Rio Grande Valley WhiteWings

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Rio Grande Valley WhiteWings

Founded	1994
Team History	Rio Grande Valley WhiteWings (TLL - 1994-2001) (CBL - 2001-2003) (ULB - 2006-Present)
Stadium	Harlingen Field
City	Harlingen, Texas
Team Colors	black, white
Championships	1 (2000)
Owner	United Sports Equities
General Manager	Cory Dirksen
Field Manager	Eduardo "Eddie" Dennis
Cheerleaders	Diamond Dolls
Mascot	Wild Wing

The Rio Grande Valley WhiteWings are an independent minor league baseball team in Harlingen, Texas. The WhiteWings began as a charter member of the Texas-Louisiana League in 1994, which became the Central Baseball League. The WhiteWings won the Texas-Louisiana League Championship in 2000, upsetting the San Angelo Colts and Amarillo Dillas to win the pennant under manager Eddie Dennis. After falling on hard times the WhiteWings suspended operations in 2003. In late 2005, United League Baseball announced that the WhiteWings would resume play as the first charter member of the new league in 2006. The team plays at Harlingen Field, which seats 4,500.

[edit] Winter League WhiteWings

Rio Grande Valley also fields a wintertime version of the Rio Grande Valley WhiteWings, which will begin play mid-January of 2007. It is one of four teams in the United League Baseball Winter League, the only league of its kind in the continental United States, which plays a 24-game schedule from mid-January through mid-February of each year. All games will be played at the WhiteWings' home ballpark of Harlingen Field. Each team will have a 25-player roster, and the teams will play doubleheaders each day with 4 days off during the regular season. Other teams playing will include Brownsville, the Edinburg Coyotes and Laredo Broncos. This league operates as a winter counterpart to the regular United League with its own identity, teams, standings and statistics.

[edit] Team Record

Season	W	L	Win %	Result
1994	40	48	.455
1995	53	46	.535
1996	50	48	.510	Wild Card
1997	39	49	.443
1998	36	48	.429
1999	45	38	.542	Wild Card
2000	63	49	.563	Texas-Louisiana League Champions
2001	40	56	.417
2002	44	52	.458
2003	37	59	.385
2006	38	52	.422