First-timers, big crowd at home opener
Monique Vincent, above left, and Tracy Sandbrook show off baseballs autographed by Mahoning Valley Scrappers players. They’re both from New Zealand and are visiting the Bob Mayville family of Poland (Mayville’s in the background). The women said Friday’s Eastwood Field game was the first baseball game they’d attended. Some 6,500 fans were at the Niles field to watch the Scrappers’ beat the Batavia Muckdogs, 8-1. Details, C1