▁North ▁American ▁League , ▁which ▁is ▁not ▁affili ated ▁with ▁either ▁Major ▁League ▁Baseball ▁or ▁Minor ▁League ▁Baseball . ▁ ▁History ▁The ▁Min ers ▁started ▁as ▁one ▁of ▁eight ▁char ter ▁teams ▁in ▁the ▁G BL ▁along ▁with ▁the ▁Ch ico ▁Out la ws , ▁Full erton ▁Fly ers , ▁Long ▁Beach ▁Arm ada ▁and ▁San ▁Diego ▁Sur f ▁Daw gs ▁in ▁California , ▁the ▁Sur prise ▁Fight in ' ▁Fal cons ▁and ▁Y uma ▁Sc orp ions ▁in ▁Arizona ▁and ▁a ▁travel ing ▁team , ▁the ▁Japan ▁Sam ur ai ▁B ears ▁that ▁began ▁play ▁in ▁May ▁ 2 0 0 5 . ▁ ▁All ▁teams ▁were ▁league - owned ▁and ▁the ▁team ▁names ▁and ▁log os ▁also ▁belong ▁to ▁the ▁league . ▁ ▁In ▁their ▁one ▁year ▁of ▁play , ▁the ▁team ▁won ▁the ▁first ▁ever ▁G BL ▁Arizona ▁Division ▁title ▁and ▁played ▁in ▁the ▁Championship ▁Game ▁against ▁the ▁Sur f ▁Daw gs . ▁ ▁Unfortunately , ▁the ▁Min ers ▁had ▁the ▁league ' s ▁worst ▁overall ▁attend ance , ▁( which ▁is ▁somewhat ▁dub ious ▁because ▁of ▁the ▁highly ▁infl ated ▁attend ance ▁numbers ▁that ▁the ▁Fight in ' ▁Fal cons ▁alleg edly ▁received ) ▁and ▁was ▁dropped ▁from ▁the ▁Golden ▁Baseball ▁League ▁in ▁November ▁ 2 0 0 5 . ▁ ▁The ▁league ▁dropped ▁Sur prise ▁largely ▁due ▁to ▁not ▁having ▁another ▁team ▁in ▁central ▁Arizona ▁and ▁to ▁give ▁the ▁league ▁an ▁even ▁number ▁of ▁six ▁teams ▁instead ▁of ▁seven . ▁The ▁low ▁attend ance ▁numbers ▁both ▁teams ▁received