- Blythe Heat
Independent baseball team
name = Blythe Heat
founded = 2008
city = Blythe, California
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current league =Arizona Winter League
current division =
past league =
currentname = Blythe Heat (2008-present)
colors = Navy Blue, Silver, White, Crimson Red
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ballpark = Alexander Field
pastparks =
leaguechamps = 1 (2008)
divisionchamps = N/A
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manager =Jeffrey Leonard
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media = [http://www.paloverdevalleytimes.com Palo Verde-Quartzsite Times] , [http://www.yumasun.com The Yuma Sun]
website = http://www.arizonawinterleague.com www.arizonawinterleague.comThe Blythe Heat are a professional baseball team based in
Blythe, California . They play in theArizona Winter League , a short-season instructional winter league affiliated with theGolden Baseball League . They began play in 2007 and play their home games at Alexander Field in Blythe. They are only two teams in the instructional that play the home games somewhere other than the league's home base ofYuma, Arizona 'sDesert Sun Stadium . The other is thePalm Springs Chill . The team's uniform logo is that of the formerWestern Baseball League team, theChico Heat , predecessors to the GBL'sChico Outlaws . They are managed by formerSan Francisco Giants outfielder and currentReno Silver Sox managerJeffrey Leonard .They won the AWL Championship in their first season in March of 2008. They defeated the Canada Miners 10-5 in the Championship Game.
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External Links
* [http://www.goldenbaseball.com/winter Arizona Winter League website]
* [http://www.goldenbaseball.com Golden Baseball League]
* [http://paloverdevalleytimes.com/ Palo Verde/Quartzsite Times]
* [http://paloverdevalleytimes.com/main.asp?Search=1&ArticleID=9947&SectionID=2&SubSectionID=2&S=1 Guilin brothers in the minors] (Palo Verde/Quartzsite Times)
* [http://paloverdevalleytimes.com/main.asp?Search=1&ArticleID=9788&SectionID=100&SubSectionID=159&S=1 Slideshow: Blythe Heat - 2008 Winter League Champions] "Palo Verde/Quartzsite Times", August 5, 2008
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