Jacksonville Bracket

The third of four brackets is posted. To view the complete bracket (so far), click here.

Unlike the Texas bracket, which was crammed with 5 World Series Champions, this bracket only has 2 champions in it. Four other teams in this bracket reached the World Series, only to lose.

The two world series champions, if they were to both win their first round game, would meet in the second round. Meaning this bracket will be completely wide open and unpredictable.

In the #1 seed are the season 4 Kansas City Shuffle, the second winningest regular season team in history, who lost in the World Series that year. Their opponent, the 16th seeded Norfolk Nomads of season 4, came one win away from being KC's opponent in that World Series.

In the 8 seed are arguably the most forgotten #1 seed (from their season) of all-time, the season 1 Scranton Dunder-Mifflins. This franchise has fallen on hard times for the last 8 or 9 seasons, so its easy to forget how dominant they were the first few seasons. In the 9th spot are the season 11 Charlotte knights, the defending AL Champions.

The 4th seeded New Orleans Breeze of season 9 are surprisingly one of many teams to earn a first round bye in their particular season, and then get swept in their opening series. Making things much more difficult for this 4 seed is their first round opponent, 13th seeded Charlotte of season 10, the World Series Champions.

In the 5th spot is our most recent World Series Champions, the Boise Bombers of season 12. Fittingly, the Bombers go up against their biggest rival franchise, the Kansas City Shuffle, whose season 10 team earns this brackets 12th seed.

The 3rd seed is the Rochester Raging Rhinos of season 5, the highest rated of all four Rochester teams in this tournament. They go up against arguably the weakest pennant winner of all-time, the season 3 Scottsdale Rangers.

In the 6th seed are the Pawtucket Polythene of season 5, the defending World Series Champions who blew a 3-1 lead in the WS, and subsequently blew their chance at repeating. They'll face off with the 11th seeded Fargo Nines of season 3, a team that was swept out of the ALCS.

Another Pawtucket entry, the season 2 version of the team takes the #7 seed. And as Pawtucket has done for much of its history, it will do battle with the Texas Tittyballs. This time, they'll go up against the 10th seeded Tittyballs of season 7, the National League Champions.

And in the final first round game of the Jacksonville bracket, the 2nd seeded Boise Bombers of season 11, a 112 win team that failed to reach the World Series, go up against the Pawtucket Polythene of season 10, a team that won 18 less regular season games than its opponent, but also managed to reach the LCS before falling.

Tomorrow, the final bracket is unveiled; the Pawtucket bracket, featuring 3 World Champions, 6 Pennant winners, and led by the winningest team of all-time, the 122-40 Kansas City Shuffle of season 5.