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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 2020 Entrants (in order of seeding): 
          
            - Throwback (36-18)
 
            - Gentleman (31-23)
 
            - New York (30-24)
 
            - Iowa (24-30)
 
           
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           Semifinals - Iowa vs. Throwback; New York vs. Gentleman 
            
		  Throwback won 4 games to 2
		   Gentleman won 4 games to 2
             
          Finals - Gentleman vs. Throwback 
		  Season series: Tied 1-1 
          2020 Gore Cup Winner - Gentleman won 4 games to 0 
            
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                    Finals
                    
                      
      
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Gentleman | 2 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Throwback | 1 | 9 | 1 |  WP - M.Fried (1-0)  LP - J.Urias (0-1) HR: none Gentleman leads 1-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Gentleman | 6 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Throwback | 4 | 8 | 0 |  WP - B.Keller (1-0)  LP - A.Wainwright (0-1) HR: Gent: J.Polanco (1), E.Rosario 2 (2), T.d'Arnaud (1); Thr: R.Grichuk (1) Gentleman leads 2-0 |   
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Throwback | 4 | 10 | 2 | Box  |  | Gentleman | 5 | 10 | 2 |  WP - Gent BP (1-0)  LP - N.Eovaldi (0-1) HR: Thr: J.Realmuto (1), R.Nunez (1); Gent: J.Marmolejos (1) Gentleman leads 3-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Throwback | 4 | 5 | 1 | Box  |  | Gentleman | 5 | 5 | 0 |  WP - Gent BP (2-0)  LP - A.Cobb (0-1) HR: Gent: B.Dalbec (1) Gentleman wins series 4-0 |   
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                    Semifinals
                    
                      
      
        
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          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Iowa | 9 | 13 | 0 | Box  |  | Throwback | 3 | 9 | 0 |  WP - M.Scherzer (1-0)  LP - J.Urias (0-1) HR: IA: M.Moreland (1), E.Thames (1), B.Belt 2 (2); Thr: R.Nunez (1), J.Candelario (1) Iowa leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | New York | 4 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Gentleman | 5 | 9 | 0 |  WP - M.Fried (1-0)  LP - NY BP (0-1) HR: NY: E.Jimenez (1), A.Rosario (1); Gent: C.Blackmon (1), A.Nola (1), M.Olson (1) Gentleman leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Iowa | 6 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Throwback | 4 | 7 | 0 |  WP - J.deGrom (1-0)  LP - Thr BP (0-1) HR: IA: J.Baez 2 (2), W.Myers (1), V.Guerrero Jr. (1); Thr: J.Realmuto (1) Iowa leads 2-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | New York | 5 | 9 | 3 | Box  |  | Gentleman | 7 | 7 | 2 |  WP - Gent BP (1-0)  LP - H.Ryu (0-1) HR: Gent: E.Rosario (1) Gentleman leads 2-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Throwback | 5 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Iowa | 1 | 6 | 2 |  WP - N.Eovaldi (1-0)  LP - IA BP (0-1) HR: Thr: T.Anderson 2 (2), R.Cano (1), J.Votto (1); IA: T.Barnhart (1) Iowa leads 2-1 |      | 
          
          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Gentleman | 3 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | New York | 2 | 5 | 0 |  WP - J.Barria (1-0)  LP - NY BP (0-2) HR: Gent: J.Donaldson (1), T.d'Arnaud (1); NY: Y.Grandal (1) Gentleman leads 3-0 |      | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Throwback | 6 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Iowa | 5 | 8 | 3 |  WP - A.Cobb (1-0)  LP - R.Hill (0-1) HR: Thr: J.Realmuto (2); IA: W.Myers (2) Series tied 2-2 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Gentleman | 4 | 8 | 2 | Box  |  | New York | 6 | 13 | 2 |  WP - NY BP (1-2)  LP - Gent BP (1-1) HR: Gent: G.Urshela (1); NY: B.Nimmo (1), F.Freeman (1), M.Yastrzemski (1), A.Rosario (2) Gentleman leads 3-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Throwback | 5 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Iowa | 4 | 7 | 0 |  WP - D.Smyly (1-0)  LP - M.Tanaka (0-1) HR: Thr: R.Grichuk (1); IA: J.Baez (3), W.Ramos (1) Throwback leads 3-2 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Gentleman | 5 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | New York | 6 | 9 | 1 |  WP - NY BP (2-2)  LP - S.Manaea (0-1) HR: Gent: J.Walsh (1); NY: A.Bregman (1), F.Freeman (2), A.Rosario (3) Gentleman leads 3-2 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Iowa | 1 | 6 | 2 | Box  |  | Throwback | 5 | 8 | 0 |  WP - J.Urias (1-1)  LP - M.Scherzer (1-1) HR: Thr: I.Happ (1) Throwback wins series 4-2 |      | 
          
          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | New York | 3 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Gentleman | 4 | 9 | 0 |  WP - M.Fried (2-0)  LP - NY BP (2-3) HR: NY: O.Albies (1) Gentleman wins series 4-2 |      | 
         
        
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