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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 2012 Entrants (in order of seeding): 
          
            - Norfolk Southern (82-68)
 
            - Gates (79-71)
 
            - Jersey City (76-74)
 
            - Louisiana (72-78)
 
           
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           Semifinals - Louisiana vs.Norfolk Southern; Jersey City vs Gates 
            
				Finals - Jersey City vs Norfolk Southern - Jersey City won 
				the season series 7-5 
          2012 Gore Cup Winner - Jersey City in 6 Games 
            
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                    Finals
                    
                      
      
        
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          Jersey City vs. Norfolk Southern | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Jersey City | 5 | 12 | 1 | Box  |  | Norfolk Southern | 4 | 8 | 4 |  WP - M.Cain (1-0)  LP - W.Miley (0-1) HR: Jers: S.Choo (1); NS: R.Weeks (1), J.Hamilton (1) Jersey City leads 1-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Jersey City | 0 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Norfolk Southern | 5 | 8 | 2 |  WP - J.Weaver (1-0)  LP - Jers BP (0-1) HR: Jers: C.Davis (1); NS: M.Cabrera (1), J.Hamilton (2) Series tied 1-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Norfolk Southern | 4 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Jersey City | 6 | 12 | 0 |  WP - B.Zito (1-0)  LP - J.Peavy (0-1) HR: NS: M.Cabrera (2); Jers: S.Choo (2), P.Ciriaco (1) Jersey City leads 2-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Norfolk Southern | 3 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Jersey City | 5 | 9 | 0 |  WP - C.Tillman (1-0)  LP - C.Wilson (0-1) HR: NS: R.Howard (1) Jersey City leads 3-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Norfolk Southern | 5 | 15 | 2 | Box  |  | Jersey City | 4 | 8 | 1 |  WP - K.Medlen (1-0)  LP - Jers BP (0-2) HR: NS: R.Weeks (2), R.Howard (2); Jers: D.Jeter (1), E.Kratz (1) Jersey City leads 3-2 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Jersey City | 6 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Norfolk Southern | 4 | 9 | 1 |  WP - M.Cain (2-0)  LP - W.Miley (0-2) HR: Jers: C.Davis (2), A.LaRoche (1), K.Seager (1), L.Scott (1), E.Kratz (2); NS: J.Hamilton (3), A.Rizzo (1) Jersey City wins series 4-2 |   
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                    Semifinals
                    
                      
      
        
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          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Louisiana | 4 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Norfolk Southern | 5 | 12 | 2 |  WP - NS BP (1-0)  LP - Lou BP (0-1) HR: Lou: A.Ethier (1); NS: M.Cabrera (1), M.Montero (1) Norfolk Southern leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Jersey City | 5 | 8 | 1 | Box  |  | Gates | 4 | 7 | 0 |  WP - M.Cain (1-0)  LP - Gat BP (0-1) HR: Jers: A.LaRoche (1), C.Ruiz (1); Gat: J.Mauer (1) Jersey City leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Louisiana | 3 | 13 | 0 | Box  |  | Norfolk Southern | 2 | 6 | 0 |  WP - M.Harrison (1-0)  LP - NS BP (1-1) HR: NS: M.Cabrera (2) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Jersey City | 6 | 15 | 0 | Box  |  | Gates | 4 | 9 | 1 |  WP - E.Ramirez (1-0)  LP - R.Dempster (0-1) HR: Jers: C.Davis 3 (3); Gat: A.Cabrera (1) Jersey City leads 2-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Norfolk Southern | 7 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Louisiana | 3 | 8 | 1 |  WP - NS BP (2-1)  LP - C.Buchholz (0-1) HR: NS: R.Weeks (1), J.Werth (1), J.Hamilton (1) Norfolk Southern leads 2-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Gates | 2 | 5 | 0 | Box  |  | Jersey City | 4 | 10 | 2 |  WP - B.Zito (1-0)  LP - J.Cueto (0-1) HR: none Jersey City leads 3-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Norfolk Southern | 1 | 8 | 3 | Box  |  | Louisiana | 3 | 7 | 0 |  WP - R.Detwiler (1-0)  LP - NS BP (2-2) HR: NS: M.Cabrera (3); Lou: R.Ludwick (1) Series tied 2-2 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Gates | 3 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | Jersey City | 4 | 8 | 0 |  WP - Jers BP (1-0)  LP - S.Diamond (0-1) HR: none Jersey City wins series 4-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Norfolk Southern | 6 | 7 | 2 | Box  |  | Louisiana | 0 | 10 | 1 |  WP - K.Medlen (1-0)  LP - T.Milone (0-1) HR: NS: M.Cabrera (4); Lou: R.Ludwick (2) Norfolk Southern leads 3-2 |      | 
          
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Louisiana | 5 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Norfolk Southern | 3 | 3 | 0 |  WP - H.Kuroda (1-0)  LP - W.Miley (0-1) HR: Lou: S.Hairston (1), B.Moss (1); NS: M.Cabrera (5) Series tied 3-3 |      | 
          
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Louisiana | 4 | 5 | 0 | Box  |  | Norfolk Southern | 10 | 14 | 2 |  WP - NS BP (3-2)  LP - M.Harrison (1-1) HR: Lou: L.Duda (1); NS: J.Werth (2), J.Hamilton (2) Norfolk Southern wins series 4-3 |      | 
          
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