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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): 
          
            - Philadelphia (80-70)
 
            - Atlanta (79-71)
 
            - Moscow (77-73)
 
            - Austin (74-76)
 
           
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           Semifinals - Austin vs Philadelphia; Moscow vs Atlanta 
            
          Finals - Atlanta vs Philadelphia - Season series split 3-3 
            
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                    Finals
                    
                      
      
        
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          Atlanta vs. Philadelphia | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | San Diego | 2 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | High Octane | 6 | 9 | 0 |  WP - J.Verlander (1-0)  LP - I.Kennedy (0-1) HR: SD: B.Upton (1), D.Ackley (1) High Octane leads 1-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | San Diego | 2 | 9 | 2 | Box  |  | High Octane | 0 | 6 | 2 |  WP - M.Garza (1-0)  LP - HO BP (0-1) HR: HO: M.Reynolds (1) Series tied 1-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | High Octane | 4 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | San Diego | 2 | 6 | 1 |  WP - Z.Greinke (1-0)  LP - C.Narveson (0-1) HR: HO: B.Gardner (1) High Octane leads 2-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | High Octane | 2 | 7 | 2 | Box  |  | San Diego | 7 | 12 | 1 |  WP - S.Baker (1-0)  LP - B.Myers (0-1) HR: SD: M.Napoli (1) Series tied 2-2 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | High Octane | 2 | 5 | 2 | Box  |  | San Diego | 9 | 6 | 0 |  WP - B.Lincoln (1-0)  LP - J.Marquis (0-1) HR: SD: M.Napoli (2), T.Tulowitzki (1) San Diego leads 3-2 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | San Diego | 4 | 10 | 2 | Box  |  | High Octane | 5 | 6 | 0 |  WP - J.Verlander (2-0)  LP - I.Kennedy (0-2) HR: SD: M.Napoli (3), B.Phillips (1), A.Pagan (1); HO: C.Granderson (1) Series tied 3-3 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | San Diego | 2 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | High Octane | 7 | 9 | 2 |  WP - HO BP (1-1)  LP - M.Garza (1-1) HR: HO: M.Reynolds (2), A.Lind (1) High Octane wins series 4-3 |   
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                    Semifinals
                    
                      
      
        
          | Game | 
          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | New Fairfield | 8 | 16 | 0 | Box  |  | High Octane | 6 | 10 | 0 |  WP - A.Sanchez (1-0)  LP - J.Verlander (0-1) HR: NF: R.Cano (1), M.Morse (1), M.Cabrera (1); HO: C.Granderson 2 (2) New Fairfield leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | San Diego | 5 | 12 | 1 | Box  |  | Copenhagen | 3 | 11 | 0 |  WP - I.Kennedy (1-0)  LP - J.Shields (0-1) HR: SD: M.Napoli (1), T.Tulowitzki (1), D.Ortiz (1), B.Upton (1); Cop: N.Swisher (1) San Diego leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | New Fairfield | 1 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | High Octane | 7 | 8 | 2 |  WP - C.Hamels (1-0)  LP - J.Masterson (0-1) HR: HO: B.Gardner (1), J.Francoeur (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
          
          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | San Diego | 5 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | Copenhagen | 4 | 6 | 2 |  WP - M.Garza (1-0)  LP - H.Kuroda (0-1) HR: SD: M.Napoli (2); Cop: M.Young (1), P.Konerko (1) San Diego leads 2-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | High Octane | 3 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | New Fairfield | 1 | 10 | 0 |  WP - Z.Greinke (1-0)  LP - NF BP (0-1) HR: none High Octane leads 2-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Copenhagen | 3 | 8 | 2 | Box  |  | San Diego | 7 | 11 | 0 |  WP - C.Narveson (1-0)  LP - C.Carpenter (0-1) HR: Cop: M.Young (1); SD: B.Upton (2), A.Pagan (1) San Diego leads 3-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | High Octane | 5 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | New Fairfield | 4 | 12 | 0 |  WP - B.Myers (1-0)  LP - I.Nova (0-1) HR: HO: A.Gonzalez (1), N.Hundley (1); NF: N.Morgan (1) High Octane leads 3-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Copenhagen | 5 | 6 | 1 | Box  |  | San Diego | 7 | 8 | 2 |  WP - B.Lincoln (1-0)  LP - M.Buehrle (0-1) HR: Cop: P.Konerko (2); SD: T.Tulowitzki (2), D.Ortiz (2) San Diego wins series 4-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | High Octane | 5 | 10 | 1 | Box  |  | New Fairfield | 3 | 6 | 1 |  WP - J.Marquis (1-0)  LP - T.Stauffer (0-1) HR: NF: D.Valencia (1) High Octane wins series 4-1 |      | 
          
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