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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. 
            
          2008 Finals: Minneapolis (70-80) vs. Gashouse (79-71) 
          Season series: Gashouse won 9-3 
            
          2008 Winner - Minneapolis 3 games to 2 
            
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                    Finals 
                    
                      
      
        
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          Minneapolis vs. Gashouse | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Minneapolis | 1 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Gashouse | 3 | 7 | 0 |  WP - C.Sabathia (1-0)  LP - F.Carmona (0-1) HR: none Gashouse leads 1-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Minneapolis | 6 | 14 | 1 | Box  |  | Gashouse | 8 | 12 | 2 |  WP - Gas BP (1-0)  LP - J.Litsch (0-1) HR: Mpls: H.Pence (1); Gas: C.Davis (1) Gashouse leads 2-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Gashouse | 2 | 7 | 1 | Box  |  | Minneapolis | 5 | 10 | 0 |  WP - K.Slowey (1-0)  LP - Gas BP (1-1) HR: none Gashouse leads 2-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Gashouse | 7 | 12 | 1 | Box  |  | Minneapolis | 9 | 15 | 0 |  WP - Mpls BP (1-0)  LP - M.Garza (0-1) HR: Gas: J.Reyes (1), J.Cantu (1); Mpls: H.Pence 2 (3), C.Blake (1) Series tied 2-2 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Minneapolis | 7 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Gashouse | 6 | 10 | 0 |  WP - K.Lohse (1-0)  LP - U.Jimenez (0-1) HR: Mpls: H.Pence (4); Gas: D.Span (1), C.Jones (1) Minneapolis wins series 3-2 |   
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                    Semifinals
                    
                      
      
        
          | Game | 
          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Platte County | 4 | 7 | 2 | Box  |  | Gashouse | 3 | 9 | 2 |  WP - P.Martinez (1-0)  LP - M.Garza (0-1) HR: none Platte County leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Southern California | 4 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Minneapolis | 5 | 11 | 0 |  WP - Mpls BP (1-0)  LP - J.Marquis (0-1) HR: none Minneapolis leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Gashouse | 7 | 5 | 0 | Box  |  | Platte County | 0 | 5 | 2 |  WP - U.Jimenez (1-0)  LP - S.Baker (0-1) HR: Gas: N.Markakis (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Minneapolis | 5 | 9 | 2 | Box  |  | Southern California | 3 | 7 | 2 |  WP - Mpls BP (2-0)  LP - J.Washburn (0-1) HR: Mpls: A.Rowand (1) Minneapolis wins series 2-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Platte County | 1 | 3 | 7 | Box  |  | Gashouse | 4 | 8 | 0 |  WP - C.Sabathia (1-0)  LP - PC BP (0-1) HR: none Gashouse wins series 2-1 |      | 
          
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                    Quarterfinals
                    
                      
        
          | Game | 
          Quarterfinal One | 
          Quarterfinal Two | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Hadley | 3 | 8 | 3 | Box  |  | Gashouse | 8 | 13 | 2 |  WP - Gas BP (1-0)  LP - Cueto (0-1) HR: Had: B.Molina (1); Gas: Reyes (1), Cantu (1) Gashouse leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Parkville | 5 | 8 | 2 | Box  |  | Minneapolis | 4 | 12 | 2 |  WP - Webb (1-0)  LP - Carmona (0-1) HR: Park: Hunter (1), Kotchman (1) Parkville leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Gashouse | 6 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Hadley | 2 | 7 | 1 |  WP - R.Oswalt (1-0)  LP - D.Eveland (0-1) HR: Gas: Cantu (2) Gashouse wins series 2-0 |      | 
          
          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Minneapolis | 5 | 8 | 2 | Box  |  | Parkville | 4 | 10 | 5 |  WP - J.Litsch (1-0)  LP - J.Moyer (0-1) HR: Mpls: Guzman (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Parkville | 4 | 8 | 1 | Box  |  | Minneapolis | 5 | 11 | 0 |  WP - Mpls BP (1-0)  LP - G.Floyd (0-1) HR: Mpls: C.Blake (1) Minneapolis wins series 2-1 |      | 
         
        
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          Quarterfinal Three | 
          Quarterfinal Four | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Platte County | 2 | 3 | 4 | Box  |  | South Jersey | 4 | 8 | 2 |  WP - Smith (1-0)  LP - PC BP (0-1) HR: PC: Ramirez (1) South Jersey leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Southern California | 4 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | New York | 6 | 13 | 3 |  WP - Hamels (1-0)  LP - SC BP (0-1) HR: SC: Burrell (1); NY: Reynolds (1), Abreu 2 (2) New York leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | South Jersey | 8 | 12 | 3 | Box  |  | Platte County | 12 | 11 | 4 |  WP - R.Harden (1-0)  LP - F.Hernandez (0-1) HR: SJ: Rodriguez (1); PC: Sweeney (1), Hawpe (1), Rios (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | New York | 3 | 3 | 4 | Box  |  | Southern California | 7 | 7 | 2 |  WP - SC BP (1-1)  LP - B.Sheets (0-1) HR: SC: Suzuki (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Platte County | 9 | 10 | 4 | Box  |  | South Jersey | 5 | 5 | 3 |  WP - E.Jackson (1-0)  LP - A.Burnett (0-1) HR: PC: A.Rios 2 (3), T.Glaus (1); SJer: D.Jeter (1), A.Rodriguez (2) Platte County wins series 2-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Southern California | 2 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | New York | 0 | 8 | 0 |  WP - R.Wolf (1-0)  LP - J.Vazquez (0-1) HR: NY: J.Hardy (1) Southern California wins series 2-1 |      | 
         
        
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