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Nuka News Update
Reporting on the NWL, NWLB, and APYL Leagues
by Evan Guy
10 March 2304
Season Pass Tournament Begins Today
The 2304 Season Pass Tournament begins today in Bradberton with four neutral sites throughout the day. Fans have been offered "All-Day Passes" where they can attend all four games per day for a whopping 12+ hours of baseball entertainment.
Due to the Vim! League's victory in the Season Pass Series to end the 2303 season, all Vim! League teams will be seeded with an odd seed, while all Nuka World League teams will be issued an even seed. Dalton Farm, the defending champions of the 2303 season, is the #1 overall seed, while the NWL champs, the Cherry Ghoulrillas, are the second seed. All first-round matchups will be held with the highest seed playing against the lowest seed, and then going up and down that order with #8 vs #9 being the closest-ranked matchup of the first round.
Here are the first-round matchups of the double-elimination tournament:
Day 1
#1 Dalton Farm Fog Crawlers (VL) vs #16 Victory Cave Crickets (NWL) @World of Refreshment Field
#8 Grape Painted Ghouls (NWL) vs #9 Cranberry Island Hermit Crabs (VL) @Fizztop Mountain Park at Nuka-Town USA
#4 Quartz Star Force (NWL) vs #13 Grand Hotel Atoms (VL) @Ol' Sugartop Ballpark at Dry Rock Gulch
#5 Echo Lake Harbormen (VL) vs #12 Wild Gatorclaws (NWL) @Grandchester Mystery Mansion Park
Day 2
#2 Cherry Ghoulrillas (NWL) vs #15 National Park Gulpers (VL) @King Cola Park at Kiddie Kingdom
#7 Far Harbor Ghoul Whales (VL) vs #10 Dark Bloodworms (NWL) @John-Caleb Bradberton Honorary Field
#3 Acadia Acadians (VL) vs #14 Orange Tourists (NWL) @Angry Anaconda Field at Safari Adventure
#6 Quantum Nukalurks (NWL) vs #11 Eden Meadows Anglers (VL) @Star Core Stadium at the Galactic Zone
Unlike the Nuka Cup Tournament where teams play series, each game of the tournament is a single game. Teams that win their games move on, while teams that lose go to the loser's bracket. A second loss means elimination with the single team not to lose two games being declared the champions.
The top two seeds met in the finals last year, where the #1 Echo Lake Harbormen defeated the #2 Victory Cave Crickets, 5-3, to continue their momentum from the 2302 Season Pass Series victory over the Cave Crickets.