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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. 
            
          2012 Finals: Area 51 (75-75) vs. Paris (79-71) 
          Season series: Area 51 won 5-1 
            
          2012 Winner - Paris 3 games to 2 
          	    
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                    Finals 
                    
                      
      
        
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          Area 51 vs. Paris | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Area 51 | 4 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Paris | 8 | 10 | 0 |  WP - J.Vargas (1-0)  LP - A51 BP (0-1) HR: Par: C.Granderson (1), E.Encarnacion (1), A.Dunn 2 (2) Paris leads 1-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Area 51 | 9 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Paris | 3 | 9 | 1 |  WP - B.Anderson (1-0)  LP - W.Chen (0-1) HR: A51: M.Holliday (1); Par: A.Rios (1), C.Granderson (2) Series tied 1-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Paris | 5 | 5 | 0 | Box  |  | Area 51 | 2 | 5 | 0 |  WP - A.Cobb (1-0)  LP - C.Sabathia (0-1) HR: Par: M.Morse (1) Paris leads 2-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Paris | 2 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Area 51 | 4 | 11 | 0 |  WP - H.Kuroda (1-0)  LP - Par BP (0-1) HR: Par: A.Rios (2), A.Dunn (3); A51: D.Wright (1), A.LaRoche (1) Series tied 2-2 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Area 51 | 1 | 9 | 2 | Box  |  | Paris | 6 | 9 | 0 |  WP - G.Floyd (1-0)  LP - J.Shields (0-1) HR: A51: J.Willingham (1); Par: C.Granderson (3), A.Dunn (4) Paris wins series 3-2 |   
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                    Semifinals
                    
                      
      
        
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          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Louisville | 5 | 5 | 0 | Box  |  | Paris | 4 | 7 | 0 |  WP - Lou BP (1-0)  LP - J.Karstens (0-1) HR: Par: R.Howard (1) Louisville leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Robin's | 2 | 11 | 1 | Box  |  | Area 51 | 3 | 9 | 0 |  WP - J.Shields (1-0)  LP - Rob BP (0-1) HR: Rob: G.Jones (1); A51: A.LaRoche (1) Area 51 leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Paris | 12 | 14 | 2 | Box  |  | Louisville | 3 | 7 | 2 |  WP - S.Marcum (1-0)  LP - J.Collmenter (0-1) HR: Par: E.Encarnacion (1), A.Dunn 2 (2), R.Howard (2), E.Kratz (1); Lou: M.Moustakas (1), J.Jaso (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Area 51 | 6 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | Robin's | 4 | 9 | 3 |  WP - B.Anderson (1-0)  LP - B.Zito (0-1) HR: A51: M.Holliday (1); Rob: A.Hill (1) Area 51 wins series 2-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Louisville | 6 | 12 | 0 | Box  |  | Paris | 8 | 9 | 3 |  WP - J.Vargas (2-0)  LP - S.Strasburg (1-1) HR: Lou: M.Moustakas (2); Par: C.Granderson (1), E.Encarnacion (2), A.Dunn (3), M.Morse (1) Paris wins series 2-1 |      | 
          
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                    Quarterfinals
                    
                      
        
          | Game | 
          Quarterfinal One | 
          Quarterfinal Two | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Boston | 2 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Paris | 3 | 6 | 1 |  WP - J.Vargas (1-0)  LP - Bos BP (0-1) HR: Bos: J.Hamilton (1) Paris leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Louisville | 6 | 7 | 1 | Box  |  | Arkham | 1 | 6 | 3 |  WP - S.Strasburg (1-0)  LP - K.Millwood (0-1) HR: Lou: C.Gonzalez (1) Louisville leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Paris | 4 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Boston | 5 | 11 | 1 |  WP - J.Zimmermann (1-0)  LP - Par BP (0-1) HR: Par: A.Rios (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Arkham | 2 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Louisville | 3 | 4 | 0 |  WP - M.Latos (1-0)  LP - I.Kennedy (0-1) HR: Ark: D.Uggla (1) Louisville wins series 2-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Boston | 3 | 10 | 2 | Box  |  | Paris | 7 | 9 | 0 |  WP - Par BP (1-1)  LP - R.Oswalt (0-1) HR: Par: R.Howard (1) Paris wins series 2-1 |      | 
          
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          Quarterfinal Three | 
          Quarterfinal Four | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | California | 3 | 5 | 1 | Box  |  | Area 51 | 5 | 9 | 1 |  WP - C.Sabathia (1-0)  LP - C.Kershaw (0-1) HR: Cal: C.Pena (1); A51: A.LaRoche (1), D.Descalso (1) Area 51 leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Wall Street | 5 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Robin's | 4 | 7 | 2 |  WP - WS BP (1-0)  LP - T.Hanson (0-1) HR: WS: A.Beltre (1); Rob: C.Jones (1) Wall Street leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Area 51 | 2 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | California | 7 | 8 | 2 |  WP - J.Weaver (1-0)  LP - R.Dickey (0-1) HR: A51: T.Frazier (1); Cal: C.Hart (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Robin's | 3 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Wall Street | 1 | 12 | 2 |  WP - C.Hamels (1-0)  LP - WS BP (1-1) HR: Rob: Y.Cespedes (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | California | 4 | 7 | 1 | Box  |  | Area 51 | 6 | 11 | 0 |  WP - H.Kuroda (1-0)  LP - J.Parker (0-1) HR: Cal: M.Trout (1), K.Suzuki (1); A51: A.Pagan (1) Area 51 wins series 2-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Wall Street | 1 | 5 | 1 | Box  |  | Robin's | 8 | 10 | 0 |  WP - A.Griffin (1-0)  LP - I.Nova (0-1) HR: Rob: J.Ellsbury (1) Robin's wins series 2-1 |      | 
         
        
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