Kings Clinch East Division

With last night's win over River City and Traverse City's loss to the Miners, the Kings have clinched the Frontier League East.

The wild card race is a real free-for-all. With Southern Illinois and Windy City tied for first in the West Division, both those clubs would make the playoffs, with Gateway, Rockford and Traverse City tied for the last spot. The first tie breaker is head-to-head record, and Gateway won the series from the Beach Bums, five games to one. The Beach Bums won the season series from Rockford, five to one. The RiverHawks hold a 5-4 edge over the Grizzlies, with those two teams playing August 29-31 at GCS Ballpark. The last series of the season finds the Miners visiting the Grizzlies and the RiverHawks visiting the ThunderBolts, while in the East Division the Beach Bums visit Kalamazoo. For Rockford, it could be a repeat of last season, where they had to decisively defeat the Kings on the last weekend of the season, and they did so. The last week of the 2008 season promises to be very interesting.

It could also happen that two teams who face each other to end the season then face each other again immediately in the playoffs.

Also of note, with last night's loss to Rockford, the Chillicothe Paints were eliminated from playoff consideration.