantonWilkesBarre RailRiders at PNC Field on Tuesday, June 24, 2025 in Moosic, by Rob TringaliMinor League Baseball via Scott Walsh is a Long Island native and has written for The Scranton TimesTribune for over 35 their first homestand of the year Chase Hampton Jersey, the ScrantonWilkesBarre RailRiders enjoyed their largest Opening Week attendance since was music to Shawn Reilly's the Yankees' TripleA team back home at PNC Field for the next two weeks, the team's new president and general manager hopes fans continue to show up to the 're scheduled to begin a series tonight against the Rochester Red Wings before entertaining the Buffalo Bisons from April 28th to May shortstop Anthony Volpe is scheduled to continue his rehab assignment in the series against will be his first series in a RailRiders uniform since his 22game stint to close out the 2022 campaign, just before his promotion to the big league for Opening Day 2023.If you put on a***d show for them, people will come out, Reilly said at the team's Media Day on March 25th.A lot of times the harsh winters lead to great seasons for baseball teams because people miss sitting outside.A native of Niagara Falls, New York, Reilly began his career in baseball with the Niagara Falls Rapids in 1992, the western New Yorkbased Jamestown Jammers in 1993, and two seasons as general manager of the New York Mets' Florida spring training facility in Port then was the senior vice president at Core Communities in Port for 15 20, Reilly returned to baseball and the Empire State as the founder and coowner of the New York team started in the independent CanAm League and won the championship in 2014 and lost in the final in 201and October 2019, the CanAm League merged with the Frontier League, and that's where the team currently his tenure, Reilly helped build the Boulders into a flagship did it by creating a great family experience at Stadium is 29 miles from Yankee Stadium, so the Boulders had to differentiate ways to get people to come to their games.Over time, we found out that our ballpark and most ballparks 70 percent of the people come out because it's affordable family entertainment, Reilly said.So we focused on the mascots and the fun things like the playgrounds and the cotton 's really why people come;***d baseball is just a bonus.Coming to the RailRiders this season, Reilly has that same night they're putting on a show and he wants people to come out and see the 's why the team has added some new promotions, amenities, food items as well as tweaked some things.I'm coming in and have a fresh set of eyes, so there's a bunch of things over time I'm going to look at, Reilly said.This is a beautiful ballpark, but having a fresh set of eyes can freshen it up a little ***.Reilly is proud of the massive new video scoreboard that spans nearly 3, 000 square feet 1, 87square feet larger than the previous has interactive software so fans can text and put themselves on the at the end of May, to make game times more fanfriendly, they will move from 6:35 p. starts to 7:05 p. firstpitch times were switched to 1:35 p. hosting firework shows following Friday night games, Reilly added them after Saturday games beginning in a result, those start times have been moved from 4 p. 6:35 p.m.We've got to increase our reach because it's still a small 's one of the smallest markets in TripleA; I thought I read 22nd out of 30, Reilly said.So one way I wanted to try to expand our reach is to have Saturday fireworks and see if we can get more people to drive in from Middletown NY and western New Jersey.I think they will.Parking was lowered from $8 to $5 and cash is 's reasoning: Rather than fumbling for change or using a card machine, you can get people in kids can run the bases after every game, not just following Sunday a***d team should help draw people, too, with players like Jasson Domnguez Paul Goldschmidt Jersey, Spencer Jones and top pitching prospects Carlos Lagrange and Elmer Rodrguez.Fans don't have to be diehard baseball fans to know who these people are legitimate bigleague players, Reilly said.We're very fortunate to have the Yankees as our parent know they load up on signing major leaguers and many times they end up in Scranton.I would dare say this team in Scranton is probably one of the best teams we've ever had here.Also, Reilly believes fans will see more Yankees on rehab assignments coming to ScrantonWilkesBarre rather than Somerset.I think this year our schedules don't they Somerset are home, we're on the road and when we're home, they're on the road, Reilly said.But you can't deny the is the players have a place in New York City, they can sleep in their own bed.I get I think this year because of the way the schedule lines up, if someone has to rehab and Somerset is on the road, I'm pretty sure they're coming here.Indeed, Volpe played at Somerset this past week with Scranton up in Syracuse, and now that the Patriots are hitting the road for Binghamton, he's joining the RailRiders at PNC Field rather than going on a minorleague road RailRiders 1010 limp into the series against Rochester, having dropped three straight and four of five in the series last week in series finale was postponed by inclement weather and rescheduled for Wednesday, June 3rd, as part of a batted.313 5for1in five games with two doubles, two home runs, four RBIs, three runs, two walks, six strikeouts and two stolen remains tied for the International League lead in RBIs with Martinez.364 4for in four games with two home runs Thurman Munson Jersey, four RBIs and three the mound, Rodrguez earned his first TripleA win, pitching 5.2 scoreless innings on two hits, two walks, six strikeouts and one hitbatsman in a 41 triumph April 10, the Washington Nationals' TripleA affiliate, is coming off a sixgame series split with 'll be led by Dylan Crews, the No.2 overall pick in the 2023 MLB Draft made famous by his LSU teammate Paul Skenes, who went down by the new front office in D. refine his game to start the year, Crews is hitting.284.388.418 in 80 PA on the young on the Red Wings' roster is old friend Andrs Chaparro, who was in the Yankees' organization from 2015 through 2023, culminating in a 25homer season for the RailRiders before moving on to the Senior weeks ago, the RailRiders took four of six games from the Red Wings at ESL Ballpark in New York.

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