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Empire State Yankees Play As Home Team at Frontier Field

The staff for the Rochester Red Wings will have their hands full this summer as the Empire State Yankees play 37 of their home games at Frontier Field – the first of which is Monday night.

Combined with the Wings' schedule, that's 109 games, and Red Wings General Manager Dan Mason says adding all these extra games represents both a risk and a reward.

Mason says the extra work will be taxing on the full-time staff, and the club hopes to make some money on the deal.

Mason says he expects the large contingent of New York Yankee fans in this area to come out to see their top prospects play at Frontier.

And Mason says Morrie Silver Way will be "hopping" this year with 109 home games in 152 days.

Meanwhile, for the Red Wings, it means eight fewer road games.

The Empire State Yankees will be the home team for the first time Monday at Frontier Field starting at 7:05.

Alex Crichton is host of All Things Considered on WXXI-FM 105.9/AM 1370. Alex delivers local news, weather and traffic reports beginning at 4 p.m. each weekday.