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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: Johan Santana (76-74) vs. Belton (81-69) 
          Season series: Johan Santana won 4-2 
            
          2008 Winner - Belton 3 games to 0 
            
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                    Finals 
                    
                      
      
        
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          Johan Santana vs. Belton | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Johan Santana | 2 | 10 | 3 | Box  |  | Belton | 8 | 5 | 0 |  WP - C.Sabathia (1-0)  LP - B.Webb (0-1) HR: Belt: J.Gerut (1) Belton leads 1-0 |   
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Johan Santana | 8 | 14 | 0 | Box  |  | Belton | 9 | 7 | 0 |  WP - M.Buehrle (1-0)  LP - J.Maine (0-1) HR: JS: D.Wright (1), A.Rios (1), M.Teixeira 2 (2), J.Peralta (1); Belt: K.Youkilis (1) Belton leads 2-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Belton | 9 | 11 | 1 | Box  |  | Johan Santana | 6 | 12 | 1 |  WP - J.Litsch (1-0)  LP - O.Perez (0-1) HR: Belt: G.Sizemore (1); JS: A.Casilla (1), M.Reynolds (1) Belton wins series 3-0 |   
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                    Semifinals
                    
                      
      
        
          | Game | 
          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Shanghai | 3 | 8 | 1 | Box  |  | Belton | 7 | 12 | 1 |  WP - P.Byrd (1-0)  LP - T.Wellemeyer (0-1) HR: Shng: N.McLouth (1); Belt: C.Delgado 2 (2) Belton leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Johan Santana | 1 | 5 | 0 | Box  |  | Everett | 4 | 9 | 0 |  WP - J.Lester (1-0)  LP - JS BP (0-1) HR: Ev: R.Ibanez (1), R.Braun (1) Everett leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Belton | 5 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Shanghai | 6 | 11 | 0 |  WP - Shng BP (1-0)  LP - K.Rogers (0-1) HR: Belt: D.Span (1); Shng: E.Encarnacion (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Everett | 6 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | Johan Santana | 9 | 10 | 0 |  WP - JS BP (1-1)  LP - E.Jackson (0-1) HR: Ev: A.Pujols (1); JS: D.Wright (1), M.Reynolds (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Shanghai | 2 | 4 | 2 | Box  |  | Belton | 3 | 7 | 1 |  WP - C.Sabathia (1-0)  LP - Shng BP (1-1) HR: Belt: C.Delgado (3) Belton wins series 2-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Johan Santana | 7 | 10 | 1 | Box  |  | Everett | 3 | 4 | 0 |  WP - B.Webb (1-0)  LP - C.Baek (0-1) HR: JS: M.Teixeira (1), M.Loretta (1) Johan Santana wins series 2-1 |      | 
         
        
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                    Quarterfinals
                    
                      
        
          | Game | 
          Quarterfinal One | 
          Quarterfinal Two | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Parkville | 4 | 3 | 2 | Box  |  | Belton | 9 | 11 | 0 |  WP - Sabathia (1-0)  LP - Haren (1-0) HR: Park: LaRoche (1), Utley (1), Konerko (1); Bel: Span (1), Youkilis 2 (2) Belton leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Liberty | 4 | 8 | 2 | Box  |  | Everett | 8 | 8 | 1 |  WP - Young (1-0)  LP - Beckett (0-1) HR: none Everett leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Belton | 4 | 4 | 1 | Box  |  | Parkville | 9 | 8 | 0 |  WP - Park BP (1-0)  LP - M.Buehrle (0-1) HR: Park: Hunter (1), Utley (2), LaRoche (2) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Everett | 3 | 8 | 3 | Box  |  | Liberty | 4 | 7 | 0 |  WP - J.Danks (1-0)  LP - R.Harden (0-1) HR: Ev: Ibanez (1); Lib: Ankiel (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Parkville | 2 | 13 | 2 | Box  |  | Belton | 12 | 9 | 1 |  WP - J.Litsch (1-0)  LP - Z.Greinke (0-1) HR: Park: T.Hunter (2); Belt: M.DeRosa (1), C.Delgado (1), M.Young (1), J.Gerut (1) Belton wins series 2-1 |      | 
          
          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Liberty | 5 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Everett | 6 | 10 | 0 |  WP - Ev BP (1-0)  LP - K.Lohse (0-1) HR: Lib: R.Ludwick (1), H.Pence (1); Ev: D.Jeter (1), R.Ibanez (2), A.Pujols (1) Everett wins series 2-1 |      | 
         
        
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          Quarterfinal Three | 
          Quarterfinal Four | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | New Mark | 4 | 12 | 2 | Box  |  | Johan Santana | 5 | 8 | 3 |  WP - Webb (1-0)  LP - NM BP (0-1) HR: NM: Ramirez (1), Kemp (1); JS: Teixeira (1), Nady (1) Johan Santana leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Baltimore | 10 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Shanghai | 5 | 8 | 0 |  WP - Bal BP (1-0)  LP - Weaver (0-1) HR: Bal: Granderson (1), Bay (1), Lopez (1) Baltimore leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Johan Santana | 4 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | New Mark | 9 | 13 | 0 |  WP - NM BP (1-1)  LP - J.Maine (0-1) HR: NM: Dunn (1), Glaus 2 (2) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Shanghai | 7 | 9 | 1 | Box  |  | Baltimore | 2 | 6 | 0 |  WP - M.Mussina (1-0)  LP - B.Myers (0-1) HR: Shang: Hall (1), Punto (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | New Mark | 2 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Johan Santana | 5 | 9 | 2 |  WP - O.Perez (1-0)  LP - J.Duchscherer (0-1) HR: JS: D.Wright (1), M.Reynolds (1) Johan Santana wins series 2-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Baltimore | 2 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Shanghai | 5 | 4 | 0 |  WP - K.Slowey (1-0)  LP - T.Redding (0-1) HR: Shng: C.Blake (1) Shanghai wins series 2-1 |      | 
         
        
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