F 356030 014 15Jun99 Staten Island, New York Staten Island Yankees Class A Minor League Baseball. (Photo By Jonathan Elderfield/Getty Images)
The Staten Island Yankees are making their presence felt, filing a lawsuit after the New York Yankees’ sudden minor-league affiliate switch last month.
While most of Major League Baseball’s despicable minor-league shuffle has flown largely under the radar, the feud between the New York Yankees and their former Low-A Staten Island affiliate has been as loud as, well, any conversation on Staten Island.
The Yankees dropped three of their previous minor-league affiliates in cold blood a few weeks back, severing ties with the Trenton Thunder, Charleston RiverDogs, and Staten Island Yankees, while welcoming in the Somerset Patriots (Double-A, formerly an MLB-controlled member of the Atlantic League) and Hudson Valley Renegades (High-A).