Your NCAA bracket is toast. So, here's a better one: The All-Time Yankees Tournament

 So, you had a Final Four of Texas, Virginia, Ohio State and Tennessee on that NCAA bracket, huh? 

Well, don't fret. That was only basketball. It was just a warmup for the real tournament. 

The all-time Yankees tournament -- and here's your bracket:

Each matchup is a best-of-seven series.

How an I doing this? little while back, I picked up something called Out Of The Park Baseball 2021. Think Strat-O-Matic for your computer. It's got every MLB team ever, so I figured I'd set up a little tournament. 

Who is in the tournament? All 27 World Series-winning Yankees teams, from Ruth's '23 team to the Core Four's last hurrah in 2009. All in one, 32-team bracket.

I had to give five teams byes. The first The first three seemed obvious -- 1927, 1961 and 1998. Then I went for 1939 (the best team from the 1936-39 dynasty), and 1951 (DiMaggio's last year, Mantle's first, and the middle team in the 5-in-a-row stretch). 

I didn't seed teams, but set up the bracket so no teams from the same eras would meet in the early rounds. The other decisions: Yes, I used the DH. I decided to NOT enable injuries, because I didn't want Mantle running over another sprinkler in my tournament. I used the teams' World Series rosters. I let the computer set the lineups and 4-man rotations (which led to a few curious lineup choices, I admit) and ran the simulation. 

So, make your picks. The tournament results are in hermetically-sealed envelopes stored in a mayonnaise jar on Funk & Wagnals porch. I'll start releasing first-round results on Tuesday, and will milk this for all it's worth release the results a little at a time until we reach the finals. Play ball!