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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 2011 Entrants (in order of seeding): 
          
            - Pittsburgh (83-67)
 
            - Middle Age (82-68)
 
            - California (79-71)
 
            - Long Island (69-81)
 
           
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           Semifinals - Long Island vs Pittsburgh; California vs Middle Age 
            
          Finals - Middle Age vs Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh won the season 
          series 8-4 
            
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                    Finals
                    
                      
      
        
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          Middle Age vs. Pittsburgh | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Middle Age | 4 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Pittsburgh | 3 | 10 | 0 |  WP - J.Verlander (1-0)  LP - J.Lester (0-1) HR: Pitt: M.Kemp (1) Middle Age leads 1-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Middle Age | 5 | 4 | 0 | Box  |  | Pittsburgh | 2 | 8 | 1 |  WP - M.Cain (1-0)  LP - R.Romero (0-1) HR: MA: J.Ellsbury (1) Middle Age leads 2-0 |   
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Pittsburgh | 3 | 9 | 1 | Box  |  | Middle Age | 2 | 11 | 0 |  WP - M.Scherzer (1-0)  LP - MA BP (0-1) HR: none Middle Age leads 2-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Pittsburgh | 5 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | Middle Age | 4 | 8 | 1 |  WP - J.Karstens (1-0)  LP - MA BP (0-2) HR: Pitt: P.Fielder (1), D.Uggla (1); MA: D.Jennings (1) Series tied 2-2 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Pittsburgh | 6 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Middle Age | 8 | 13 | 1 |  WP - MA BP (1-2)  LP - C.Morton (0-1) HR: Pitt: J.Hairston Jr. (1), C.Quentin (1); MA: C.Gonzalez (1), B.Butler (1), M.Montero (1) Middle Age leads 3-2 |   
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Middle Age | 5 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Pittsburgh | 6 | 13 | 1 |  WP - Pitt BP (1-0)  LP - J.Verlander (1-1) HR: Pitt: P.Fielder (2), D.Uggla (2) Series tied 3-3 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Middle Age | 4 | 14 | 3 | Box  |  | Pittsburgh | 7 | 10 | 1 |  WP - R.Romero (1-1)  LP - M.Cain (1-1) HR: MA: D.Espinosa (1), M.Moustakas (1), M.Montero (2); Pitt: P.Fielder (3) Pittsburgh wins series 4-3 |   
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                    Semifinals
                    
                      
      
        
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          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Long Island | 4 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Pittsburgh | 6 | 9 | 0 |  WP - J.Lester (1-0)  LP - LI BP (0-1) HR: LI: L.Berkman (1); Pitt: M.Kemp (1) Pittsburgh leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | California | 1 | 9 | 3 | Box  |  | Middle Age | 7 | 7 | 0 |  WP - J.Verlander (1-0)  LP - W.Rodriguez (0-1) HR: Cal: L.Duda (1); MA: C.Gonzalez (1), H.Blanco (1) Middle Age leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Long Island | 0 | 9 | 5 | Box  |  | Pittsburgh | 5 | 9 | 0 |  WP - R.Romero (1-0)  LP - C.Hamels (0-1) HR: LI: D.Wright (1) Pittsburgh leads 2-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | California | 1 | 7 | 2 | Box  |  | Middle Age | 13 | 9 | 0 |  WP - M.Cain (1-0)  LP - R.Nolasco (0-1) HR: Cal: C.Santana (1), A.Pujols (1); MA: T.Tulowitzki (1), R.Zimmerman (1) Middle Age leads 2-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Pittsburgh | 5 | 13 | 0 | Box  |  | Long Island | 2 | 5 | 4 |  WP - Pitt BP (1-0)  LP - D.Haren (0-1) HR: Pitt: M.Kemp (2), E.Thames (1) Pittsburgh leads 3-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Middle Age | 5 | 9 | 1 | Box  |  | California | 7 | 9 | 4 |  WP - T.Cahill (1-0)  LP - T.Hanson (0-1) HR: MA: J.Ellsbury (1), T.Tulowitzki (2); Cal: A.Pujols (2), C.Young (1) Middle Age leads 2-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Pittsburgh | 7 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | Long Island | 2 | 5 | 2 |  WP - J.Karstens (1-0)  LP - D.Gee (0-1) HR: Pitt: M.Kemp (3), C.Beltran (1), E.Thames (2) Pittsburgh wins series 4-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Middle Age | 4 | 14 | 2 | Box  |  | California | 5 | 10 | 0 |  WP - C.Billingsley (1-0)  LP - MA BP (0-1) HR: MA: L.Morrison (1), M.Montero (1); Cal: C.Santana (2), A.Pujols (3) Series tied 2-2 |      | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Middle Age | 5 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | California | 4 | 9 | 4 |  WP - F.Paulino (1-0)  LP - Cal BP (0-1) HR: MA: J.Ellsbury (2); Cal: A.Beltre (1) Middle Age leads 3-2 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | California | 3 | 12 | 0 | Box  |  | Middle Age | 4 | 4 | 0 |  WP - J.Verlander (2-0)  LP - W.Rodriguez (0-2) HR: Cal: A.Beltre (2), S.Sizemore (1); MA: L.Chisenhall (1) Middle Age wins series 4-2 |      | 
         
        
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