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          Second-Place Showdown
          In honor of the 43rd President of the United States (heh, heh, heh), 
          The Al Gore Cup is a forum for teams that finished second and most 
          likely feel that they're more deserving than all of the other 
          first-place teams to be in the championship bracket. 
            
          Teams are seeded 1-4 based on regular season records and play a 
          best-of-seven semifinal round followed by another seven game series to 
          crown the winner. 
            
          The winner receives a bonus of 1 million Benchwarmer Bucks.  
          The runner-up gets 500,000. 
            
          The 2021 Entrants (in order of seeding): 
          
            - Chicago (88-62)
 
            - Cincinnati (78-72)
 
            - Roto Baseball (76-74)
 
            - Grand Rapids (75-75)
 
           
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           Semifinals - Grand Rapids vs. Chicago; Roto Baseball vs. Cincinnati 
            
		  Grand Rapids won 4 games to 1
		   Roto Baseball won 4 games to 2
             
          Finals - Grand Rapids vs. Roto Baseball 
		  Season series: Roto Baseball won 7-5 
          2021 Gore Cup Winner - Roto Baseball won 4 games to 1 
            
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                    Finals
                    
                      
      
        
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          Grand Rapids vs. Roto Baseball | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Grand Rapids | 7 | 10 | 1 | Box  |  | Roto Baseball | 6 | 11 | 2 |  WP - GR BP (1-0)  LP - RB BP (0-1) HR: GR: F.Freeman (1), M.Muncy 2 (2), B.Dalbec (1); RB: T.Hernandez (1), H.Renfroe (1) Grand Rapids leads 1-0 |   
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Grand Rapids | 3 | 5 | 0 | Box  |  | Roto Baseball | 4 | 9 | 1 |  WP - K.Hendricks (1-0)  LP - L.McCullers (0-1) HR: GR: P.Severino (1); RB: A.Judge (1) Series tied 1-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Roto Baseball | 4 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Grand Rapids | 2 | 10 | 1 |  WP - RB BP (1-1)  LP - K.Freeland (0-1) HR: RB: A.Judge (2), K.Hayes (1) Roto Baseball leads 2-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Roto Baseball | 5 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | Grand Rapids | 3 | 8 | 2 |  WP - S.Matz (1-0)  LP - GR BP (1-1) HR: RB: A.Judge (3); GR: C.Blackmon (1), J.Donaldson (1), B.Posey (1) Roto Baseball leads 3-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Roto Baseball | 5 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Grand Rapids | 4 | 6 | 0 |  WP - RB BP (2-1)  LP - W.Miley (0-1) HR: GR: B.Posey (2) Roto Baseball wins series 4-1 |   
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                    Semifinals
                    
                      
      
        
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          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Grand Rapids | 11 | 15 | 0 | Box  |  | Chicago | 4 | 8 | 0 |  WP - J.Taillon (1-0)  LP - J.Urias (0-1) HR: GR: G.Torres (1), F.Freeman (1), M.Muncy (1), J.Donaldson (1), M.Conforto 2 (2); Chi: J.Realmuto (1) Grand Rapids leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Roto Baseball | 6 | 11 | 1 | Box  |  | Cincinnati | 3 | 6 | 0 |  WP - W.Buehler (1-0)  LP - T.Walker (0-1) HR: RB: J.Lowrie (1) Roto Baseball leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Grand Rapids | 2 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Chicago | 4 | 10 | 0 |  WP - A.Wainwright (1-0)  LP - L.McCullers (0-1) HR: none Series tied 1-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Roto Baseball | 4 | 10 | 1 | Box  |  | Cincinnati | 5 | 7 | 2 |  WP - B.Woodruff (1-0)  LP - K.Hendricks (0-1) HR: RB: L.Wade 2 (2); Cin: Y.Alvarez (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Chicago | 3 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Grand Rapids | 4 | 11 | 1 |  WP - GR BP (1-0)  LP - W.Peralta (0-1) HR: Chi: J.Schoop (1); GR: C.Blackmon (1), M.Conforto (3) Grand Rapids leads 2-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Cincinnati | 2 | 10 | 4 | Box  |  | Roto Baseball | 7 | 13 | 3 |  WP - E.Rodriguez (1-0)  LP - S.Gray (0-1) HR: RB: A.Judge (1) Roto Baseball leads 2-1 |      | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Chicago | 5 | 9 | 1 | Box  |  | Grand Rapids | 6 | 9 | 0 |  WP - GR BP (2-0)  LP - Chi BP (0-1) HR: GR: M.Muncy (2), J.Donaldson (2) Grand Rapids leads 3-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Cincinnati | 6 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | Roto Baseball | 3 | 8 | 2 |  WP - Cin BP (1-0)  LP - S.Matz (0-1) HR: Cin: Y.Alvarez (2); RB: H.Renfroe (1) Series tied 2-2 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Chicago | 5 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Grand Rapids | 8 | 9 | 1 |  WP - W.Miley (1-0)  LP - C.Flexen (0-1) HR: Chi: J.Baez (1); GR: L.Gurriel (1), B.Dalbec 2 (2), J.Donaldson (3) Grand Rapids wins series 4-1 |      | 
          
          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Cincinnati | 2 | 6 | 2 | Box  |  | Roto Baseball | 3 | 9 | 1 |  WP - R.Lopez (1-0)  LP - Cin BP (1-1) HR: Cin: E.Longoria (1) Roto Baseball leads 3-2 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Roto Baseball | 7 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Cincinnati | 4 | 6 | 2 |  WP - RB BP (1-0)  LP - T.Walker (0-2) HR: RB: T.Hernandez (1) Roto Baseball wins series 4-2 |      | 
         
        
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