One of my Christmas presents this year was a North Shore Honu t-shirt.
The Honu are one of four teams in the Hawaii Winter Baseball League.
The other teams are the Waikiki Beach Boys....
...the Honolulu Sharks...
...and the West Oahu Cane Fires.
(Yes, that's Joba Chamberlin. He played in the league in 2007.)
A bunch of future major leagues have played in the league, including Ichiro, A.J. Pierzynski and Derrek Lee. There has also been some players with interesting names who didn't make it, including Bobby Bonds Jr. and Craig Griffey, plus two women.
I first became aware of the HWB during my honeymoon in 1995,
when I bought a Maui Sting Rays t-shirt.
I still have the shirt and love wearing it.
