Texas Winter League
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| Texas Winter League | |
|---|---|
| Sport | Baseball |
| Founded | 2006 |
| No. of teams | 4 |
| Country(ies) |  United States |
| Most recent champion(s) |
Brownsville Toros |
| Official website | www.texaswinterleague.com |
The Texas Winter League is the winter professional baseball league of the United League. Announced on October 25, 2006 and headquartered in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex, it is an independent baseball league. The Winter League plays in Harlingen, Texas with teams based in the lower Rio Grande Valley: Brownsville, Edinburg, Harlingen and Laredo. Like the regular United League, the Winter League operates with cities not served by Major or Minor League Baseball teams and is not affiliated with either. The Texas Winter League offers unsigned or undrafted high school and college players, as well as some players from the ULB, a chance for extended play. The league uses the designated hitter, and began play on January 19, 2007.
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[edit] League Format
The Texas Winter League, operationally based out of Edinburg, Texas, features 4 teams playing a 24-game schedule from mid-January through mid-February of each year. These teams are winter counterparts to the regular United League Baseball teams, including wintertime versions of the Edinburg Coyotes, Laredo Broncos and Rio Grande Valley WhiteWings, along with a new team, the Brownsville Toros, based out of Brownsville, Texas. All games are played at Harlingen Field. Each team has a 25-player roster, and the teams play doubleheaders each day with 4 days off during the regular season. A best-of-three league championship between the top two teams is played in a two-day series shortly after the close of the regular season. This league operates as a winter counterpart to the regular United League with its own identity, teams, standings and statistics.
[edit] Winter League Teams
| Texas Winter League | |||
| Team | Logo | City | Summer Stadium |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brownsville Toros | Brownsville, Texas | N/A | |
| Edinburg Coyotes |  |
Edinburg, Texas | Edinburg Stadium |
| Harlingen WhiteWings | ' | Harlingen, Texas | Harlingen Field |
| Laredo Broncos | ' | Laredo, Texas | Veterans Field |
[edit] 2007 Final Standings
| Winter League | Team | W | L | Win % | GB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| ** Brownsville Toros | 17 | 3 | .850 | --- | |
| ^ Harlingen WhiteWings | 10 | 10 | .500 | 7 | |
| Laredo Broncos | 8 | 12 | .400 | 9 | |
| Edinburg Coyotes | 5 | 15 | .250 | 12 |
** Clinched Regular Season Title
^ Clinched Playoff Spot
[edit] Playoffs
When the Texas Winter League's season ends in mid-February the top two teams in the regular season standings make the playoffs, including the regular season champion and 1 wild card team. Those teams then play a best-of-three league championship over two days.
2007 Championship
Brownsville Toros 2, Harlingen WhiteWings 0
[edit] TWL Champions
2007
[edit] External links
| Texas Winter League | ||
| Brownsville Toros | Edinburg Coyotes | Harlingen WhiteWings | Laredo Broncos | ||
