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Pacific Southwest Baseball League

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The Pacific Southwest Baseball League is a collegiate summer woodbat baseball league. The PSWBL is a member of the National Baseball Congress. The PSWBL League Champion represents the league annually at the National Baseball Congress World Series in Wichita, Kansas. 2009 will mark the 75th Anniversary of the NBC World Series at Lawrence-DuMont Stadium. The league consists of 4 teams: Tucson Nationals, Casa Grande Cotton Kings, Mesa Garden of Gears and the Bisbee Copper Kings. Former teams like the Lake Havasu Heat and the Palm Springs Power were one of the founding teams in the first season of 2000.

TEAMS (2009 SEASON)

TEAM COLORS

  • Tucson Nationals- Red, Black & White
  • Casa Grande Cotton Kings- Black, Old Gold & White
  • Mesa Garden of Gears- Black & Yellow Gold
  • Bisbee Copper Kings- Copper & Turquoise

2009 SEASON Before the start of the 2009 PSWBL season, the Havasu Heat announced that they were moving to Wichita, Kansas. The Havasu Heat did not participate in 2009 in order to prepare the organization for their move to Kansas. The PSWBL consisted of 4 teams in Arizona that included college baseball players not only from Arizona, but from colleges and universities throughout the United States. The four teams included the Tucson Nationals, Casa Grande Cotton Kings, Mesa Garden of Gears and the Bisbee Copper Kings. The Mesa Garden of Gears won the PSWBL regular season championship in 2009. The Tucson Nationals hosted the 2009 PSWBL Championship Tournament at Tucson Electric Park (former home of the Arizona Diamondbacks affiliate AAA Tucson Sidewinders). The 2009 tournament championship was won by the Casa Grande Cotton Kings. By taking the championship, the Cotton Kings secured the PSWBL's automatic bid in the 2009 NBC World Series in Wichita, Kansas. The 2009 season also marked the centennial for the Bisbee Copper Kings Warren Ballpark. Warren Ballpark is the oldest continuously operated ballpark in the United States and during the 2009 season the ballpark celebrated its 100th year of continuous operation. A special exhibition game was played between the Bisbee Copper Kings and the El Paso Sun Kings in honor of the two teams(Bisbee & El Paso) that played in the first game at Warren Ballpark 100 years ago. The PSWBL also played teams from the Rocky Mountain Baseball League, the El Paso Sun Kings and the Davis-Monthan Air Force Team during the 2009 season. The PSWBL is looking at adding several teams for the 2010 season with El Paso, Texas, and Yuma, Arizona being possible locations.

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