Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index The Chico Heat was a minor league baseball team, operating in Chico, California in the Western Baseball League. It was an independent franchise, with no operating agreement with any Major League Baseball team. The team began operations in 1997. The team immediately won the league championship in their inaugural season and, although they did not win a championship in the four subsequent years, they won the most regular season games in each of the following seasons. In 2002, Chico won its second league championship in the league's and the team's final season. The team played at Nettleton Stadium, which is located on the campus of California State University, Chico. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.