The Blythe Heat are a professional baseball team based in Blythe, California

Blythe, California

Blythe is a city in Riverside County, California, United States, in the "Palo Verde Valley" of the Lower Colorado River Valley region, an agricultural area and part of the Colorado Desert along the Colorado River. Blythe was named after Thomas Blythe, a gold prospector who established primary...

. They play in the Arizona Winter League

Arizona Winter League

The Arizona Winter League is the short-season instructional independent winter professional baseball league affiliated with the independent North American League...

, a short-season instructional winter league affiliated with the North American League

North American League

The North American League is an independent baseball league that began play in the 2011 season...

. They began play in 2007 and play their home games at Alexander Field in Blythe. They are the only team in the instructional that play the home games somewhere other than the league's home base of Yuma, Arizona

Yuma, Arizona

Yuma is a city in and the county seat of Yuma County, Arizona, United States. It is located in the southwestern corner of the state, and the population of the city was 77,515 at the 2000 census, with a 2008 Census Bureau estimated population of 90,041....

's Desert Sun Stadium

Desert Sun Stadium

Desert Sun Stadium is a stadium in Yuma, Arizona. It is primarily used for baseball, and is the home field of the North American League's Yuma Scorpions minor league baseball team and plays host to the Arizona Winter League and Arizona Summer League. The stadium, which originally opened in 1969,...

. They are owned by Diamond Sports & Entertainment. The team's uniform logo is that of the former Western Baseball League

Western Baseball League

The Western Baseball League was an independent baseball league based in the Western United States and Western Canada. It's member teams were not associated with any Major League Baseball teams. It operated from 1995 to 2002....

 team, the Chico Heat

Chico Heat

The Chico Heat were a professional independent baseball team operating in Chico, California in the Western Baseball League. They had no operating agreement with any Major League Baseball team. They were created by Chico Heat Professional Baseball LLC, with former supermarket entrepreneur Steve...

, predecessors to the GBL's Chico Outlaws

Chico Outlaws

The Chico Outlaws are a professional baseball team based in Chico, California, in the United States. The Outlaws are a member of the Western Division of the independent North American League, which is not affiliated with either Major League Baseball or Minor League Baseball...

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They won the AWL Championship in their first season in March 2008. They defeated the Canada Miners 10-5 in the Championship Game.

Season-by-season records

Arizona Winter League:

Season	W	L	Win %	Place	Playoff
2008	8	11	.421	T-4th	Qualified. Defeated Canada in the Championship Game.
2009	8	12	.400	3rd, American Division	Did not qualify.

External links

• Arizona Winter League website
• North American League website
• Palo Verde/Quartzsite Times
• Guilin brothers in the minors (Palo Verde/Quartzsite Times)
• Slideshow: Blythe Heat - 2008 Winter League Champions Palo Verde/Quartzsite Times, August 5, 2008