Winter Carnival This Saturday

Published on January 25, 2007 under International League (IL1)
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees News Release


Saturday, January 27 is going to be a special day at Lackawanna County Stadium. The weather may be chilly but signs of baseball will warm the hearts of many.

The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees are kicking off the 2007 season with their inaugural Winter Carnival from 11:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M. The event is open to the general public FREE of charge.

Highlighting the event will be an autograph session featuring Manager Dave Miley, Pitching Coach Dave Eiland and top New York Yankees prospects Tyler Clippard and Eric Duncan.

Fans will also have the opportunity to see what seats are for sale. Seats that are still available will be marked and available for immediate purchase. Ticket representatives will be on hand to answer questions on all season ticket plans as well as group and hospitality areas.

We have been "Yankee-izing" Lackawanna County Stadium since the big announcement that we're the Triple-A affiliate of the Yankees. And we are ready to show you some of the changes. Fans will be allowed to go behind the scenes to see the brand new locker room, field conversion and construction of our new Bullpen Field Boxes.

For those fans who did not receive great SWB Yankees gear from Santa, merchandise stations will be setup throughout the stadium with hats, t-shirts and sweatshirts for sale.

The event will also feature a batting practice session for kids. Any child 12 and under will have the opportunity to take a few swings in our state of the art batting tunnel.

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DAVE MILEY, Miley, 44, will be entering his 2nd season guiding the Yankees' Triple-A team after spending 26 seasons in the Cincinnati Reds' organization. In 2006 he led the Columbus Clippers to a 69-73 record.....On July 28, 2003 he was named the interim manager of the Cincinnati Reds, replacing Bob Boone. On December 4, 2003 the interim tag was dropped after signing a two-year contract...... Baseball America named him the National League Manager of the Year of the first half of the 2004 season. In three years with the Reds, he compiled a 125-164 record. He also served one season - 1993, as the Reds bench coach......Miley is no stranger to the International League having spent six seasons in the IL from 1998 through 2003 with Indianapolis and Louisville.....In four seasons at Louisville, he went 296-245 (.547) and established franchise records for wins and games managed (541)......Louisville's 5-0 win at Ottawa on May 19, 2002 was his 1,000th career minor league win.....In 2001 he guided Louisville to its first Governors' Cup Championship over the former Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons......In his minor league managerial career which spans 14 seasons, he has posted a 1,184-914 (.564) record and an impressive 13 winning seasons.......As a player, he was signed by the Reds in 1980 and spent seven seasons as a minor league catcher batting .238 with 16 HR and 172 RBI.

DAVE EILAND, 40, is entering his 5th season in the Yankees organization and 1st as the Triple-A Pitching Coach......He spent the last two seasons guiding the young arms at Double-A Trenton after one year stints in Staten Island (2004) and Gulf Coast (2003)....He was originally selected by the Yankees in the seventh round of the 1987 draft and spent 10 years pitching at the Major League level with the Yankees (1988-1991), San Diego Padres (1992-1993) and Tampa Bay Devil Rays (1998-2000) before two "Tommy John" surgeries forced his retirement in 2002.....At the minor league level he posted a career 106-57 record.

TYLER CLIPPARD, 21, led all Yankees' minor-leaguers with 175 strikeouts while posting a 12-10 record with a 3.35 ERA in 28 starts with Double-A Trenton in 2006. He was named E.L. "Pitcher of the Week" three times in 2006, marking the first time a Trenton player has ever won the honor more than twice in a single season. On August 17, 2006, Clippard became the first Trenton pitcher in the 13-year history of the franchise to toss a no-hitter in a 9-0 win vs. Harrisburg. Ranked by Baseball America as the seventh-best prospect in the Yankees' organization, Clippard was selected by the Yankees in the ninth round of the 2003 First-Year Player Draft. He has received an invitation to Major League Spring Training.

ERIC DUNCAN, 22, split time between Triple-A Columbus and Double-A Trenton in 2006. He began the season with the Clippers and batted .209 (23-for-110) in 31 games before being transferred to Trenton. In 57 games with the Thunder, he batted .248 (51-for-206) with 10 home runs and 29 RBI before being placed on the disabled list with a back strain. After coming off the disabled list, Duncan played in 26 games with the Peoria Saguaros in the 2006 Arizona Fall League, batting .257 with two home runs and 18 RBI. Duncan was selected by the Yankees in the first round of the 2003 First-Year Player Draft. He has received an invitation to Major League Spring Training.

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