West Coast League - Portland

With the University of Portland's baseball season over, the best option for live baseball in PDX is the  West Coast League - Portland.  Jamie Goldberg of the Oregonian recently published a piece about the West Coast League, but he didn't mention the WCL-Portland.  The league consists of six teams of college kids, mostly freshmen and sophomores, from nearby universities (Linfield, Clackamas CC, Chemeketa, Mt. Hood CC, etc.).  It's a wood-bat league, and games are played at the University of Portland and at Mt. Hood CC.  I've attended several games at UP this year, and I've enjoyed them all.  The play is better than high school ball, but not up UP standards.  It feels like the WCL-Portland is a minor-league version of the regular WCL, which plays its games in towns up and down the west coast.  Still, at least at UP, the scoreboard is running, the concession stand is open, and the PA announcer is at work.  For only three bucks a ticket, it's a deal.  I plan to be there tomorrow for the 1:00PM game.