Idaho Falls Russets
January 25, 2021
Idaho Falls joined Minor League Baseball’s historic Class C Pioneer League for the circuit’s second season in the spring of 1940. Incredibly, Idaho Falls has fielded a Pioneer League club every year since, with the exception of the years 1943-1945, when the loop ceased operations during World War II, and 2020 when all of Minor League Baseball shut down due to the COVID-19 epidemic. The Russets began play as a New York Yankees farm club in 1940 and 1941. The Yankees cycled back to Idaho Falls as parent club in 1962. The return of the Yankees marked the end of the Russets era as the team became the Idaho Falls Yankees for the 1962 season.
