Minor League Report: Hillsboro Hops

These articles should flow out of the keyboard like they fry churros in Spain, but unfortunately life limits me to an article per week at the moment...

Most likeable team?

Yeah, I think so. Personal favourite of mine, because they actually have a mascot that can be liked by kids and adults, and they don a good combo of colours in their uniforms and hats. I actually have two Hops pictures as a background on my cell phone for 4 years now, one of them celebrating a win against a background of fireworks and another one of a pitcher in wind-up in the throwback Portland Mavericks’ uniform. It just works.

On top of that, the Hops have also been a pretty successful franchise. They were the former…