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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. 
            
          2009 Finals: Baltimore (70-80) vs. New Jersey (74-76) 
          Season series: Baltimore won 8-4 
            
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                    Finals 
                    
                      
      
        
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          Baltimore vs. New Jersey | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Baltimore | 2 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | New Jersey | 4 | 10 | 2 |  WP - M.Buehrle (1-0)  LP - Bal BP (0-1) HR: NJ: A.Pujols 2 (2) New Jersey leads 1-0 |   
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Baltimore | 5 | 7 | 3 | Box  |  | New Jersey | 4 | 8 | 2 |  WP - J.Garland (1-0)  LP - NJ BP (0-1) HR: Bal: H.Pence (1); NJ: J.Damon (1), R.Zimmerman (1), R.Cano (1) Series tied 1-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | New Jersey | 3 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Baltimore | 4 | 5 | 2 |  WP - B.Arroyo (1-0)  LP - J.Lannan (0-1) HR: Bal: H.Pence (2) Baltimore leads 2-1 |   
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | New Jersey | 5 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Baltimore | 4 | 8 | 0 |  WP - E.Jackson (1-0)  LP - Bal BP (0-2) HR: NJ: H.Ramirez (1), A.Pujols (3); Bal: C.Blake (1), J.Bartlett (1) Series tied 2-2 |   
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Baltimore | 8 | 12 | 1 | Box  |  | New Jersey | 7 | 8 | 4 |  WP - Bal BP (1-2)  LP - R.Harden (0-1) HR: Bal: A.Kennedy (1) Baltimore wins series 3-2 |   
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                    Semifinals
                    
                      
      
        
          | Game | 
          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Jamaica | 4 | 9 | 1 | Box  |  | New Jersey | 6 | 13 | 0 |  WP - NJ BP (1-0)  LP - G.Meche (0-1) HR: NJ: J.Damon (1) New Jersey leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Southern California | 4 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Baltimore | 5 | 9 | 1 |  WP - J.Blanton (1-0)  LP - J.Saunders (0-1) HR: SCal: R.Ibanez (1) Baltimore leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | New Jersey | 6 | 11 | 4 | Box  |  | Jamaica | 3 | 10 | 2 |  WP - R.Harden (1-0)  LP - J.Lehr (0-1) HR: NJ: C.Lee (1) New Jersey wins series 2-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Baltimore | 4 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Southern California | 3 | 7 | 1 |  WP - D.Price (1-0)  LP - M.Pelfrey (0-1) HR: Bal: M.Bourn (1); SCal: A.Ethier (1) Baltimore wins series 2-0 |      | 
         
        
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                    Quarterfinals
                    
                      
        
          | Game | 
          Quarterfinal One | 
          Quarterfinal Two | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Uptown | 4 | 5 | 6 | Box  |  | New Jersey | 7 | 7 | 0 |  WP - NJ BP (1-0)  LP - C.Sabathia (0-1) HR: NJ: H.Ramirez (1), R.Cano (1) New Jersey leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Jamaica | 5 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | Lemon | 4 | 9 | 0 |  WP - Jam BP (1-0)  LP - Y.Gallardo (0-1) HR: Jam: M.Cabrera (1), J.Dye (1) Jamaica leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | New Jersey | 3 | 5 | 0 | Box  |  | Uptown | 6 | 8 | 1 |  WP - F.Hernandez (1-0)  LP - J.Jurrjens (0-1) HR: none Series tied 1-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Lemon | 6 | 13 | 0 | Box  |  | Jamaica | 4 | 10 | 2 |  WP - A.Sanchez (1-0)  LP - Jam BP (1-1) HR: Lem: B.Roberts (1), J.Willingham (1); Jam: M.Cabrera (2), I.Stewart (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Uptown | 4 | 10 | 4 | Box  |  | New Jersey | 6 | 6 | 5 |  WP - J.Lannan (1-0)  LP - R.Romero (0-1) HR: none New Jersey wins series 2-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Jamaica | 7 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | Lemon | 5 | 6 | 2 |  WP - B.Matusz (1-0)  LP - A.Laffey (0-1) HR: Jam: K.Youkilis 2 (2), K.Morales (1), M.Cabrera (3); Lem: B.Roberts (2), S.Choo (1) Jamaica wins series 2-1 |      | 
         
        
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          | Game | 
          Quarterfinal Three | 
          Quarterfinal Four | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Gettysburg | 4 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Baltimore | 2 | 11 | 1 |  WP - Z.Duke (1-0)  LP - Z.Greinke (0-1) HR: Get: J.Lopez (1) Gettysburg leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Southern California | 7 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Twin Peaks | 3 | 10 | 0 |  WP - J.Beckett (1-0)  LP - C.Hamels (0-1) HR: SCal: M.Napoli (1); TP: T.Wigginton (1), A.Gonzalez (1) Southern California leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Baltimore | 5 | 7 | 1 | Box  |  | Gettysburg | 3 | 9 | 0 |  WP - J.Garland (1-0)  LP - C.Tillman (0-1) HR: Bal: R.Ankiel (1); Get: J.Morneau (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Twin Peaks | 6 | 12 | 0 | Box  |  | Southern California | 7 | 9 | 0 |  WP - J.Marquis (1-0)  LP - J.De La Rosa (0-1) HR: TP: G.Sizemore (1), J.Rollins (1), P.Feliz (1); SCal: D.Lee (1) Southern California wins series 2-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Gettysburg | 4 | 11 | 2 | Box  |  | Baltimore | 6 | 8 | 1 |  WP - B.Arroyo (1-0)  LP - J.Pineiro (0-1) HR: Get: J.Francoeur (1), K.Johjima (1) Baltimore wins series 2-1 |      | 
          
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