Playoff outlook

We're back! Starting Wednesday are the DMBL Playoffs. And it is the first time in the DMBL's history that neither Arkansas nor Vancouver have made the post-season. In Arkansas's case, it is the first time since 1992 that they have missed the playoffs and the first time they have not had a winning season. There has never been a DMBL World Series that has not featured one of the two teams. The only other team to have made the DMBL World Series other than the Sugar Bears is the Jerusalem Rabbis in 2000 (now the Mighty Men of Marietta). The Mighty Men have a chance to make a trip back to the post-season as the highest ranked wild card this year.

The D.C. Bushslappers are the only virgin team in the playoffs this year. The Bushslappers, formerly the Columbia Crusaders/Rattlesnakes have clinched a playoff spot for the first time in franchise history and with a record of 81-81, their first non-losing season (we are still waiting for a winning season though). D.C. will go up against Marietta in a battle of brothers starting Wednesday.

The other series features the return of the Hoboken Cutters. The Cutters have not made the playoffs since 2002 and were quickly swept by Wanaque in the first round. Their opponent is the Honolulu Sharks, a frequent playoff contender who missed the playoffs last year, but has appeared in the playoffs the three years before. Both teams had equal records but the Sharks won the season series and will host three of the five possible games.