What is Pacific Coast League?
{{Infobox sports league | title = Pacific Coast League | logo = | logo_size = | caption = | sport = Baseball | founded = 1903 | folded = | teams = 10 | singles = | country = United States | champion = | most_champs = | classification = [[Triple-A (baseball)|Triple-A]] | website = [https://www.milb.com www.milb.com] }} The '''Pacific Coast League''' (PCL) is a [[Minor League Baseball]] league [[wikt:based|based]] in the Western [[United States]]. Like the [[International League]], the PCL plays at the [[Triple-A (baseball)|Triple-A]] (AAA) level, the most difficult level before [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB).<ref name=BR>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/league.cgi?code=PCL&class=AAA|title=Pacific Coast League (AAA) Encyclopedia and History|website=Baseball-Reference|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=May 13, 2020}}</ref> The league started in 1903 and was a popular baseball league in the region until 1958 when MLB teams moved there and MLB games began to be shown on [[television]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tripleabaseball.com/History.jsp|title=The History of Triple-A Baseball|website=Triple-A Baseball|access-date=May 13, 2020|archive-date=February 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210228115714/https://www.tripleabaseball.com/History.jsp|url-status=dead}}</ref> It was named the Pacific Coast League because it started with only teams from the [[U.S. state|states]] of [[California]], [[Oregon]], and [[Washington (state)|Washington]], which are next to the [[Pacific Ocean]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tripleabaseball.com/PCLTimeline.jsp|title=Notable Events in Pacific Coast League History|website=Triple-A Baseball|access-date=May 13, 2020|archive-date=January 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116095631/https://www.tripleabaseball.com/PCLTimeline.jsp|url-status=dead}}</ref> After MLB took control of Minor League Baseball in 2021,