Saskatchewan Silver Sox
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| League | Arizona Winter League (International) | ||||
| Location | Saskatchewan | ||||
| Ballpark | Desert Sun Stadium (Yuma, Arizona) | ||||
| Year founded | 2009 | ||||
| League championships | None | ||||
| Division championships | 2009 (playoff appearance) | ||||
| Colors | Navy Blue, Silver, White, Crimson Red |
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| Ownership | Diamond Sports & Entertainment | ||||
| Media | Yuma Sun, The Regina Leader-Post, The Saskatoon StarPhoenix | ||||
| Website | www |
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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 North American League and compete in the International Division, as well as the Calexico Outlaws, San Diego Surf Dawgs, San Luis Atleticos and Team Canada. They began playing their home games in 2009 at Desert Sun Stadium in Yuma. (The Blythe Heat, El Centro Imperials and San Luis Atleticos played home games on their own fields until 2011.) They are owned by Diamond Sports & Entertainment.
The Silver Sox brand belonged to the since-defunct Golden Baseball League Reno franchise and Reno's minor league team before them. The franchise began in the GBL as the Mesa Miners in 2005 and played one season at HoHoKam Park before relocating to Reno and becoming the new Silver Sox one year later. They played their home games at William Peccole Park at the University of Nevada at Reno and won the GBL Championship in their first season there in 2006, but suffered for their last two seasons in Western Nevada. Following the relocation of the AAA Pacific Coast League franchise the Reno Aces from Tucson, Arizona, in 2009, the team was purchased by Tucson Baseball owner Jay Zucker, relocated to Tucson and renamed the Tucson Toros. The Silver Sox team name (owned by the league) has since been given to the current Saskatchewan team in the AWL, which has no ties to the original Reno franchise, yet could adopt the team history.
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