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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 Winter League plays in Yuma, Arizona with four teams, three based out of other cities. A view of the playing field at Busch Memorial Stadium, St. ... See also:2006 in sports, 2008 in sports, list of years in sports. Scheduled Events For scheduled events of football (soccer), see: 2007 in football (soccer) November 25 - 95th Grey Cup held at Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada February 4 - Super Bowl XLI held at Dolphins Stadium in Miami... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The Yuma Scorpions are a baseball team that plays in the independent Golden Baseball League and Arizona Winter League, based in Yuma, Arizona. ... The Golden Baseball League, based in Pleasanton, California, is a professional, independent baseball league which operates in the Western United States. ... November 15 is the 319th day of the year (320th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 46 days remaining. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Official language(s) English Capital Phoenix Largest city Phoenix Area Ranked 6th - Total 113,998 sq mi (295,254 kmÂ²) - Width 310 miles (500 km) - Length 400 miles (645 km) - % water 0. ... Yuma Crossing and RR bridge in 1886. ...

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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 Sonora 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.

Winter League Teams

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Current Standings

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TWL Champions

The Yuma Scorpions are a baseball team that plays in the independent Golden Baseball League and Arizona Winter League, based in Yuma, Arizona. ...

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Professional Baseball Leagues

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Independent Leagues
American Association \| Atlantic League \| Can-Am League \| Continental Baseball League \| Frontier League \| Golden Baseball League \| Northern League \| South Coast League \| United League Baseball
Notable International Leagues
Liga Mexicana de Beisbol (Mexico) • Honkbal Hoofdklasse (Netherlands) • Korean Baseball Organization (South Korea) • Serie A1 (Italy) • China Baseball League (China) • Chinese Professional Baseball League (Chinese Taipei/Taiwan)
Notable Defunct Leagues
American Association \| Negro Leagues \| All-American Girls Professional Baseball League \| Taiwan Major League
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Winter League Teams

Current Standings

TWL Champions

External links

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