- Texas Winter League
Infobox sports league
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caption = Texas Winter League logo
sport =Baseball
founded = 2006
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teams = 4
country = USA
champion =Brownsville Toros
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website = [http://www.texaswinterleague.com www.texaswinterleague.com] The Texas Winter League is the winter professionalbaseball league of theUnited League . Announced onOctober 25 ,2006 , and headquartered in theDallas/Fort Worth Metroplex , it is an independent baseball league. The Winter League plays inHarlingen, Texas with teams based in the lowerRio Grande Valley : Brownsville, Edinburg, Harlingen, and Laredo. Like the regular United League, the Winter League operates with cities not served by Major orMinor 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 onJanuary 19 ,2007 .League format
The Texas Winter League, operationally based out of
Edinburg, Texas , features four teams playing a 24-game schedule from mid-January through mid-February of each year. These teams are winter counterparts to the regularUnited League Baseball teams, including wintertime versions of theEdinburg Coyotes ,Laredo Broncos , andRio Grande Valley WhiteWings , along with a new team, the Brownsville Toros. All games are played atHarlingen Field . Each team has a 25-player roster, and the teams play doubleheaders each day with four days off during the regular season. A best-of-three league championship series 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.Winter League Teams
2007 Final Standings
"** Clinched Regular Season Title"
"^ Clinched Playoff Spot"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 one wild card team. Those teams then play a best-of-three league championship over two days.
;2007 Championship
Brownsville Toros 2,Harlingen WhiteWings 0TWL Champions
2007: Brownsville Toros
External links
* [http://www.texaswinterleague.com/ Texas Winter League]
* [http://www.unitedleague.org/ United League Baseball]
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