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#5 Seeds:
1984 Tigers
1995 Braves
1989 A's
1904 Giants

The 5 seed line sees the first Tigers entrant and a potential Sweet 16 divisional match up if they and the Tribe advance. The 1995 Braves, the one team from that decade of regular season of dominance to actually win the whole thing, is somewhat controversially seeded lower than the team they beat. The Bash Brothers are going to be a force, and adds to an already ungodly amount of offense in the region. Finally the dead ball era 1904 Giants get a chance to win a series, something they never had in real life because of their owner refusing to play the AL winners in a World Series that year.

#6 Seeds:
1929 A's
1968 Tigers
2016 Cubs
1942 Dodgers

This is the first group of teams where I personally don't see a team capable of winning the whole thing. However that’s not to say they are weak in the slightest. The 42 Dodgers won 104 games, unfortunately only good enough for 2nd that year in the NL. The 2016 Cubs are one of the better stories in the tournament as well as 103 game winners, as were the 68 Tigers. Finally the 1929 A's feature a number of hall of famers, 104 wins of their own, and a top 15 team in ELO ranking.

#7 Seeds:
2011 Phillies
1912 Red Sox
1967 Cardinals
1935 Tigers

This entire exercise in separating many of the greatest teams of all time is probably futile to begin with, but this line really starts to feel random. We have one of the most dominant SPs of all time in Gibson and one of the most dominant rotations checking in from the south-side of Philly. The 1912 Red Sox feature Tris Speaker and Smokey Joe Wood, along with 105 wins in the short schedule, and the 1935 Tigers may be the most unknown of this bunch and possibly a debatable seed so high. They only won 93 games and do not appear on many greatest lists. But they have numerous HOFs, especially on offense, and rank very well by objective measures.

#8 Seeds:
1919 Reds
2002 A's
1921 Yankees
1994 Expos

The 1919 Reds are maybe THE most underrated team of all time. Not because they were so great, but because of the unfortunate events of the Black Sox scandal. The Reds were easily good enough to win that series on their own accord, but anyone that has seen a pop culture telling of the scandal will have you think the White Sox were playing the little sisters of the poor. The Reds are an intriguing entry here. The 2002 A's throw multiple Cy Young caliber arms at you and an underrated offense, and despite not winning that year are above the yet to be seen 2002 Angels. The 1921 Yankees lost the WS also, the Yankees' first appearance of so many, and chosen over the 1923 team that was considered. The '94 Expos round out a line of non-WS winning (legitimately) teams, as famously the 1994 season was the strike shortened one. The Expos finally had a contender for the first team in their history and they get the chance to prove it here.