Baseball teams from Kansas City (KS), Miami, Philadelphia and St. Louis earn #1 playoff seeds at the 2014 RBI World Series
Kansas City, Kan., which has a team represented at the RBI World Series for the first time, joins teams from Miami, Fla., Philadelphia, Pa. and St. Louis, Mo. as #1 seeds in their respective playoff brackets at the 2014 Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities (RBI) World Series, the international baseball and softball championship tournament of the Major League Baseball RBI program. All RBI World Series teams are competing in elimination games tomorrow for the opportunity to play in the championship games at Globe Life Park in Arlington, the home of the Texas Rangers, tomorrow, Monday, August 11th. The Senior Division Baseball Championship will air on MLB Network and MLB.com on Saturday, August 16th at 4:30 p.m. ET.
Divisional playoffs (East vs. West) begin today, August 10th in Grapevine (Oak Grove Ballfield Complex and Grapevine High School) and Colleyville (Colleyville High School) beginning at 8:00 a.m. CT. Following is the full tournament seeding for the elimination round of the 2014 RBI World Series:
Senior Division - National League West
#1 - KCK RBI (2-1), Kansas City, Kan.
#2 - Angels RBI (2-1), Anaheim, Calif.
#3 - Houston Astros RBI (1-2), Houston, Texas
#4 - Venezuela RBI (1-2), San Joaquin, Venezuela
Senior Division - National League East
#1 - Philadelphia Phillies RBI (2-0-1), Philadelphia, Penn.
#2 - Jackie Robinson-Jersey City RBI (2-1), Jersey City, N.J
#3 - Miami Marlins RBI (1-2), Miami, Fla.
#4 - Cleveland Baseball Federation RBI (0-2-1), Cleveland, Ohio
Junior Division - American League West
#1 - Mathews-Dickey Boys & Girls Club RBI (3-0), St. Louis, Mo.
#2 -Los Angeles Dodgers RBI (2-1), Los Angeles, Calif.
#3 - RBI Santiago and Villa Altagracia (1-2), Santiago, Dominican Republic
#4 - Austin RBI (0-3), Austin, Texas
Junior Division - American League East
#1 - Miami Marlins RBI (3-0), Miami, Fla.
#2 - Detroit Arsenal Youth Sports & Fitness RBI (1-2), Detroit, Mich.
#3 - Prince George's County Boys & Girls Club RBI (1-2), Prince George's County, Md.
#4 - Jackie Robinson-Jersey City RBI (1-2), Jersey City, N.J.