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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): 
          
            - I Got Yer Chop (82-68)
 
            - Wooden (77-73)
 
            - Shawnee (75-75)
 
            - Alphabet Street (74-76)
 
           
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           Semifinals - Alphabet Street vs. I Got Yer Chop; Shawnee vs. Wooden 
            
		  Alphabet Street won 4 games to 3
		   Wooden won 4 games to 2
             
          Finals - Alphabet Street vs. Wooden 
		  Season series: Wooden won 5-1 
          2021 Gore Cup Winner - Alphabet Street won 4 games to 1 
            
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                    Finals
                    
                      
      
        
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          Alphabet Street vs. Wooden | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Alphabet Street | 8 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Local | 1 | 9 | 3 |  WP - M.Scherzer (1-0)  LP - C.Bassitt (0-1) HR: AS: H.Renfroe 2 (2), W.Smith (1) Alphabet Street leads 1-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Alphabet Street | 4 | 5 | 0 | Box  |  | Local | 2 | 3 | 2 |  WP - R.Ray (1-0)  LP - K.Bubic (0-1) HR: AS: S.Ohtani (1), W.Smith (2) Alphabet Street leads 2-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Local | 6 | 12 | 2 | Box  |  | Alphabet Street | 4 | 9 | 3 |  WP - A.Senzatela (1-0)  LP - F.Valdez (0-1) HR: Loc: J.Altuve (1); AS: X.Bogaerts (1) Alphabet Street leads 2-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Local | 3 | 10 | 3 | Box  |  | Alphabet Street | 7 | 14 | 1 |  WP - M.Bumgarner (1-0)  LP - Loc BP (0-1) HR: Loc: K.Seager (1), T.O'Neill (1), S.Vogt (1); AS: S.Ohtani (2), J.Soto (1) Alphabet Street leads 3-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Local | 2 | 8 | 2 | Box  |  | Alphabet Street | 8 | 8 | 2 |  WP - W.Miley (1-0)  LP - J.Means (0-1) HR: Loc: P.DeJong (1); AS: J.Soto 2 (3), L.Gurriel (1), X.Bogaerts (2) Alphabet Street wins series 4-1 |   
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                    Semifinals
                    
                      
      
        
          | Game | 
          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Alphabet Street | 1 | 4 | 0 | Box  |  | I Got Yer Chop | 4 | 6 | 0 |  WP - L.Lynn (1-0)  LP - M.Scherzer (0-1) HR: AS: K.Hayes (1); IGYC: A.Vaughn (1), M.Machado (1) I Got Yer Chop leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Shawnee | 1 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Local | 4 | 7 | 2 |  WP - C.Bassitt (1-0)  LP - Shaw BP (0-1) HR: Loc: K.Seager (1), A.Santander (1), P.DeJong (1) Local leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Alphabet Street | 4 | 5 | 2 | Box  |  | I Got Yer Chop | 3 | 8 | 0 |  WP - R.Ray (1-0)  LP - IGYC BP (0-1) HR: IGYC: M.Stassi (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Shawnee | 3 | 9 | 1 | Box  |  | Local | 4 | 9 | 2 |  WP - K.Bubic (1-0)  LP - Shaw BP (0-2) HR: Shaw: M.Semien (1), J.Ramirez (1), A.Pollock (1); Loc: J.Altuve (1), T.O'Neill (1), P.DeJong (2) Local leads 2-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | I Got Yer Chop | 5 | 9 | 3 | Box  |  | Alphabet Street | 4 | 8 | 0 |  WP - IGYC BP (1-1)  LP - F.Valdez (0-1) HR: IGYC: M.Machado (2), B.Miller (1) I Got Yer Chop leads 2-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Local | 2 | 4 | 2 | Box  |  | Shawnee | 7 | 7 | 1 |  WP - A.Houser (1-0)  LP - A.Senzatela (0-1) HR: Loc: K.Seager (2); Shaw: M.Semien (2) Local leads 2-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | I Got Yer Chop | 4 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | Alphabet Street | 3 | 9 | 2 |  WP - D.Cease (1-0)  LP - AS BP (0-1) HR: AS: H.Renfroe (1) I Got Yer Chop leads 3-1 |      | 
          
          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Local | 4 | 6 | 1 | Box  |  | Shawnee | 3 | 6 | 0 |  WP - M.Pineda (1-0)  LP - Z.Gallen (0-1) HR: Loc: Y.Grandal (1); Shaw: M.Semien (3) Local leads 3-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | I Got Yer Chop | 4 | 7 | 2 | Box  |  | Alphabet Street | 6 | 9 | 0 |  WP - W.Miley (1-0)  LP - A.Manoah (0-1) HR: IGYC: T.Turner (1), V.Guerrero Jr. (1); AS: S.Ohtani (1), L.Gurriel (1) I Got Yer Chop leads 3-2 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Local | 1 | 5 | 0 | Box  |  | Shawnee | 5 | 6 | 0 |  WP - T.Megill (1-0)  LP - J.Urquidy (0-1) HR: Shaw: M.Kepler 2 (2) Local leads 3-2 |      | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Alphabet Street | 5 | 4 | 0 | Box  |  | I Got Yer Chop | 4 | 7 | 2 |  WP - M.Scherzer (1-1)  LP - L.Lynn (1-1) HR: AS: H.Renfroe (2); IGYC: B.Miller 2 (3) Series tied 3-3 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Shawnee | 2 | 6 | 1 | Box  |  | Local | 4 | 9 | 1 |  WP - C.Bassitt (2-0)  LP - Shaw BP (0-3) HR: Loc: F.Schwindel (1), A.Santander 2 (3) Local wins series 4-2 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Alphabet Street | 7 | 13 | 0 | Box  |  | I Got Yer Chop | 3 | 8 | 0 |  WP - R.Ray (2-0)  LP - L.Garcia (0-1) HR: AS: S.Ohtani (2), Y.Gurriel (1), R.Urias (1); IGYC: A.Vaughn (2), J.Cronenworth (1) Alphabet Street wins series 4-3 |      | 
          
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