{"id":319211,"date":"2026-11-02T01:48:08","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T01:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/319211\/"},"modified":"2026-11-02T01:48:08","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T01:48:08","slug":"railriders-fans-rush-to-pnc-field-to-grab-unique-finds-during-garage-sale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/319211\/","title":{"rendered":"RailRiders fans rush to PNC Field to grab unique finds during ‘garage sale’"},"content":{"rendered":"

MOOSIC \u2014 As the Scranton\/Wilkes-Barre Triple-A baseball franchise prepares to start a new era later this week, fans \u2014 from just several miles down the road all the way to Greenfield, Massachusetts \u2014 flooded the team clubhouse Sunday afternoon to snag a piece of RailRiders history.<\/p>\n

Lillian Andrew, 29, a New York Yankees fan who lives in rival Boston Red Sox territory, made the approximately 250-mile trek to Lackawanna County after noticing a social media post about a RailRiders garage sale.<\/p>\n

\u201cI saw information about the event on Facebook and thought it was going to be interesting,\u201d she said. \u201cMy husband and I are both baseball fans, and he was golfing today, so I came out with my mom.\u201d<\/p>\n

Andrew, who attended a RailRiders game for the first time this season, found good deals on backpacks, mugs and team gear \u2014 including a promotional jersey featuring the Scranton\/Wilkes-Barre Pierogies.<\/p>\n

\u201cI grabbed a couple of things that I thought people at home would like,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Patrons rubbed shoulders inside the clubhouse as they scoured racks for coveted jerseys and a line of eager shoppers stretched from the stadium entrance through the concourse.<\/p>\n

For Brent Fico, 42, of Starrucca, PNC Field and the RailRiders hold a special place in his heart: He married his wife, Ashley, inside the sports venue in 2015.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur family has a lot of history with the team and the stadium,\u201d Fico said. \u201cWe brought our youngest kids here, and spent a lot of time here. We love baseball, we love the area, so we thought let\u2019s see if they would even do it. I told my wife this morning, it\u2019s kind of like your wedding venue is getting renovated, so you want to see if you can have a piece of it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ronald Freeman, 47, of Pittston, a lifelong Yankees fan, politely paused midinterview to grab another jersey off the rack for his wife, Jill, on Saturday.<\/p>\n

\u201cMost of them are for the missus \u2014 hence all the pink,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Freeman typically attends several RailRiders games during each homestand and cherished the opportunity to step into the same clubhouse as professional athletes, including current Yankees like Aaron Judge<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s the part I like the most, being an athlete myself: actually being in the clubhouse and seeing where your favorite players used to stand, crack jokes, stretch and warm up,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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Droves of patrons browse items and wait in line during a garage sale for the Scranton\/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders at PNC Field in Moosic on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026. (ROBERT TOMKAVAGE\/STAFF PHOTO)\n<\/p>\n

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A variety of hats were available during a garage sale for the Scranton\/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders at PNC Field in Moosic in Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026. (ROBERT TOMKAVAGE\/STAFF PHOTO)\n<\/p>\n

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Lillian Andrew, 29, of Greenfield, Massachusetts, holds a variety of Scranton\/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders merchandise as she waits in line during a garage sale inside the team clubhouse at PNC Field in Moosic on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026. (ROBERT TOMKAVAGE\/STAFF PHOTO)\n<\/p>\n

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People wait in line to enter the Scranton\/Wilkes -Barre RailRiders\u2019 clubhouse at PNC Field in Moosic for a garage sale on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026 as a videoboard teases the reveal date for a new team nickname on Saturday. (ROBERT TOMKAVAGE\/STAFF PHOTO)\n<\/p>\n

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A line of patrons stretches from the stadium entrance to the team clubhouse during a garage sale for the Scranton\/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders at PNC Field in Moosic on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026. (ROBERT TOMKAVAGE\/STAFF PHOTO)\n<\/p>\n

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Ronald Freeman, 47, of Pittston, checks out a Christmas in July jersey during a garage sale for the Scranton Wilkes-Barre RailRiders at PNC Field in Moosic on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026. (ROBERT TOMKAVAGE\/STAFF PHOTO)\n<\/p>\n

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Brent Fico, 42, of Starrucca, waits in line to purchase a Christmas-themed jersey during a Scranton Wilkes-Barre RailRiders garage sale on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026 at PNC Field in Moosic. (ROBERT TOMKAVAGE\/STAFF PHOTO)\n<\/p>\n

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Droves of patrons browse items and wait in line during a garage sale for the Scranton\/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders at PNC Field in Moosic on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026. (ROBERT TOMKAVAGE\/STAFF PHOTO)\n<\/p>\n

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Michael DiGiovine, 27, of Dickson City, a season ticket holder, hoped to get an early start on holiday shopping during the garage sale.<\/p>\n

\u201cMaybe we\u2019ll get a Christmas gift if there is something I think somebody would really like,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Adam Marco, director of communications for the RailRiders, compared the rush of fans into the clubhouse \u2014 many of whom stood outside waiting for the doors to open \u2014 to the heyday of an annual post-Thanksgiving tradition.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s like the Black Friday, Cabbage Patch Kids, Tickle Me Elmo of the \u201980s, \u201990s and early 2000s era, minus the trampling of folks at the door,\u201d he said. \u201cEverybody had something in mind they might be looking for. Hopefully they walked out of here with a memory.\u201d<\/p>\n

The sale included a vast collection of items from throughout the entire stadium, Marco said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had jerseys, parking signs, (drinking) glasses, bobbleheads \u2014 just a wide array of things that were available in the team store or that you might have seen and never thought could be in your house.\u201d<\/p>\n

Set for another rebranding, the franchise started as the Scranton\/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons in 1989 and served as the Triple-A affiliate for the Philadelphia Phillies until the end of the 2006 season. From the 2007 season to the present, the franchise has been the top affiliate of the New York Yankees. The team name originally changed to the Yankees in December 2006 before switching to the RailRiders in November 2012, when the new name beat out other finalists including the Black Diamond Bears, Porcupines and Trolley Frogs.<\/p>\n

Marco felt it was important to give loyal fans a chance to own their own slice of RailRiders lore.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere have been staff members who worked here in the Red Barons or Yankees era, and everybody kind of has their own little piece of memorabilia they might have been able to take away,\u201d he said. \u201cThis was that fan opportunity to do that as well. It\u2019s bittersweet because you\u2019re saying goodbye to this brand.\u201d<\/p>\n

A former RailRiders player even reached out about getting his jersey from five or six years ago, Marco added.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it hits different people in different ways,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Fico looks forward to learning the new identity of the Scranton\/Wilkes-Barre baseball team.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m kind of excited to see what it is,\u201d he said. \u201cHonestly, I wasn\u2019t a huge fan of \u2018the RailRiders,\u2019 given the choices that were out at the time, but as a fan of the team, a fan of the area and stadium, and the people who work here, you just roll with it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MOOSIC \u2014 As the Scranton\/Wilkes-Barre Triple-A baseball franchise prepares to start a new era later this week, fans…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":319212,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[1681,201,182,803,1214,139,28,51447,178,180,179,726,289,181],"class_list":["post-319211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-entertainment","tag-lackawanna-county","tag-local-news","tag-luzerne-county","tag-moosic","tag-news","tag-pennsylvania","tag-rail-riders","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news","tag-sports","tag-things-to-do","tag-top-stories-stt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319211","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=319211"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319211\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/319212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=319211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=319211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=319211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}