The region’s Minor League Baseball team has rebranded with a name hearkening back to the earliest days of its storied parent club.<\/p>\n
The Moosic-based AAA New York Yankees affiliate is now known as the Scranton\/Wilkes-Barre Highlanders.<\/p>\n
The team’s new name<\/a> was announced during a fall festival and reveal party Saturday afternoon at PNC Field.<\/p>\n “The SWB Highlanders name carries a dual meaning rooted in both place and baseball history,” the team said in a social media post<\/a>. <\/p>\n “It reflects the NEPA terrain, where PNC<\/a> Field sits surrounded by wooded hills, trails, and the natural beauty that shapes life in the Scranton\/Wilkes-Barre area, while also honoring the earliest identity in Yankees history,” the post added.<\/p>\n The Yankees were known as the Highlanders from 1903 through the 1912 season, taking their current name in 1913<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Moosic-based AAA team was launched in 1989 as the Red Barons, then an affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies. It became a Yankees affiliate in 2007 and was renamed the Scranton\/Wilkes-Barre Yankees. The team was renamed the RailRiders in 2013.<\/p>\n