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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): 
          
            - Erie (91-60)
 
            - Guadalajara, Mexico 2011 (85-65)
 
            - Mars (81-69)
 
            - Kentucky (71-79)
 
           
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           Semifinals - Kentucky vs Erie; Mars vs Guadalajara, Mexico 2011 
            
          Finals - Mars vs Erie - Erie won the season series 7-5 
            
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                    Finals
                    
                      
      
        
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          Mars vs. Erie | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Mars | 6 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Erie | 4 | 7 | 3 |  WP - T.Hudson (1-0)  LP - C.Sabathia (0-1) HR: Mars: M.Napoli (1) Mars leads 1-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Mars | 6 | 5 | 3 | Box  |  | Erie | 4 | 7 | 0 |  WP - M.Latos (1-0)  LP - R.Wolf (0-1) HR: Mars: C.Utley (1), M.Napoli (2); Er: J.Willingham (1) Mars leads 2-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Erie | 2 | 6 | 3 | Box  |  | Mars | 5 | 13 | 2 |  WP - I.Kennedy (1-0)  LP - E.Santana (0-1) HR: Er: C.Crisp (1); Mars: T.Hafner (1) Mars leads 3-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Erie | 5 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Mars | 6 | 12 | 0 |  WP - Mars BP (1-0)  LP - A.Harang (0-1) HR: Er: J.Willingham (2); Mars: D.Ortiz (1), D.Wright (1) Mars wins series 4-0 |   
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                    Semifinals
                    
                      
      
        
          | Game | 
          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Kentucky | 6 | 13 | 0 | Box  |  | Erie | 8 | 14 | 1 |  WP - C.Sabathia (1-0)  LP - D.Holland (0-1) HR: Ken: J.Rollins (1), R.Braun (1), M.Cuddyer (1); Er: A.Cabrera 2 (2), J.Willingham 2 (2), M.Reynolds (1) Erie leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Mars | 8 | 12 | 0 | Box  |  | Guadalajara, Mexico 2011 | 3 | 10 | 1 |  WP - T.Hudson (1-0)  LP - J.Shields (0-1) HR: Mars: T.Hafner (1) Mars leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Kentucky | 0 | 10 | 2 | Box  |  | Erie | 6 | 7 | 0 |  WP - R.Wolf (1-0)  LP - U.Jimenez (0-1) HR: Er: J.Bruce (1) Erie leads 2-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Mars | 4 | 11 | 2 | Box  |  | Guadalajara, Mexico 2011 | 3 | 10 | 0 |  WP - M.Latos (1-0)  LP - J.Hellickson (0-1) HR: Mars: M.Carp (1) Mars leads 2-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Erie | 4 | 7 | 2 | Box  |  | Kentucky | 5 | 12 | 2 |  WP - Ken BP (1-0)  LP - E.Santana (0-1) HR: Er: D.Pedroia (1); Ken: K.Johnson (1), A.Soriano (1) Erie leads 2-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Guadalajara, Mexico 2011 | 2 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Mars | 3 | 7 | 0 |  WP - I.Kennedy (1-0)  LP - H.Bailey (0-1) HR: Mars: D.Wright (1) Mars leads 3-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Erie | 2 | 7 | 2 | Box  |  | Kentucky | 3 | 10 | 0 |  WP - K.Lohse (1-0)  LP - Er BP (0-1) HR: Er: J.Willingham (3); Ken: R.Braun (2), Y.Molina (1) Series tied 2-2 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Guadalajara, Mexico 2011 | 7 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Mars | 6 | 11 | 0 |  WP - Guad BP (1-0)  LP - A.Sanchez (0-1) HR: Guad: E.Longoria (1), V.Martinez (1), B.Upton (1); Mars: M.Carp (2), H.Pence (1) Mars leads 3-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Erie | 4 | 9 | 2 | Box  |  | Kentucky | 3 | 8 | 1 |  WP - B.McCarthy (1-0)  LP - D.Willis (0-1) HR: Er: N.Swisher (1); Ken: M.Cuddyer (1) Erie leads 3-2 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Guadalajara, Mexico 2011 | 8 | 14 | 0 | Box  |  | Mars | 6 | 9 | 3 |  WP - Guad BP (2-0)  LP - J.Karstens (0-1) HR: Guad: A.Jackson (1), E.Longoria (2), E.Hosmer (1), B.Upton (2); Mars: D.Wright (2) Mars leads 3-2 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Kentucky | 7 | 12 | 0 | Box  |  | Erie | 6 | 8 | 3 |  WP - Ken BP (2-0)  LP - Er BP (0-2) HR: Ken: K.Johnson (2), R.Braun (3), Y.Molina (2) Series tied 3-3 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Mars | 6 | 13 | 2 | Box  |  | Guadalajara, Mexico 2011 | 5 | 14 | 1 |  WP - T.Hudson (2-0)  LP - Guad BP (2-1) HR: Mars: M.Carp (3), C.Utley 2 (2); Guad: F.Freeman (1) Mars wins series 4-2 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Kentucky | 2 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | Erie | 4 | 10 | 2 |  WP - R.Wolf (2-0)  LP - U.Jimenez (0-2) HR: Er: D.Pedroia (2) Erie wins series 4-3 |      | 
          
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