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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): 
          
            - San Francisco (85-65)
 
            - Motor City (85-65)
 
            - Barnyard (78-72)
 
            - Shenandoah Valley (77-73)
 
           
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           Semifinals - Shenandoah Valley vs San Francisco; Barnyard vs Motor 
		  City 
            
          Finals - Shenandoah Valley vs Motor City - Motor City won the 
		  season series 5-1 
          2012 Gore Cup Winner - Motor City in 7 Games 
            
          Playoffs main page 
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                    Finals
                    
                      
      
        
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          Shenandoah Valley vs. Motor City | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Shenandoah Valley | 2 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Motor City | 5 | 9 | 1 |  WP - C.Billingsley (1-0)  LP - C.Hamels (0-1) HR: SV: J.Reyes (1), T.Colvin (1), E.Longoria (1); MC: M.Prado (1), H.Kendrick (1) Motor City leads 1-0 |   
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Shenandoah Valley | 5 | 9 | 1 | Box  |  | Motor City | 4 | 15 | 0 |  WP - M.Minor (1-0)  LP - D.Fister (0-1) HR: SV: J.Ellsbury (1); MC: A.McCutchen (1) Series tied 1-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Motor City | 0 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Shenandoah Valley | 4 | 8 | 0 |  WP - K.Kendrick (1-0)  LP - T.Cahill (0-1) HR: SV: P.Alvarez (1) Shenandoah Valley leads 2-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Motor City | 3 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Shenandoah Valley | 5 | 12 | 0 |  WP - J.Johnson (1-0)  LP - S.Marcum (0-1) HR: MC: A.McCutchen (2), A.Rios (1) Shenandoah Valley leads 3-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Motor City | 7 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Shenandoah Valley | 2 | 8 | 1 |  WP - MC BP (1-0)  LP - M.Estrada (0-1) HR: MC: A.Rios (2) Shenandoah Valley leads 3-2 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Shenandoah Valley | 3 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Motor City | 5 | 7 | 1 |  WP - C.Billingsley (2-0)  LP - C.Hamels (0-2) HR: SV: J.Reddick (1), T.Colvin (2), D.Fowler (1); MC: E.Encarnacion (1), G.Jones (1) Series tied 3-3 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Shenandoah Valley | 2 | 14 | 0 | Box  |  | Motor City | 4 | 13 | 1 |  WP - D.Fister (1-1)  LP - SV BP (0-1) HR: MC: A.McCutchen (3), E.Encarnacion 2 (3) Motor City wins series 4-3 |   
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                    Semifinals
                    
                      
      
        
          | Game | 
          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Shenandoah Valley | 2 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | San Francisco | 3 | 6 | 0 |  WP - P.Maholm (1-0)  LP - SV BP (0-1) HR: SF: C.Ross (1) San Francisco leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Barnyard | 5 | 5 | 3 | Box  |  | Motor City | 3 | 7 | 0 |  WP - J.Peavy (1-0)  LP - C.Billingsley (0-1) HR: MC: E.Encarnacion (1) Barnyard leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Shenandoah Valley | 4 | 5 | 1 | Box  |  | San Francisco | 1 | 7 | 1 |  WP - M.Minor (1-0)  LP - SF BP (0-1) HR: SV: E.Longoria (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Barnyard | 3 | 5 | 0 | Box  |  | Motor City | 6 | 9 | 0 |  WP - D.Fister (1-0)  LP - B.McCarthy (0-1) HR: Barn: C.Hart (1), C.Johnson (1), D.Espinosa (1); MC: A.Rios 2 (2) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | San Francisco | 8 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Shenandoah Valley | 4 | 9 | 0 |  WP - J.Cueto (1-0)  LP - K.Kendrick (0-1) HR: SF: B.Posey (1), C.Beltran (1) San Francisco leads 2-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Motor City | 5 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Barnyard | 2 | 10 | 1 |  WP - T.Cahill (1-0)  LP - P.Hughes (0-1) HR: none Motor City leads 2-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | San Francisco | 4 | 13 | 1 | Box  |  | Shenandoah Valley | 1 | 6 | 2 |  WP - G.Gonzalez (1-0)  LP - SV BP (0-2) HR: SF: F.Freeman (1); SV: R.Cano (1), P.Alvarez (1), T.Colvin (1) San Francisco leads 3-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Motor City | 6 | 8 | 1 | Box  |  | Barnyard | 5 | 6 | 3 |  WP - MC BP (1-0)  LP - C.Wilson (0-1) HR: MC: M.Prado (1), E.Encarnacion (2); Barn: C.Hart (2), D.Murphy (1), D.Espinosa (2) Motor City leads 3-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | San Francisco | 3 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Shenandoah Valley | 7 | 13 | 1 |  WP - M.Estrada (1-0)  LP - D.Haren (0-1) HR: SV: J.Ellsbury (1), J.Reyes (1), P.Alvarez 2 (3) San Francisco leads 3-2 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Motor City | 4 | 8 | 1 | Box  |  | Barnyard | 2 | 3 | 3 |  WP - M.Leake (1-0)  LP - Barn BP (0-1) HR: none Motor City wins series 4-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Shenandoah Valley | 7 | 13 | 1 | Box  |  | San Francisco | 5 | 8 | 0 |  WP - C.Hamels (1-0)  LP - SF BP (0-2) HR: SV: R.Cano 2 (3), W.Rosario (1), E.Longoria (2); SF: F.Freeman (2) Series tied 3-3 |      | 
          
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Shenandoah Valley | 4 | 11 | 1 | Box  |  | San Francisco | 3 | 10 | 1 |  WP - M.Minor (2-0)  LP - SF BP (0-3) HR: SV: P.Alvarez (4) Shenandoah Valley wins series 4-3 |      | 
          
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