EL News: Playoffs begin
Some clubs have coasted to make the playoffs -- others have scrapped tooth and nail to get here. After a long, sometimes seemingly endless regular season, it gets down to who can win a short series -- by hook or crook, talent or luck. That's what it takes to capture the Explorer League championship. The top teams will vie in the Explorer Cup starting today: 
<Oklahoma City Whirlwind:team#13> (BYE), <St. Louis Sportsman:team#10> vs <Olympia Battle Cats:team#95>, <Birmingham Vulcans:team#20> (BYE) and <Toronto Blue Jays:team#22> vs <Fresno Grizzlies:team#103>.