{"id":224506,"date":"2026-06-21T18:26:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T18:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/224506\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:26:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T18:26:11","slug":"scranton-wilkes-barre-railriders-reprise-baby-bombers-alternate-identity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/224506\/","title":{"rendered":"Scranton\/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders reprise Baby Bombers alternate identity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Baby-Bombers-1000x700.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-100344\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>In 2017, the Scranton\/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders introduced an alternate identity that celebrated the rise of Yankees stars that had played with the team. With the likes of Aaron Judge, Gary Sanchez, and Gleyber Torres on the roster, the RailRiders adopted the nickname Baby Bombers for select games that season, a wink and a nod to their parent club\u2019s nickname, the Bronx Bombers.<\/p>\n<p>The RailRiders, Triple-A affiliate of the New York Yankees in the International League, announced that they are bringing the alternate brand back for 2026. The logo features a man-baby with a 5 o\u2019clock shadow holding a baseball bat and wearing a diaper and a Yankees-style top hat.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Baby-Bombers-uni-1000x700.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-100343\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs the step before they become the Bronx Bombers, it is a pleasure to watch the next wave of Baby Bombers at PNC Field,\u201d said Shawn Reilly, Scranton\/Wilkes-Barre\u2019s Team President &amp; General Manager. \u201cFans have long loved this identity, and it\u2019s a sight to see it come back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The RailRiders will play as the Baby Bombers for Sunday home games in 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In 2017, the Scranton\/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders introduced an alternate identity that celebrated the rise of Yankees stars that had&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":224507,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-224506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224506\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/224507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}