Although suprised that his team was seeded only ninth in the City Section baseball playoffs, Palisades High co-coach Tom Seyler insisted he wasn’t bitter that the Dolphins didn’t get a first-round home game. Instead, Palisades opened the upper division playoffs Wednesday at eighth-seeded San Fernando (17-10), which eliminated the Dolphins, 5-3, in the first round last year at George Robert Field and won a nonleague meeting, 3-0, in March. ‘We haven’t proven we deserve to be a Top 8 seed,’ Seyler said. ‘And until we knock one of the elite teams off, we’re not gonna’ get the respect. It’s that simple. Until that happens, there’s no argument for me to make.’ In the Dolphins’ second game of the season, David Bromberg matched Tigers’ ace Matt Navarez pitch for pitch but Palisades committed four errors, three of which led to runs. The result of yesterday’s game was unavailable at press time, but if victorious the Dolphins will travel to top-seeded Chatsworth (26-3), one of the highest-ranked teams in the nation, for a quarterfinal game Friday at 3 p.m. The semifinals are next Tuesday, hosted by the higher seeds.
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