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    			The Best of the Worst
          The Bottom Feeder Open - playing for pride and a few bucks. 
            
          A small taste of post season baseball as the third and fourth place 
          teams get a chance to play a few more games.  Teams are ranked 
          1-8, based on season record and play a 3-game quarterfinal series.  
          Winners are re-seeded and play a 3-game semifinal. 
            
          The two remaining teams square off in a best-of-five finals. 
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           The winner receives a bonus of 500,000 Benchwarmer Bucks.  
          The runner-up gets 250,000. 
            
          2012 Finals: Maryland (52-98) vs. Sochi, Russia 2014 (62-88) 
          Season series: Sochi, Russia 2014 won 7-5 
            
          2012 Winner - Sochi, Russia 2014 3 games to 1 
          	    
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                    Finals 
                    
                      
      
        
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          Maryland vs. Sochi, Russia 2014 | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Maryland | 1 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Sochi, Russia 2014 | 3 | 7 | 2 |  WP - J.Garcia (1-0)  LP - Md BP (0-1) HR: Md: E.Aybar (1), C.Davis (1) Sochi, Russia 2014 leads 1-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Maryland | 1 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Sochi, Russia 2014 | 5 | 8 | 2 |  WP - C.Sabathia (1-0)  LP - W.Chen (0-1) HR: Soc: D.Uggla (1) Sochi, Russia 2014 leads 2-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Sochi, Russia 2014 | 1 | 6 | 2 | Box  |  | Maryland | 4 | 9 | 1 |  WP - E.Jackson (1-0)  LP - Soc BP (0-1) HR: Md: B.McCann (1), C.Davis (2) Sochi, Russia 2014 leads 2-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Sochi, Russia 2014 | 7 | 10 | 2 | Box  |  | Maryland | 6 | 15 | 2 |  WP - W.Rodriguez (1-0)  LP - T.Blackley (0-1) HR: Soc: J.Bruce (1), J.Morneau 2 (2); Md: B.McCann (2), B.Upton 3 (3) Sochi, Russia 2014 wins series 3-1 |   
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                    Semifinals
                    
                      
      
        
          | Game | 
          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Maryland | 3 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Detroit | 5 | 10 | 0 |  WP - C.Kelly (1-0)  LP - T.Blackley (0-1) HR: Md: D.Young (1) Detroit leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Sochi, Russia 2014 | 1 | 7 | 2 | Box  |  | Havana | 3 | 12 | 0 |  WP - R.Dempster (1-0)  LP - Soc BP (0-1) HR: Soc: D.Uggla (1), M.Wieters (1); Hav: C.Crisp (1), B.Phillips (1) Havana leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Detroit | 4 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | Maryland | 5 | 4 | 0 |  WP - K.Millwood (1-0)  LP - J.Santana (0-1) HR: Det: A.Pujols (1), C.Utley (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Havana | 5 | 6 | 2 | Box  |  | Sochi, Russia 2014 | 7 | 8 | 3 |  WP - Soc BP (1-1)  LP - J.Westbrook (0-1) HR: Hav: J.Upton (1); Soc: I.Kinsler (1), B.Harper 2 (2) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Maryland | 3 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | Detroit | 2 | 4 | 2 |  WP - J.McDonald (1-0)  LP - Det BP (0-1) HR: none Maryland wins series 2-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Sochi, Russia 2014 | 7 | 10 | 2 | Box  |  | Havana | 6 | 13 | 1 |  WP - Soc BP (2-1)  LP - J.Weaver (1-1) HR: Soc: A.Jones (1), J.Heyward (1), J.Bruce (1); Hav: M.Holliday (1), B.Phillips (2) Sochi, Russia 2014 wins series 2-1 |      | 
         
        
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                    Quarterfinals
                    
                      
        
          | Game | 
          Quarterfinal One | 
          Quarterfinal Two | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Maryland | 5 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Arcata | 4 | 9 | 0 |  WP - Md BP (1-0)  LP - J.Verlander (0-1) HR: Md: A.Rizzo (1), C.Davis (1); Arc: A.Beltre (1) Maryland leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Cincinnati | 4 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Detroit | 5 | 13 | 0 |  WP - Z.Greinke (1-0)  LP - Cin BP (0-1) HR: Cin: I.Davis (1), A.Ethier (1); Det: K.Seager (1), C.Utley (1), A.Avila (1) Detroit leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Arcata | 10 | 16 | 0 | Box  |  | Maryland | 5 | 6 | 2 |  WP - Arc BP (1-0)  LP - W.Chen (0-1) HR: Arc: B.Belt (1), A.Beltre (2); Md: A.Rizzo (2), B.Upton (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Detroit | 5 | 10 | 1 | Box  |  | Cincinnati | 2 | 6 | 3 |  WP - J.Zimmermann (1-0)  LP - Cin BP (0-2) HR: Det: I.Desmond (1), M.Cabrera (1); Cin: A.Ethier (2) Detroit wins series 2-0 |      | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Maryland | 3 | 7 | 1 | Box  |  | Arcata | 2 | 7 | 0 |  WP - E.Jackson (1-0)  LP - Arc BP (1-1) HR: Md: N.Markakis (1); Arc: B.Butler (1) Maryland wins series 2-1 |      | 
          
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          Quarterfinal Three | 
          Quarterfinal Four | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Death Valley | 4 | 11 | 2 | Box  |  | Havana | 8 | 7 | 0 |  WP - J.Weaver (1-0)  LP - C.Richard (0-1) HR: DV: A.Pierzynski (1), A.Hill (1); Hav: C.Rasmus (1), M.Reynolds 2 (2) Havana leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Sochi, Russia 2014 | 7 | 10 | 3 | Box  |  | DC | 4 | 10 | 0 |  WP - J.Garcia (1-0)  LP - DC BP (0-1) HR: Soc: A.Jones (1), J.Bruce (1), M.Wieters (1); DC: P.Fielder (1), A.Ramirez (1) Sochi, Russia 2014 leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Havana | 7 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Death Valley | 2 | 8 | 2 |  WP - T.Hudson (1-0)  LP - J.Karstens (0-1) HR: Hav: M.Reynolds (3) Havana wins series 2-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | DC | 4 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Sochi, Russia 2014 | 7 | 10 | 3 |  WP - C.Sabathia (1-0)  LP - DC BP (0-2) HR: DC: P.Fielder (2); Soc: B.Harper 2 (2), A.Jones (2), J.Bruce (2) Sochi, Russia 2014 wins series 2-0 |      | 
         
        
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