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For the New York Yankees and fans of the Staten Island Yankees, the loss of their team to MiLB contraction has economic and cultural ramifications. Long before the coronavirus pandemic struck, MLB proposed a plan to contract the minor league teams from five for each MLB team to just four. The plan would affect the economies and communities of where the 40 minor league teams are located.
For Staten Island, the home park of the Yankees is Richmond Country Bank Ballpark. The ballpark is the home of the Staten Island Yankees, the NY-Penn League affiliate of the New York Yankees, and was personally selected by deceased Yankee owner George M.