The teams with a first round bye

So, to get this started. These are the teams I've selected for the 1st round byes. Generally they are among the better teams the Royals have had. I would have like to have done a straight  match-up tournament with no byes, but that doesn't really work.

So here we go, in no particular order:

1)    1985 Royals       World Series winner

2)    2015 Royals       World Series winner

3)    1980 Royals       World Series loser

4)    2014 Royals       World Series loser

5)    1976 Royals       Division winner

6)    1977 Royals       Division winner

7)    1978 Royals       Division winner

8)    1984 Royals       Division winner

9)    1994 Royals       The strike screwed them

10)   2003 Royals      (how did they have a winning record among all that suckiness)

11)   1971 Royals      The first winning season

12)   1981 Royals      They weren't really a play-off team, but I  needed one more team.

13)   1969 Royals      Where it all started

So a 1st round bye to each of these teams, leaving 38 more teams to fill out the bracket.