Reunion Sports Group is an investor group which owns United League BaseballUnited League Baseball was an independent baseball league that operated in Texas. It later merged with the Northern League and the Golden Baseball League to form the North American League.- History :...
, an independent baseballBaseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
league started in 2005-Headline events of the year:*Chicago White Sox swept the Houston Astros to win the 2005 World Series.*2005 also marked the inaugural season of the Washington Nationals, who relocated from Montreal and were formerly known as the Expos....
. Owned by league co-founders John Bryant and Byron Pierce who had left the original ownership group a few years back and then purchased the league out of bankruptcy in 2009, Reunion owns all of the franchises of United League Baseball, including the Rio Grande Valley WhiteWingsThe Rio Grande Valley WhiteWings are a professional baseball team based in Harlingen, Texas, in the United States. The WhiteWings are a member of United League Baseball, an independent professional league which is not affiliated with Major League Baseball or Minor League Baseball...
, Amarillo DillasThe Amarillo Dillas were a professional baseball team based in Amarillo, Texas, in the United States. The Dillas were a member of United League Baseball, an independent professional league which is not affiliated with Major League Baseball or Minor League Baseball...
, San Angelo ColtsThe San Angelo Colts are a professional baseball team based in San Angelo, Texas, in the United States. The Colts are a member of North American League, an independent professional league which is not affiliated with Major League Baseball or Minor League Baseball...
, Laredo BroncosThe Laredo Broncos were a professional baseball team based in Laredo, Texas, in the United States. The Broncos are a member of United League Baseball, an independent professional league which is not affiliated with Major League Baseball or Minor League Baseball...
, Edinburg Roadrunners, and Coastal Bend ThunderThe McAllen Thunder is a professional baseball team based in McAllen, Texas, in the United States. The Thunder is a member of the North American League, an independent professional league which is not affiliated with Major League Baseball or Minor League Baseball. The Thunder will play its home...
. The group is also part of a partnership to build a proposed 10,000 seat baseball stadiumThree Forks Country of Texas is a privately financed 10,000 seat minor league baseball stadium being planned to be built along the Trinity River in downtown Dallas in time for the 2010 United League Baseball season....
to house an expansion team to begin play in 2010 in Dallas, TexasDallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...
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