Lehigh Valley IronPigs
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The Lehigh Valley IronPigs are a minor league baseball team, serving as the Triple-A affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies of Major League Baseball. The team plays its home games at Coca-Cola Park in Allentown, Pennsylvania. The park, which opened for the start of the team's first season in 2008, seats 8,100, with a capacity of 10,000, and cost $50.25 million to complete. Previously, the team operated as the Ottawa Lynx (2007), in Ottawa, Ontario before moving to Allentown. Preceding the Lynx, the Philadelphia Phillies' Triple-A team was known as the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons, which existed from 1987–2006, and played their home games at PNC Field in Moosic, Pennsylvania.
Pawtucket Red Sox Update, Week 1: Cook Impressive in Debut
By: Sports of Boston
11Apr2012The Pawtucket Red Sox once again had a better first week of the season with a better record than their major-league affiliate. Pawtucket finished the week with a 3-3 record, good for second place in the IL North. It was an eventful open for the Sox,...
- Mentions: Aaron Cook, Boston Red Sox, Buffalo Bisons, Jason Repko, Pawtucket Red Sox, Ross Ohlendorf
Lehigh Valley Ironpigs Top List of Best Triple-A Ballparks, Get Ryne Sandberg to Commit
30Mar2012Who knows! Maybe one day, when Charlie Manuel's time in Philly is done, the well-groomed Triple-A manager with a fit of vengeance festering in his guts takes the reins and pilots a lovable crew of ne'er-do-wells to the sixth World Series championshi...
Prospect Nation 2012: #21 1B Cody Overbeck
By: Phillies Nation
23Jan2012Cody Overbeck has proven himself to be an impact slugger after slamming 48 total homeruns and driving in 154 runs across three levels of the Philadelphia developmental ranks from 2010-2011. Throughout his time in the Philadelphia system, Overbeck, wh...
- Mentions: Reading Phillies
IronPigs Hogtie Couple More of These Here Minor Leaguers
19Dec2011I'll have you know the minor leagues are a bastion of future glory, where dreams go to thrive, or simmer. Or explode or die or be smeared over the course of a decade. It's a wild place! And you're boring and unfulfilled. No wonder you hate it.
- Mentions: Reading Phillies
Charlie Manuel and Ryne Sandberg Schedule Cool-Sounding Hang Out
15Dec2011hopefully everyone will be able to keep hold of their more intrusive emotions and avoid screaming "WHY IS JIMMY SO INTENT ON HURTING US?!" in the middle of a speech about... well, probably baseball.
Phillies Farm System Ready to Move on from Offseason Coach Trauma
23Nov2011Ryne finally learned that once success has been achieved in one place, it is utterly impossible to achieve it elsewhere, and certainly not on a higher level of play, so its best to just stay where you are and just keep cultivating championship teams...
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