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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 2021 Entrants (in order of seeding): 
          
            - Animal (89-61)
 
            - Sanity Clause (84-66)
 
            - Star City (82-68)
 
            - New York (70-80)
 
           
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           Semifinals - New York vs. Animal; Star City vs. Sanity Clause 
            
		  Animal won 4 games to 0
		   Star City won 4 games to 3
             
          Finals - Star City vs. Animal 
		  Season series: Animal won 4-2 
          2021 Gore Cup Winner - Star City won 4 games to 0 
            
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                    Finals
                    
                      
      
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Star City | 6 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Animal | 3 | 9 | 0 |  WP - L.Castillo (1-0)  LP - M.Scherzer (0-1) HR: SC: M.Machado 2 (2); Anm: P.Alonso (1) Star City leads 1-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Star City | 9 | 12 | 0 | Box  |  | Animal | 5 | 10 | 0 |  WP - B.Snell (1-0)  LP - Anm BP (0-1) HR: SC: V.Guerrero Jr. (1), G.Springer (1), B.Harper (1); Anm: J.Winker (1), A.Garcia (1) Star City leads 2-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Animal | 4 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Star City | 10 | 8 | 3 |  WP - SC BP (1-0)  LP - S.Alcantara (0-1) HR: Anm: T.Edman (1); SC: B.Harper (2), M.Machado (3) Star City leads 3-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Animal | 6 | 6 | 1 | Box  |  | Star City | 8 | 11 | 0 |  WP - SC BP (2-0)  LP - Anm BP (0-2) HR: SC: B.Harper (3), T.Hernandez (1), Y.Grandal (1), J.Wendle (1) Star City wins series 4-0 |   
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                    Semifinals
                    
                      
      
        
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          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | New York | 2 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Animal | 4 | 6 | 2 |  WP - M.Scherzer (1-0)  LP - D.Keuchel (0-1) HR: none Animal leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Star City | 6 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Sanity Clause | 2 | 11 | 0 |  WP - L.Castillo (1-0)  LP - G.Cole (0-1) HR: SC: Y.Grandal (1) Star City leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | New York | 3 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Animal | 7 | 7 | 0 |  WP - J.Berrios (1-0)  LP - M.Stroman (0-1) HR: NY: A.Verdugo (1), B.Rooker (1); Anm: P.Alonso (1), J.Winker (1), M.Stassi (1) Animal leads 2-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Star City | 4 | 5 | 3 | Box  |  | Sanity Clause | 11 | 12 | 0 |  WP - SC BP (1-0)  LP - SC BP (0-1) HR: SC: G.Springer 2 (2); SC: K.Tucker (1), A.Rosario (1), P.DeJong (1), O.Narvaez (1), B.Rodgers (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Animal | 6 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | New York | 3 | 7 | 2 |  WP - S.Alcantara (1-0)  LP - M.Gonzales (0-1) HR: Anm: J.Altuve 2 (2), P.Alonso (2); NY: C.Santana (1) Animal leads 3-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Sanity Clause | 5 | 15 | 0 | Box  |  | Star City | 6 | 9 | 0 |  WP - SC BP (1-1)  LP - T.Rogers (0-1) HR: SC: K.Tucker (2), R.Arozarena 2 (2), E.Escobar (1); SC: M.Machado (1) Star City leads 2-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Animal | 5 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | New York | 4 | 7 | 0 |  WP - R.Suarez (1-0)  LP - L.Garcia (0-1) HR: Anm: J.Abreu (1), T.Edman (1) Animal wins series 4-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Sanity Clause | 6 | 12 | 0 | Box  |  | Star City | 1 | 7 | 2 |  WP - D.Rasmussen (1-0)  LP - SC BP (1-2) HR: SC: A.Rosario 2 (3), R.Arozarena (3) Series tied 2-2 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Sanity Clause | 4 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Star City | 5 | 9 | 1 |  WP - A.Manoah (1-0)  LP - B.Ober (0-1) HR: SC: M.Machado 2 (3), J.Turner (1) Star City leads 3-2 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Star City | 1 | 8 | 2 | Box  |  | Sanity Clause | 6 | 13 | 0 |  WP - G.Cole (1-1)  LP - SC BP (1-3) HR: SC: A.Rosario (4), F.Freeman (1) Series tied 3-3 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Star City | 5 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | Sanity Clause | 4 | 6 | 0 |  WP - SC BP (2-3)  LP - K.Gausman (0-1) HR: SC: T.Naquin (1), M.Machado (4) Star City wins series 4-3 |      | 
         
        
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