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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 2011 Entrants (in order of seeding): 
          
            - Hennepin County (99-51)
 
            - American (85-65)
 
            - Kelly's (84-67)
 
            - Georgetown (57-93)
 
           
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           Semifinals - Georgetown vs Hennepin County; Kelly's vs American 
            
          Finals - American vs Hennepin County - Hennepin County won the 
          season series 5-1 
            
          Playoffs main page 
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                    Finals
                    
                      
      
        
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          American vs. Hennepin County | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | American | 5 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Hennepin County | 4 | 6 | 2 |  WP - M.Cain (1-0)  LP - J.Verlander (0-1) HR: Am: M.Cabrera (1), J.Peralta (1); HC: I.Kinsler (1) American leads 1-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | American | 0 | 9 | 1 | Box  |  | Hennepin County | 2 | 6 | 0 |  WP - Y.Gallardo (1-0)  LP - C.Kershaw (0-1) HR: none Series tied 1-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Hennepin County | 6 | 10 | 1 | Box  |  | American | 3 | 13 | 1 |  WP - C.Carpenter (1-0)  LP - A.Harang (0-1) HR: HC: C.Granderson (1), J.Willingham (1); Am: J.Hardy (1), J.Saltalamacchia (1) Hennepin County leads 2-1 |   
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Hennepin County | 3 | 8 | 3 | Box  |  | American | 2 | 3 | 0 |  WP - HC BP (1-0)  LP - Am BP (0-1) HR: HC: J.Upton 2 (2), B.Butler (1) Hennepin County leads 3-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Hennepin County | 5 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | American | 2 | 7 | 0 |  WP - B.Beachy (1-0)  LP - H.Bailey (0-1) HR: HC: C.Utley (1), C.Granderson (2); Am: J.Hardy (2) Hennepin County wins series 4-1 |   
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                    Semifinals
                    
                      
      
        
          | Game | 
          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Georgetown | 2 | 11 | 1 | Box  |  | Hennepin County | 7 | 6 | 1 |  WP - A.Sanchez (1-0)  LP - A.Sanchez (0-1) HR: HC: S.Castro (1), J.Upton (1), C.Granderson (1) Hennepin County leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Kelly's | 5 | 13 | 3 | Box  |  | American | 6 | 13 | 0 |  WP - A.Sanchez (1-0)  LP - A.Sanchez (0-1) HR: Kel: D.Ortiz (1); Am: R.Cano (1), J.Hardy 2 (2) American leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Georgetown | 0 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | Hennepin County | 7 | 11 | 0 |  WP - Y.Gallardo (1-0)  LP - M.Pelfrey (0-1) HR: none Hennepin County leads 2-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Kelly's | 5 | 12 | 1 | Box  |  | American | 6 | 12 | 1 |  WP - C.Kershaw (1-0)  LP - Kel BP (0-1) HR: Kel: J.Ellsbury (1), B.Zobrist (1); Am: R.Cano (2) American leads 2-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Hennepin County | 7 | 7 | 4 | Box  |  | Georgetown | 0 | 8 | 4 |  WP - C.Carpenter (1-0)  LP - T.Cahill (0-1) HR: HC: J.Upton (2), C.Granderson (2) Hennepin County leads 3-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | American | 6 | 5 | 0 | Box  |  | Kelly's | 4 | 13 | 0 |  WP - A.Harang (1-0)  LP - M.Buehrle (0-1) HR: Am: R.Cano (3); Kel: J.Ellsbury (2), H.Pence (1) American leads 3-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Hennepin County | 5 | 10 | 4 | Box  |  | Georgetown | 3 | 6 | 5 |  WP - J.Hellickson (1-0)  LP - Grg BP (0-1) HR: none Hennepin County wins series 4-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | American | 0 | 13 | 0 | Box  |  | Kelly's | 6 | 12 | 0 |  WP - I.Kennedy (1-0)  LP - Am BP (0-1) HR: Am: M.Cabrera (1); Kel: J.Ellsbury (3), J.Hamilton (1), A.Beltre (1) American leads 3-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | American | 4 | 13 | 0 | Box  |  | Kelly's | 6 | 10 | 0 |  WP - H.Kuroda (1-0)  LP - H.Bailey (0-1) HR: Am: R.Cano (4); Kel: A.Beltre (2) American leads 3-2 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Kelly's | 2 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | American | 5 | 9 | 0 |  WP - M.Cain (1-0)  LP - Kel BP (0-2) HR: Am: M.Cabrera (2), M.Cabrera (1) American wins series 4-2 |      | 
         
        
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