The Team That Never Took the Field The Royse City Griffins had a sharp logo, a name picked by locals and plans for a shiny new stadium. And then, nothing.

For a brief moment, it felt like the Royse City Griffins might actually take flight. They had a sharp logo, a name picked by locals and plans for a shiny new stadium. The Griffins were supposed to be Royse City’ s big break – a pro baseball team that would bring people, business and energy to the area just off Interstate 30.

But the team never played a single game.

The Griffins were part of the new Southwest League of Professional Baseball, an independent league that made a lot of big promises. But after years of talk, the whole thing fizzled out before the first pitch.

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