John Davies, PA announcer for the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons from 1989 through 2013. MOOSIC, Pa. -- April 26, 1989 was an auspicious day for northeast Pennsylvania baseball fans, as the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons played their first home game at Lackawanna County Multi-Purpose Stadium. This marked the return of Minor League Baseball to the region after a 35-year absence, and 11,000 fans packed the ballpark to witness the occasion. The Red Barons -- Triple-A affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies -- lost that game to the Tidewater Tides, but this paled in significance to the fact that it had happened at all.

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