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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 2025 Entrants (in order of seeding):
- Kingston (85-65)
- Wrigley (79-71)
- California (70-80)
- Okefenokee (70-80)
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Semifinals - Okefenokee vs. Kingston; California vs. Wrigley
Kingston won 4 games to 0
Wrigley won 4 games to 0
Finals - Wrigley vs. Kingston
Season series: Kingston won 6-0
2025 Gore Cup Winner - Wrigley won 4 games to 1
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Finals
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Wrigley vs. Kingston |
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| | R | H | E | | | Wrigley | 12 | 15 | 0 | Box | | Atlanta | 2 | 10 | 0 | WP - K.Gausman (1-0) LP - L.Giolito (0-1) HR: Wri: R.Devers 2 (2), K.Schwarber 2 (2), J.Realmuto (1); King: J.Polanco (1), A.Ramirez (1) Wrigley leads 1-0 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Wrigley | 7 | 9 | 0 | Box | | Atlanta | 2 | 8 | 0 | WP - S.Kolek (1-0) LP - W.Warren (0-1) HR: Wri: K.Schwarber (3), G.Torres (1); King: B.Harper (1) Wrigley leads 2-0 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Atlanta | 2 | 11 | 0 | Box | | Wrigley | 5 | 8 | 0 | WP - P.Corbin (1-0) LP - King BP (0-1) HR: King: M.Busch (1), J.Polanco (2); Wri: T.Story (1) Wrigley leads 3-0 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Atlanta | 5 | 8 | 0 | Box | | Wrigley | 3 | 8 | 0 | WP - King BP (1-1) LP - Wri BP (0-1) HR: King: J.Ramirez (1) Wrigley leads 3-1 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Atlanta | 2 | 7 | 0 | Box | | Wrigley | 3 | 6 | 0 | WP - D.Martin (1-0) LP - King BP (1-2) HR: Wri: K.Schwarber (4), J.Realmuto (2) Wrigley wins series 4-1 |
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Semifinals
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Semifinal One |
Semifinal Two |
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| | R | H | E | | | Okefenokee | 3 | 13 | 1 | Box | | Atlanta | 9 | 12 | 0 | WP - L.Giolito (1-0) LP - L.Gilbert (0-1) HR: King: M.Busch (1) Atlanta leads 1-0 | |
| | R | H | E | | | California | 2 | 8 | 0 | Box | | Wrigley | 6 | 7 | 2 | WP - K.Gausman (1-0) LP - D.Cease (0-1) HR: Cal: J.Holliday (1), T.Ward (1); Wri: R.Devers (1), J.Adell (1) Wrigley leads 1-0 | |
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| | R | H | E | | | Okefenokee | 3 | 5 | 0 | Box | | Atlanta | 5 | 11 | 0 | WP - W.Warren (1-0) LP - S.Strider (0-1) HR: Oke: W.Adames (1), J.Sanchez (1); King: H.Goodman (1) Atlanta leads 2-0 | |
| | R | H | E | | | California | 2 | 3 | 2 | Box | | Wrigley | 5 | 13 | 0 | WP - S.Kolek (1-0) LP - Cal BP (0-1) HR: Wri: R.Devers (2) Wrigley leads 2-0 | |
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| | R | H | E | | | Atlanta | 5 | 11 | 0 | Box | | Okefenokee | 3 | 7 | 0 | WP - C.Rodon (1-0) LP - Oke BP (0-1) HR: King: H.Goodman (2), C.Correa (1); Oke: W.Adames (2), T.Hernandez 2 (2) Atlanta leads 3-0 | |
| | R | H | E | | | Wrigley | 10 | 5 | 0 | Box | | California | 1 | 6 | 3 | WP - P.Corbin (1-0) LP - J.Wentz (0-1) HR: Wri: K.Schwarber (1), T.Story (1) Wrigley leads 3-0 | |
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| | R | H | E | | | Atlanta | 4 | 5 | 0 | Box | | Okefenokee | 3 | 8 | 0 | WP - C.Schlittler (1-0) LP - S.Baz (0-1) HR: King: R.Laureano (1); Oke: B.Turang (1) Atlanta wins series 4-0 | |
| | R | H | E | | | Wrigley | 8 | 13 | 0 | Box | | California | 7 | 13 | 0 | WP - Wri BP (1-0) LP - W.Buehler (0-1) HR: Wri: R.Devers 2 (4), T.Story (2), G.Torres (1), B.Rice (1); Cal: L.Keaschall (1), C.Bellinger (1), J.Profar 2 (2) Wrigley wins series 4-0 | |
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