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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: Minneapolis (73-77) vs. Tennessee (78-72) 
          Season series: Tennessee won 9-3 
            
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                    Finals 
                    
                      
      
        
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          Minneapolis vs. Tennessee | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Minneapolis | 3 | 6 | 1 | Box  |  | Tennessee | 2 | 10 | 3 |  WP - R.Harden (1-0)  LP - C.Lee (0-1) HR: none Minneapolis leads 1-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Minneapolis | 4 | 11 | 1 | Box  |  | Tennessee | 5 | 15 | 0 |  WP - J.Vazquez (1-0)  LP - Min BP (0-1) HR: Min: T.Tulowitzki (1), J.Bay (1); Ten: B.Abreu (1) Series tied 1-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Tennessee | 3 | 5 | 2 | Box  |  | Minneapolis | 6 | 9 | 0 |  WP - P.Maholm (1-0)  LP - M.Garza (0-1) HR: Ten: C.Kotchman (1); Min: T.Tulowitzki (2) Minneapolis leads 2-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Tennessee | 3 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Minneapolis | 0 | 11 | 0 |  WP - J.Sanchez (1-0)  LP - Min BP (0-2) HR: Ten: I.Stewart (1); Min: J.Mauer (1) Series tied 2-2 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Minneapolis | 10 | 11 | 1 | Box  |  | Tennessee | 5 | 8 | 2 |  WP - B.Zito (1-0)  LP - C.Pavano (0-1) HR: Min: D.Span (1), R.Cedeno (1) Minneapolis wins series 3-2 |   
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                    Semifinals
                    
                      
      
        
          | Game | 
          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Indianapolis | 5 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | Tennessee | 6 | 10 | 3 |  WP - J.Sanchez (1-0)  LP - J.Peavy (0-1) HR: Ind: T.Helton (1), B.Inge (1) Tennessee leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Chennai | 1 | 6 | 1 | Box  |  | Minneapolis | 11 | 14 | 0 |  WP - C.Kershaw (1-0)  LP - M.Pelfrey (0-1) HR: Min: J.Mauer (1), T.Tulowitzki (1), J.Bay (1) Minneapolis leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Tennessee | 6 | 7 | 2 | Box  |  | Indianapolis | 5 | 12 | 0 |  WP - C.Pavano (1-0)  LP - D.Davis (0-1) HR: Ten: H.Matsui (1), R.Branyan (1); Ind: B.Inge 2 (3) Tennessee wins series 2-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Minneapolis | 6 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Chennai | 8 | 7 | 0 |  WP - C.Carpenter (1-0)  LP - S.Richmond (0-1) HR: Min: T.Tulowitzki (2); Chen: A.Ethier (1), D.Ortiz (1), K.Morales (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Chennai | 2 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Minneapolis | 3 | 5 | 0 |  WP - R.Harden (1-0)  LP - Chen BP (0-1) HR: Chen: M.Young (1); Min: J.Cust (1) Minneapolis wins series 2-1 |      | 
         
        
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                    Quarterfinals
                    
                      
        
          | Game | 
          Quarterfinal One | 
          Quarterfinal Two | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Magdalena | 5 | 10 | 3 | Box  |  | Tennessee | 6 | 10 | 1 |  WP - C.Lee (1-0)  LP - K.Slowey (0-1) HR: Mag: D.Pedroia (1), N.McLouth (1); Ten: D.Jeter (1) Tennessee leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Indianapolis | 6 | 10 | 1 | Box  |  | Vero Beach | 5 | 10 | 1 |  WP - J.Weaver (1-0)  LP - T.Lincecum (0-1) HR: Ind: B.Inge (1) Indianapolis leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Tennessee | 8 | 10 | 1 | Box  |  | Magdalena | 7 | 10 | 1 |  WP - J.Vazquez (1-0)  LP - S.Marshall (0-1) HR: Mag: C.Lee (1), M.Cabrera (1) Tennessee wins series 2-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Vero Beach | 5 | 13 | 0 | Box  |  | Indianapolis | 6 | 9 | 2 |  WP - R.Wells (1-0)  LP - N.Blackburn (0-1) HR: VB: C.Quentin (1) Indianapolis wins series 2-0 |      | 
         
        
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          Quarterfinal Three | 
          Quarterfinal Four | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Highlands | 5 | 7 | 1 | Box  |  | Minneapolis | 6 | 10 | 1 |  WP - Min BP (1-0)  LP - C.Zambrano (0-1) HR: High: R.Howard (1), T.Hafner (1), K.Kouzmanoff (1); Min: T.Tulowitzki (1) Minneapolis leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Aksarben | 5 | 12 | 2 | Box  |  | Chennai | 4 | 7 | 4 |  WP - M.Cain (1-0)  LP - Chen BP (0-1) HR: Aks: A.LaRoche (1); Chen: D.Ortiz (1) Aksarben leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Minneapolis | 7 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Highlands | 1 | 5 | 4 |  WP - C.Billingsley (1-0)  LP - A.Burnett (0-1) HR: Min: R.Cedeno (1) Minneapolis wins series 2-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Chennai | 6 | 5 | 2 | Box  |  | Aksarben | 3 | 4 | 2 |  WP - J.Niemann (1-0)  LP - C.Hamels (0-1) HR: Chen: A.Ethier (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Aksarben | 2 | 6 | 2 | Box  |  | Chennai | 7 | 13 | 0 |  WP - J.Blanton (1-0)  LP - Aks BP (0-1) HR: Aks: R.Braun (1); Chen: M.Young (1) Chennai wins series 2-1 |      | 
         
        
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