![]() ![]() (Never mind that Columbus never set foot on mainland North America. And because of that, there are lots of cities named Columbus, including those in Georgia, Indiana, Mississippi, Nebraska, Texas, Wisconsin, Montana, and, of course, Ohio-not to mention places with Columbia in their name, including cities, counties, and rivers, as well as a Canadian province and a certain “District of” in the United States. Now 1492, there’s a number we can rhyme some things with. (“In circa year 1,000, Leif Erikson sailed the ocean blue…”) We never talk about Leif Erikson because we don’t know exactly what date he first landed on coastal North America, so we can’t write catchy poems about him. I would definitely like to see them have a new name.The city of Columbus, Ohio, is named in honor of the first European to set foot in North America, Norwegian explorer Leif Erikson. “I associate the Red Barons with the Phillies, and these are the Yankees. “Everybody else is wondering why a baseball team in northeast Pennsylvania is named for the German fighter ace. “The name makes sense to people who remember the Scranton Red Sox and the Wilkes-Barre Barons, which is like 15 people,” Ford said. Ford hopes a new name will accompany the arrival of his favorite team. However, Cordaro said nothing is certain. There are no plans to change the team’s name. That’s a big turnaround, considering the club had lost $10 million over the last six years, according to Cordaro. Under the new two-year contract, Lackawanna County will be guaranteed a minimum of $125,000 or 33 percent (whichever is greater) of the franchise’s net income before taxes. Wednesday night, Cordaro had dinner with Yankees officials in New York. Earlier this week, Mets General Manager Omar Minaya toured the Red Barons’ facilities. However, in recent weeks it became clear it was a two-team race between the Yankees and the New York Mets. Ottawa is where the Phillies’ Triple-A team will play next year. Soon after the Phillies and Red Barons announced they would not renew their agreement, speculation began that the Baltimore Orioles would move their Triple-A franchise from Ottawa to Moosic. “That is going to be a lot of fun for fans.” “We are very excited and have been from the outset about the opportunity for a natural Turnpike rivalry with the new Allentown team,” Cordaro said. The Red Barons have never had a regional rivalry the way several other teams in the league have - for example, the Syracuse Sk圜hiefs and Rochester Red Wings in New York, and the Columbus Clippers and Toledo Mud Hens in Ohio. Baseball people cannot run county government, and county government cannot run a baseball team.” “But probably the best part is they will have baseball people running the team now and not politicians. “I truly believe there are as many, if not more, Yankees fans in the area than Phillies fans. “In my opinion, they could not get a better team to replace them,” said Orloski, 74 and a lifelong Phillies fan. But he thinks the Yankees will be a great fit. “In Lackawanna County, though, I think Yankees fans outnumber Phillies fans 3 to 1.”įrank Orloski, a retired Luzerne County businessman and a member of the committee that helped lure the Phillies to Moosic in the late 1980s, said it’s hard to see a team replace the Phillies’ affiliate. “I think there are more Yankees than Phillies fans in Luzerne County, but barely,” he said. Cordaro also said the Yankees, the sports franchise with the most wins in history, will be a good fit because there are so many Yankees fans in the area.įord, an attorney for Smithford Business Lawyers, agreed. ![]()
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