New York Boulders (Frontier League) @ Clover Stadium (Pomona, NY)

*This trip occurred on May 7, 2026.

The Rockland Boulders were founded in 2011 as an expansion to the Can-Am League. In 2014, they won a league championship, and in 2020, they moved with the rest of the surviving Can-Am teams to the Frontier League.

...There's really not much else to their history¹. Somewhere along the way, they changed their location from "Rockland" to "New York", but I can't seem to figure out when that happened (one source claims that the rename coincided with the move to the Frontier League, which makes sense, but I can't confirm that).

Before we get to the stadium, there is one thing I feel like I should mention since this marks the first Frontier League game on this blog in 2026, and that is the fact that this is kinda sorta the last year of the Frontier League. Next year, the league plans to rebrand itself as the National Association of Professional Baseball, and while the rationale behind the move is unknown (or what it could mean going forward for other independent leagues/teams), it does come as a bit of an...interesting move to say the least.

With that said, back to the Boulders: in case you couldn’t tell from me using the "NEW TO BLOG" badge for this post, I’ve seen them before - quite a few times in fact. My first game was in 2022, and then I came here for two games in 2024 (plus a third that got rained out). In fact, I had thoughts about visiting last year a few times, but various factors led to me not coming to a game (I only come here during even years I guess).

This year, there was an exhibition game against members of the New York Police Department that I was super interested in (largely due to five dollar tickets), but I was unavailable for it due to the Wilmington Blue Rocks and their soccer jersey giveaway, so I had to "settle" on "only" going to the home opener against the Brockton Rox. For a shade over 20 dollars, I was able to get THIS view:

The Boulders play their home games in a stadium now called Clover Stadium, which opened with the team's debut in 2011². Nestled in a town with a fun name to say (Pomona, NY), it's a short drive from the Palisades Interstate Parkway - but a bit of a ways north of the Thruway and Route 59 (Rockland County's main shopping road). Because of this, it's a bit isolated from any real "action", so to speak, and with only one spotty bus route that doesn't stop on weekends, the five dollar parking fee is essentially a requirement when coming here.

However, inside the stadium, there's a LOT of features that end up making this one of my favorite indie stadiums. First, there's a concourse that encircles the whole field and has views to said field from almost everywhere (except for dead center, where a giant wall to help batters blocks the view). Second, there's actual outfield seating (no other indie stadium I've been to has this); the outfield seats are all metal bleachers, but the right field bleachers feature tables (which was helpful for eating dinner), plus next to these bleachers is an area with a playground and minigolf called "Boulderberg".

The outfield also features two field level bar areas (one in left, one in right) where you can watch the game at field level. The bar in right field (along with another area on the suite/press box level) are apparently supposed to be premium areas, but with this game having less than 1,000 fans and no one really enforcing things, you could have watched the game from them (though nothing was served in these areas)³. I ended up catching bits of the game from both outfield bars plus the upper deck, and while I do think there are unique quirks to each that might make them worthwhile if you want to "just get in", I must admit that I think I liked being behind home plate the best.

In any case, the Boulders had the lead when I had to head out due to lateness and it being kinda cold, but unfortunately were unable to hold it and ended up losing (I found out when I got home that the game ended after 10 PM, so...).

MERCH

The team store here is actually kinda big by indie league standards IMO (heck, it's bigger than several team stores I've seen for MiLB AFFILIATED teams). However, I’m pretty sure that it’s only open during games that actually happen at night based on two times I’ve been to the stadium without being able to access the team store:

1. A game that got canceled due to rain
2. A morning (i.e. field trip) game; while they did have a merchandise table, it was set up right in front of the team store doors as if to block people from going in, and the main store appeared to be closed⁴

Alas, this is also the only Frontier League team I've visited where I've never seen game worn jerseys being sold (and this does, in a certain sense, include Brockton); the only jerseys in the store were sublimated replicas plus one weird "fake button down" jersey. However, I did see a few fans with what looked like game worn jerseys (i.e. jerseys with stitched on front scripts as well as numbers), so I'm wondering how they got those...