Barley and Hops = A Good Time

About 3 years ago, the Portland market lost our only minor league baseball team.  The Portland Beavers were a AAA affiliate of the San Diego Padres.  This year, minor league baseball returned in the form of the Hillsboro Hops, a single A short-season affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks. 

This past weekend, the new team introduced their new mascot: Barley.  Here is Kristin with the new mascot.

It was a fun atmosphere and they did a good job with the new ball park, which seats about 4,000.  A far cry from the Beavers' 15,000 seat venue (which is now home of the Portland Timbers and Portland Thorns professional soccer clubs and seats closer to 18,000 after renovations), but it is still a great ballpark.  We'll probably go to another game.