abstract:The Northwest League of Professional Baseball (or simply the Northwest League or NWL) is a Class A-Short Season minor baseball league. The league is the descendant of the Western International League which ran as a class B league from 1937-1951 (with time out for WWII) and class A from 1952-1954.
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Such a view was caused in part by years of MLS expanding elsewhere before coming to the Northwest even though the region had long demonstrated it was very capable and very willing to support a club within the league.