Season of disappointment comes to an end....

Kansas City--

For the first time ever, KC will be sitting out the post season! The Kansas City Bluebirds season of frustration came to an end, but it did so on a 4 game win streak. The team that never really got going, showed some flashes, but it was never enough to threaten anything. Finishing 74-88 and 27 games behind division winner Honolulu is not what the defending AL West champs had in mind.

Moving forward, it's clearly obvious that the pitching rotation needs revamped. The Bullpen wasn't too bad, especially at the back end with Aaron Glass who converted 42 of 44 save opportunities with a whip of 1.00 and only giving up 3 homers the entire year. Aaron Glass is also the leading candidate for the AL Fireman of the year award.

The team has a lot of choices to make as well, with the abundance of young offensive talent in the minors that will surely be ready by next season, what will Manager buckeye86 decide to do? We've already assumed and have confirmed that pitching will be priority #1 as it was just horrid this past season.

But, enough about our team, the Season 9 playoffs are underway with some intriguing matchups.

Our pick to win it all: Durham Daddies: Defending champs look to repeat. We're also intrigued by a possible match up between the Durham Daddies and a very much improved Honolulu team (from last season) both teams won over 100 games, but we feel Durham is still too much right now.

Darkhorse pick: Washington D.C. 42's: Probably the best overall franchise, period. The team wins at every level and lost in the World Series last season to Durham. Could they get the revenge this year? It's very possible.