The first round of the Kansas City bracket has been 'simulated,' and the results are in.
In the 1/16 matchup, the Juggernauts of season 8, considered one of the favorites of the tournament, easily dispose of the Houston Aggies.
That sets up a 2nd round matchup with the #9 Texas Tittyballs of season 6, the NL Champions who convincingly beat the #8 seeded Fresno Fire Dragons of season 9.
In one of the more anticipated matchups of the entire first round of the tournament, 5th seeded Kansas City of season 7 faced off with #12 seed Colorado Springs of season 8. The Colorado Springs franchise was stuck in a lack of playoff success at this point in time, and that carries over here, as they are no match for the mighty Shuffle.
This sets up another great matchup in Round 2, where the Shuffle will face the World Champion Polythene of season 8, who easily beat the 13th seeded Raging Rhinos of season 4 - a #2 seed in its own season who couldn't reach the NLCS.
Another Pawtucket/Kansas City round two matchup will take place in this bracket. The 11th seeded Polythene of season 3 upset the #6 Cheyenne Chillipeppers of season 7. Despite Cheyenne's 106 regular season wins compared to Pawtucket's 100, the Chillipeppers lost in the ALDS 3-1, while the Polythene reached the NLCS before losing, proving, at least in the early rounds of the playoffs, that the right decision was made in this matchup.
That pits Pawtucket up against the World Champion Kansas City Shuffle of season 6. The #3 seed has no problem beating the Charlotte knights of season 12 in this one.
Another season 12 team, the NL Champion Colorado Springs AltiDUDES, the #7 seed, advance to the round of 32. They were faced off with the #10 seed Atlanta City Slickers. Seeing as how that Atlanta team lost its first playoff series 3-2, while the higher seeded Colorado Springs team won the NL Pennant, it wasn't much of a question who would win this matchup.
And in the final matchup of the bracket, a 3rd Kansas City team reaches the round of 32. This time, its the 2nd seeded Shuffle of season 2, the defending AL Champions who lost in the ALCS. They beat the 15th seeded Santa Cruz Bay Kings of season 1, another team who lost in the LCS. For a 2/15 matchup, this one was pretty close. But despite KC's lack of playoff success in season 2, the starpower was just too great to lose this early. The same probably won't hold true for this 2 seed as we get deeper into the tournament.
The updated bracket can be viewed by clicking here.
Tomorrow, the first round of the Jacksonville Bracket is posted.
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