Arizona Winter League
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| Founded: | 2007 |
| No. of Teams: | 6 |
| Class: | Independent |
| Most recent champion: | Yuma Scorpions |
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League Information
History
The Arizona Winter League is the winter professional baseball league of the Golden Baseball League. Announced on November 15, 2006 and headquartered in the Arizona, it is an independent baseball league. The league consists of six teams based out of different cities.
The Arizona Winter League played its first season in 2007. Play is characterized at the Single-A level.
League Format
The GBL-owned Arizona Winter League debuted January 19, 2007, with four professional teams: the Canada Miners, the Yuma Scorpions, the Snow Falcons and the San Diego Surf Dawgs, under GBL team management. The inaugural season consisted of a 21 game regular season, with the first and second place teams facing in a one game playoff for the championship. All teams are based in the Yuma, Arizona area playing all games at Desert Sun Stadium and utilizing the Ray Kroc Complex which used to house the San Diego Padres and Yakult Swallows spring training operations. This league is an instructional winter league that includes a number of ex-major league stars as managers and instructors including Mike Marshall, Garry Templeton, Ozzie Virgil Jr., Les Lancaster, Darrell Evans, and Cory Snyder.
Teams
External Links
Arizona Winter League Official site
