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The Naranjeros de Hermosillo (English: Hermosillo Orange Growers) are a professional baseball team based in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. They compete in the Mexican Pacific League (LMP). The team plays at the Estadio Fernando Valenzuela with a capacity of 16,000 seated spectators.
The Mexican Pacific League (Spanish: Liga Mexicana del Pacífico, or LMP), officially known as the Liga ARCO Mexicana del Pacífico for sponsorship reasons, is a ten team professional baseball winter league based in Northwestern Mexico. It was founded in 1945. The league's champion takes part in the Caribbean Series each year.
The 2021–22 Mexican Pacific League season was the 76th season in the history of the Mexican Pacific League. There were 10 teams that competed. There were 10 teams that competed. The season started on 5 October 2021 with a game between the defending champions Tomateros de Culiacán and Venados de Mazatlán .
March 3 – U.L. Washington, 70, an American shortstop who played 11 Major League seasons for three teams from 1977–87 Started his major league career in 1977 with the Kansas City Royals, and later in 1985 with the Montreal Expos and finished his career in 1987 with the Pittsburgh Pirates before retiring in 1988.
Rayos de Hermosillo is a Mexican professional basketball club based in Hermosillo, Sonora. The Rayos play in the Circuito de Baloncesto de la Costa del Pacífico (CIBACOPA) and play their home games at the Arena Sonora. They have won four league titles (2012, 2013, 2019, 2024).
Baseball first rose to popularity in Mexico during the 1880s, and may have been introduced there as early as 1846. [1] Mexico's current premier baseball league, the Mexican Baseball League, was founded in 1925 and consists of two divisions with 16 teams in total.
The Estadio Fernando Valenzuela is a baseball stadium located in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico.It is home to the Naranjeros de Hermosillo of the Mexican Pacific League.. The stadium opened as the Estadio Sonora opened in 2013 and replaced the Estadio Héctor Espino as the home ballpark of the Naranjeros.
Baseball has been popular in Hermosillo since the late 19th century. The club had its beginnings in the 1950s, when the Liga Invernal de Sonora (Sonora Winter League) was founded as a complement to the already existing Liga de la Costa del Pacífico (Pacific Coast League). The Naranjeros were officially organized in 1958.