Sports
The city has a professional baseball team called Naranjeros de Hermosillo (Orange Growers) that plays in the Estadio Héctor Espino. Baseball had always been popular in this city since the late 19th century. The club has 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 Pacifico (Pacific Coast League). The Naranjeros were officially organized in 1958. Since then, the team has won 15 championships in the Pacific Coast League and one championship in the Caribbean Series.
Hermosillo will host the 2013 Caribbean Series in February.
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