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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. 
            
          2010 Finals: Federal Reserve (75-75) vs. Arcata (80-70) 
          Season series: Federal Reserve won 9 games to 3 
            
            
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                    Finals 
                    
                      
      
        
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          Federal Reserve vs. Arcata | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Federal Reserve | 4 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Arcata | 3 | 8 | 0 |  WP - F.Hernandez (1-0)  LP - A.Galarraga (0-1) HR: Arc: D.Uggla (1) Federal Reserve leads 1-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Federal Reserve | 3 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Arcata | 1 | 11 | 0 |  WP - J.Weaver (1-0)  LP - L.Hernandez (0-1) HR: FR: A.Rios (1) Federal Reserve leads 2-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Arcata | 5 | 11 | 2 | Box  |  | Federal Reserve | 6 | 7 | 1 |  WP - T.Lincecum (1-0)  LP - T.Hudson (0-1) HR: Arc: P.Konerko (1), D.Young (1) Federal Reserve wins series 3-0 |   
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                    Semifinals
                    
                      
      
        
          | Game | 
          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Bay City | 3 | 12 | 0 | Box  |  | Arcata | 7 | 9 | 0 |  WP - B.Duensing (1-0)  LP - C.Wilson (0-1) HR: BC: R.Howard (1), V.Wells (1), M.Stanton (1); Arc: J.Thome 2 (2), J.Uribe (1) Arcata leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | California | 2 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Federal Reserve | 7 | 10 | 2 |  WP - C.Carpenter (1-0)  LP - C.Silva (0-1) HR: FR: A.Hill (1) Federal Reserve leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Arcata | 3 | 7 | 2 | Box  |  | Bay City | 2 | 11 | 0 |  WP - B.Zito (1-0)  LP - B.Enright (0-1) HR: Arc: P.Konerko (1), Y.Betancourt (1) Arcata wins series 2-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Federal Reserve | 5 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | California | 1 | 7 | 2 |  WP - Y.Gallardo (1-0)  LP - F.Garcia (0-1) HR: FR: A.Hill (2) Federal Reserve wins series 2-0 |      | 
         
        
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                    Quarterfinals
                    
                      
        
          | Game | 
          Quarterfinal One | 
          Quarterfinal Two | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | NE | 3 | 6 | 4 | Box  |  | Arcata | 5 | 6 | 0 |  WP - A.Galarraga (1-0)  LP - D.Haren (0-1) HR: NE: C.Guzman (1); Arc: C.Young (1) Arcata leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Cleveland | 1 | 8 | 2 | Box  |  | Federal Reserve | 5 | 6 | 0 |  WP - F.Hernandez (1-0)  LP - D.Lowe (0-1) HR: Cle: R.Barajas (1) Federal Reserve leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Arcata | 5 | 10 | 3 | Box  |  | NE | 3 | 8 | 5 |  WP - L.Hernandez (1-0)  LP - J.Saunders (0-1) HR: none Arcata wins series 2-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Federal Reserve | 4 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Cleveland | 7 | 13 | 1 |  WP - R.Dempster (1-0)  LP - FR BP (0-1) HR: FR: J.Mauer (1), D.Ortiz (1), A.Hill (1); Cle: R.Cano (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Cleveland | 5 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Federal Reserve | 9 | 14 | 2 |  WP - FR BP (1-1)  LP - C.Lee (0-1) HR: Cle: R.Cano (2); FR: A.Rios (1), J.Heyward (1), A.Hill (2) Federal Reserve wins series 2-1 |      | 
         
        
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          Quarterfinal Three | 
          Quarterfinal Four | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Bay City | 2 | 16 | 0 | Box  |  | San Andreas | 1 | 5 | 1 |  WP - G.Floyd (1-0)  LP - C.Billingsley (0-1) HR: BC: A.Pagan (1) Bay City leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | California | 3 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Dharma | 2 | 9 | 0 |  WP - R.Halladay (1-0)  LP - Dhar BP (0-1) HR: Cal: M.Holliday (1), R.Braun (1) California leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | San Andreas | 4 | 7 | 2 | Box  |  | Bay City | 7 | 13 | 1 |  WP - BC BP (1-0)  LP - U.Jimenez (0-1) HR: SA: C.Ruiz (1); BC: R.Weeks (1), C.Johnson (1) Bay City wins series 2-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Dharma | 1 | 13 | 1 | Box  |  | California | 2 | 15 | 0 |  WP - C.Sabathia (1-0)  LP - R.Oswalt (0-1) HR: Dhar: N.Markakis (1); Cal: R.Braun (2) California wins series 2-0 |      | 
         
        
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