The Western Canada Miners (also known as just the Canada Miners) are a professional independent baseball team based in

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, and representing western

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. They play in the developmental

Arizona Winter League The Arizona Winter League was an independent professional winter baseball league. Arizona Winter League games were all played at Desert Sun Stadium in Yuma, Arizona. The league was founded in 2007. It disbanded in 2013 due to parent league, t ...

, a short-season instructional winter league affiliated with the North American League and they play their home games at Desert Sun Stadium in Yuma, as well as the San Diego Surf Dawgs, Saskatchewan Silver Sox,

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and

Yuma Scorpions Yuma can refer to: Places United States * Yuma County, Arizona ** Yuma, Arizona ** Marine Corps Air Station Yuma ** Yuma Proving Ground ** Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona (CDP) ** Yuma Territorial Prison * Fort Yuma, California * Yuma County, ...

. The team uses the logo and uniforms of the now-defunct Mesa MinersAttractions aplenty at AWL opener: Scorpions fall to Miners in first game of winter league
(The Yuma Sun, February 1, 2008) team and are owned by Diamond Sports & Entertainment. On April 3, 2009, the Miners were announced as one of the three charter teams in the new Arizona Summer League, an instructional league also affiliated with the

Golden Baseball League The Golden Baseball League was an independent baseball league based in San Ramon, California, with teams located in the Western United States, Western Canada and northwest Mexico. The GBL was not affiliated with Major League Baseball or the org ...

. The league was formed following the success of the AWL. In July 2009, after 14 games and no playoff, they were declared the very first ASL Champions. The ASL version was renamed the

Bisbee Miners The Bisbee Miners were a season-season independent professional baseball team that played in the Arizona Summer League representing Bisbee, Arizona. They play their home games at Desert Sun Stadium in Yuma, Arizona, home of the North American Le ...

for 2010 and the Mesa Miners for 2011 and possibly beyond. The NAL still owns the rights to the "Miners" brand (including name, logo and uniforms) and a future expansion team would have no ties to the original Mesa team. Some suggest that previously sought-after Canadian cities

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and

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should be the new home of the brand because of western Canada's rich mining history, similar to the

Saskatchewan Saskatchewan is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Western Canada. It is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and to the south by the ...

team (Regina or Saskatoon are being sought to host the Silver Sox if they continue to express interest).

Season-by-season records

Arizona Winter League: Arizona Summer League:

References

External links

Arizona Winter League's official website

Arizona Summer League's official website

Golden Baseball League
{{Professional Baseball Arizona Winter League teams Professional baseball teams in Arizona

Season-by-season records

See also

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