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 instructional 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, th ...

, a short-season instructional winter league affiliated with the North American League and they play their home games at

Desert Sun Stadium Desert Sun Stadium is a converted soccer-specific stadium in Yuma, Arizona, originally built for baseball. It was the spring training home of the San Diego Padres from 1970 through 1993, the North American League's Yuma Scorpions minor league ...

in Yuma, as well as the

San Diego Surf Dawgs The San Diego Surf Dawgs are an independent professional baseball team representing San Diego, California, that played for two seasons in the Golden Baseball League, based out of San Ramon, California, and then later in the short-season instructi ...

Saskatchewan Silver Sox The Saskatchewan Silver Sox are an independent professional baseball team based in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. They play in the developmental Arizona Winter League, a short-season instructional winter league affiliated with the Nor ...

, Team Canada and

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. The team uses the logo and uniforms of the now-defunct

Mesa Miners The Mesa Miners were an independent professional baseball team based in Mesa, Arizona. They began as a member of the Arizona Division of the now-defunct Golden Baseball League in 2005. The original team became known as the Reno Silver Sox in 2 ...

Attractions 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 The Arizona Summer League (ASL) was a professional short-season instructional baseball league affiliated with the independent North American League (NAL). The league was announced on April 3, 2009, and founded in Yuma, Arizona by the now-defunct ...

, 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 orga ...

. 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 L ...

for 2010 and the

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

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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

References

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