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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: Baldwin (75-75) vs. Nash (84-66) 
          Season series: Tied 3-3 
            
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                    Finals 
                    
                      
      
        
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          Baldwin vs. Nash | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Baldwin | 3 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Nash | 10 | 9 | 1 |  WP - F.Hernandez (1-0)  LP - R.Nolasco (0-1) HR: Bald: A.Kennedy (1); Nash: C.Utley (1) Nash leads 1-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Baldwin | 3 | 15 | 0 | Box  |  | Nash | 8 | 7 | 0 |  WP - R.Halladay (1-0)  LP - J.Smoltz (0-1) HR: Bald: J.Mauer (1); Nash: M.Teixeira (1), A.Avila (1) Nash leads 2-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Nash | 3 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Baldwin | 4 | 6 | 0 |  WP - A.Miller (1-0)  LP - Nash BP (0-1) HR: Bald: C.Kotchman (1), E.Aybar (1) Nash leads 2-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Nash | 5 | 2 | 0 | Box  |  | Baldwin | 6 | 9 | 0 |  WP - Bald BP (1-0)  LP - R.Wells (0-1) HR: Bald: J.Loney (1), H.Ramirez (1) Series tied 2-2 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Baldwin | 6 | 14 | 0 | Box  |  | Nash | 4 | 10 | 0 |  WP - Z.Duke (1-0)  LP - J.Chamberlain (0-1) HR: Bald: J.Mauer (2); Nash: M.Reynolds (1) Baldwin wins series 3-2 |   
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                    Semifinals
                    
                      
      
        
          | Game | 
          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Houston | 4 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Nash | 5 | 9 | 0 |  WP - Nash BP (1-0)  LP - M.Cain (0-1) HR: Hou: J.Votto (1), G.Jones (1); Nash: C.Utley (1) Nash leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Baldwin | 5 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | PA | 4 | 4 | 0 |  WP - Bald BP (1-0)  LP - K.Slowey (0-1) HR: none Baldwin leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Nash | 5 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Houston | 4 | 10 | 2 |  WP - J.Chamberlain (1-0)  LP - J.Shields (0-1) HR: Nash: J.Cust (1); Hou: C.Ross (1), M.Prado (1) Nash wins series 2-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | PA | 4 | 9 | 1 | Box  |  | Baldwin | 5 | 7 | 0 |  WP - Z.Duke (1-0)  LP - U.Jimenez (0-1) HR: PA: V.Wells (1), M.Cuddyer (1), A.LaRoche (1) Baldwin wins series 2-0 |      | 
         
        
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                    Quarterfinals
                    
                      
        
          | Game | 
          Quarterfinal One | 
          Quarterfinal Two | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Mars | 4 | 14 | 2 | Box  |  | Nash | 5 | 5 | 1 |  WP - J.Verlander (1-0)  LP - Mars BP (0-1) HR: Mars: R.Ludwick 2 (2); Nash: C.Utley (1), M.Teixeira (1), A.Huff (1) Nash leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | New Brighton | 6 | 10 | 1 | Box  |  | PA | 5 | 10 | 2 |  WP - N.Blackburn (1-0)  LP - PA BP (0-1) HR: NB: D.Lee 2 (2), B.Inge (1); PA: A.LaRoche (1) New Brighton leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Nash | 5 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Mars | 0 | 5 | 4 |  WP - R.Halladay (1-0)  LP - Mars BP (0-2) HR: Nash: C.McGehee (1) Nash wins series 2-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | PA | 6 | 12 | 1 | Box  |  | New Brighton | 4 | 4 | 4 |  WP - PA BP (1-1)  LP - NB BP (0-1) HR: PA: D.Uggla (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | New Brighton | 2 | 7 | 2 | Box  |  | PA | 7 | 15 | 0 |  WP - P.Maholm (1-0)  LP - NB BP (0-2) HR: PA: J.Keppinger 2 (2), M.Cuddyer (1) PA wins series 2-1 |      | 
         
        
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          | Game | 
          Quarterfinal Three | 
          Quarterfinal Four | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Minnesota | 2 | 6 | 4 | Box  |  | Baldwin | 10 | 10 | 1 |  WP - N.Blackburn (1-0)  LP - A.Wainwright (0-1) HR: Bald: H.Ramirez (1) Baldwin leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Houston | 4 | 4 | 0 | Box  |  | Ohio | 3 | 8 | 2 |  WP - J.Weaver (1-0)  LP - J.Santana (0-1) HR: Hou: J.Werth (1); OH: P.Fielder (1) Houston leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Baldwin | 4 | 12 | 1 | Box  |  | Minnesota | 6 | 7 | 0 |  WP - R.Harden (1-0)  LP - J.Smoltz (0-1) HR: Min: C.Granderson (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Ohio | 4 | 12 | 1 | Box  |  | Houston | 0 | 4 | 1 |  WP - Z.Greinke (1-0)  LP - J.Hammel (0-1) HR: OH: A.Ramirez (1); Hou: E.Andrus (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Minnesota | 2 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Baldwin | 7 | 14 | 0 |  WP - K.Davies (1-0)  LP - T.Wellemeyer (0-1) HR: Min: J.Bay (1) Baldwin wins series 2-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Houston | 8 | 17 | 0 | Box  |  | Ohio | 4 | 7 | 0 |  WP - R.Wolf (1-0)  LP - C.Volstad (0-1) HR: OH: T.Tulowitzki (1) Houston wins series 2-1 |      | 
         
        
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