Each 'round' will consist of a 7 game series, with the higher seed getting home field advantage. Off days after games 2 and 5, just as in the MLB playoffs.
Alexander Cartwright Bracket
To come out of the Cartwright bracket you'll need to go through the DC Chips and 15 Brighton Shadows. The Chips are the #1 ranked team overall thanks to the best modern day record and run differential in history, but finished behind the Brighton Shadows in the last ATG Sim. Brighton was the 5th ranked team in that sim, two ahead of DC.
The other team to watch is the 9th ranked Van Nest Phighting Philbens who sported 98 wins and a +182 RD. Their average showing in the ATG Sim puts them a slot below Brighton.
Ed Barrow Bracket
No one will like the seeding in the Ed Barrow Bracket. The defacto best regular season team in ATB history, the Gold Country Gossamers, drew just the 5th seed thanks to winning 'only' 102 games with a unremarkable run differential. This will make it quite difficult for the 4th seeded Bellevue Freakin Franchise to advance.
Other teams to watch are the Newark Slam Dumps and Rusty Kuntz Traveling All Stars, both well above average and dangerous.
Walter O'Malley Bracket
This is likely the toughest bracket, on paper at least. The four best teams average a +177 Run Differential and just one of the eight teams were below .500 in their regular season. The Manetheren Red Eagles, Spanish Harlem Pinata Beaters, and Dyersville Blacksox are the favorites, but don't count out Planet 10.
Branch Rickey Bracket
This is the only bracket with two teams featuring RD's over 200 (Lusitania Death Speakers and John McDonald Fanclub). Lusitania has a leg up and is ranked 3rd overall but John McDonald won 109 regular season games.
Helena Handbasket is another team to watch while the Otherton Fishbiscuits and their 8th ranking in the AGT competition, is sitting pretty at 14th in this tournament.
The full bracket is here and linked to the right.
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