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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: 25th St Shelter (70-80) vs. Federal Reserve (84-66) 
          Season series: Tied 3-3 
            
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                    Finals 
                    
                      
      
        
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          25th Street Shelter vs. Federal 
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | 25th St Shelter | 4 | 1 | 3 | Box  |  | Federal Reserve | 5 | 9 | 1 |  WP - FR BP (1-0)  LP - T.Lincecum (0-1) HR: FR: Y.Escobar (1) Federal Reserve leads 1-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | 25th St Shelter | 4 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Federal Reserve | 2 | 7 | 1 |  WP - M.Cain (1-0)  LP - R.Nolasco (0-1) HR: FR: M.Cabrera (1) Series tied 1-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Federal Reserve | 2 | 5 | 0 | Box  |  | 25th St Shelter | 3 | 7 | 1 |  WP - W.Rodriguez (1-0)  LP - FR BP (1-1) HR: FR: S.Rolen (1); 25th: C.Ross (1) 25th St Shelter leads 2-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Federal Reserve | 7 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | 25th St Shelter | 3 | 7 | 3 |  WP - K.Millwood (1-0)  LP - J.Pineiro (0-1) HR: FR: J.Willingham (1) Series tied 2-2 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | 25th St Shelter | 3 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Federal Reserve | 6 | 11 | 0 |  WP - C.Carpenter (1-0)  LP - D.Lowe (0-1) HR: 25th: A.Callaspo (1), R.Barajas (1); FR: A.Dunn (1), H.Kendrick (1) Federal Reserve wins series 3-2 |   
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                    Semifinals
                    
                      
      
        
          | Game | 
          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Budapest | 3 | 9 | 2 | Box  |  | Federal Reserve | 6 | 11 | 0 |  WP - K.Millwood (1-0)  LP - C.Tillman (0-1) HR: Bud: A.McCutchen (1), M.Kemp (1), L.Scott (1); FR: H.Kendrick (1) Federal Reserve leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | 25th St Shelter | 7 | 7 | 1 | Box  |  | California | 5 | 9 | 2 |  WP - 25th BP (1-0)  LP - J.Shields (0-1) HR: 25th: B.Ryan (1), H.Matsui (1) 25th St Shelter leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Federal Reserve | 5 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Budapest | 3 | 10 | 4 |  WP - C.Carpenter (1-0)  LP - Bud BP (0-1) HR: FR: H.Pence (1); Bud: L.Scott (2) Federal Reserve wins series 2-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | California | 3 | 8 | 2 | Box  |  | 25th St Shelter | 7 | 9 | 0 |  WP - D.Lowe (1-0)  LP - M.Buehrle (0-1) HR: none 25th St Shelter wins series 2-0 |      | 
         
        
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                    Quarterfinals
                    
                      
        
          | Game | 
          Quarterfinal One | 
          Quarterfinal Two | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Kobe | 2 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Federal Reserve | 5 | 13 | 0 |  WP - T.Lilly (1-0)  LP - Kobe BP (0-1) HR: Kobe: C.Jones (1); FR: J.Mauer (1) Federal Reserve leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | St Louis | 1 | 8 | 2 | Box  |  | California | 6 | 10 | 0 |  WP - C.Sabathia (1-0)  LP - J.Garland (0-1) HR: Cal: A.Ethier (1), J.Bartlett (1) California leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Federal Reserve | 6 | 14 | 0 | Box  |  | Kobe | 2 | 10 | 1 |  WP - R.Nolasco (1-0)  LP - Z.Duke (0-1) HR: FR: J.Kubel (1), J.Willingham (1) Federal Reserve wins series 2-0 |      | 
          
          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | California | 4 | 13 | 1 | Box  |  | St Louis | 5 | 8 | 3 |  WP - D.Nippert (1-0)  LP - C.Kershaw (0-1) HR: none Series tied 1-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | St Louis | 4 | 5 | 1 | Box  |  | California | 7 | 12 | 0 |  WP - R.Halladay (1-0)  LP - B.Looper (0-1) HR: StL: I.Suzuki (1); Cal: M.Scutaro (1), C.Blake (1) California wins series 2-1 |      | 
         
        
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          Quarterfinal Three | 
          Quarterfinal Four | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Cleveland | 6 | 10 | 4 | Box  |  | 25th St Shelter | 5 | 9 | 2 |  WP - R.Dempster (1-0)  LP - 25th BP (0-1) HR: Cle: P.Burrell (1), A.Pujols 2 (2); 25th: C.Ross (1) Cleveland leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Plz | 4 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Budapest | 6 | 6 | 3 |  WP - N.Blackburn (1-0)  LP - D.Haren (0-1) HR: Plz: A.Rios (1); Bud: H.Blalock (1) Budapest leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | 25th St Shelter | 5 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Cleveland | 3 | 9 | 4 |  WP - M.Cain (1-0)  LP - Cle BP (0-1) HR: 25th: C.Pena (1); Cle: A.Pierzynski (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Budapest | 6 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Plz | 4 | 8 | 0 |  WP - M.Pelfrey (1-0)  LP - J.Saunders (0-1) HR: Bud: M.Napoli (1); Plz: A.Rios (2) Budapest wins series 2-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Cleveland | 2 | 8 | 3 | Box  |  | 25th St Shelter | 5 | 13 | 0 |  WP - W.Rodriguez (1-0)  LP - J.Vazquez (0-1) HR: Cle: T.Hunter (1); 25th: C.Ross (2), R.Barajas (1) 25th St Shelter wins series 2-1 |      | 
          
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