Denton Outlaws

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The Denton Outlaws were a collegiate summer baseball team based in Denton, Texas, from 2005 to 2007. They played their home games at Falcon Field in Corinth, Texas. [1] The team was quite competitive during their short time in the Texas Collegiate League. In 2005, they were the TCL Champions.[ citation needed ] In 2006, they won the Rogers Hornsby Division. [2]

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Disbandment

The Denton Outlaws were one of seven teams that were disbanded after the league filed a lawsuit because the teams tried to form a new league that were going to copycat that the TCL used. [3] The Outlaws played their last season in 2007.

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References

  1. "::The Official Site of Denton Outlaws Baseball::". Archived from the original on 2008-04-04. Retrieved 2009-05-16.
  2. "Texascollegiateleague.com: 2006 Season". Archived from the original on 2009-05-05. Retrieved 2009-05-29.
  3. "Steam, six other TCL teams file to pull out of summer league » Local News » Mineral Wells Index, Mineral Wells, TX". www.mineralwellsindex.com. Archived from the original on 3 September 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2022.