The City Series was the name of a series of intracity baseball games played between Major League Baseball's Philadelphia Athletics of the American League and its predecessors, and the Philadelphia Phillies of the National League that ran from 1883 through 1954. While the games were officially exhibitions, they were a matter of prestige in Philadelphia and a long rivalry existed between the players, management, and fans
The Athletics played the Phillies for the first time in interleague play in June 2003 at Veterans Stadium. The Phillies invited former A's Eddie Joost and Gus Zernial to the games. Connie Mack's daughter Ruth Mack Clark attended the first game. Former Florida U.S. Senator Connie Mack III, Mack's grandson, threw out the first ball.
Paul 'The Pope” Owens (1924 – 2003) - American Major League Baseball front office executive, manager, and scout. Earlier, during his playing career, Owens was a first baseman and catcher, and then a manager, in minor league baseball
Owens' entire Major League career was spent with the Philadelphia Phillies. He was the general manager and principal architect of the 1980 Phillies, who won the third National League (NL) pennant and became the first World Series champion in franchise history — breaking a 97-year streak of futility dating to the team's founding in 1883. Owens was general manager of the Phillies from June 3, 1972, through the end of 1984, and twice (1972; 1983–1984) added the title of field manager to his job description
In 1983, he took the managerial reins of the Phillies in mid-season and led them to their fourth pennant, but lost to the Baltimore Orioles in the 1983 World Series. After his tenure as manager ended the following year, he remained with the team as an advisor and scout for the rest of his life
He sported a .308 lifetime batting average, leading the National League twice, and routinely led the league in fielding percentage.
Scranton Wilkes-Barre Red Barons (1989-2006)
The Maine Guides (1984-1987) Maine Phillies (1988), International League, playing in Old Orchard Beach, Maine moved their franchise to the Scranton Wilkes-Barre area of Pennsylvania, calling the team the Red Barons. The name reflected previous teams from the area the Scranton Red Sox and the Wilkes-Barre Barons, both of the Eastern League
The Philadelphia Phillies became the team affiliate in 1988, taking over from the Cleveland Indians. The Phillies had planned to move the team to the soon-to-be built stadium in Moosic, Lackawanna County.
In 2007 the New York Yankees took over the affiliation and the team was renamed the SWB Yankees (2007-2012) Railriders (2013- )
