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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): 
          
            - Purple (84-66)
 
            - Liverpool (82-68)
 
            - Diamond (76-75)
 
            - Wayne (65-85)
 
           
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           Semifinals - Wayne vs Purple; Diamond vs Liverpool 
            
          Finals - Diamond vs Purple - Diamond won the season series 4-2 
          2012 Gore Cup Winner - Diamond in 6 Games 
            
          Playoffs main page 
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                    Finals
                    
                      
      
        
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          Diamond vs. Purple | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Diamond | 1 | 7 | 1 | Box  |  | Purple | 6 | 8 | 2 |  WP - M.Cain (1-0)  LP - K.Lohse (0-1) HR: Pur: K.Morales (1), J.Kubel (1) Purple leads 1-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Diamond | 1 | 9 | 1 | Box  |  | Purple | 5 | 7 | 0 |  WP - T.Hudson (1-0)  LP - Dia BP (0-1) HR: Dia: J.Bruce (1); Pur: C.Beltran (1), J.Kubel 2 (3) Purple leads 2-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Purple | 0 | 2 | 2 | Box  |  | Diamond | 4 | 7 | 1 |  WP - E.Volquez (1-0)  LP - Pur BP (0-1) HR: Dia: J.Bruce (2), M.Montero (1) Purple leads 2-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Purple | 2 | 8 | 2 | Box  |  | Diamond | 4 | 13 | 0 |  WP - W.Miley (1-0)  LP - Pur BP (0-2) HR: Pur: C.Beltran (2), A.Ramirez (1), T.Snider (1); Dia: M.Cabrera 2 (2) Series tied 2-2 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Purple | 3 | 7 | 2 | Box  |  | Diamond | 10 | 12 | 1 |  WP - Dia BP (1-1)  LP - C.Young (0-1) HR: Dia: M.Cabrera (3), R.Cano (1), M.Brantley (1) Diamond leads 3-2 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Diamond | 7 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | Purple | 2 | 5 | 0 |  WP - K.Lohse (1-1)  LP - Pur BP (0-3) HR: Dia: R.Cano 2 (3), J.Bruce (3) Diamond wins series 4-2 |   
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                    Semifinals
                    
                      
      
        
          | Game | 
          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Wayne | 5 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Purple | 1 | 6 | 0 |  WP - H.Bailey (1-0)  LP - M.Cain (0-1) HR: Way: J.Upton (1) Wayne leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Diamond | 7 | 11 | 3 | Box  |  | Liverpool | 5 | 10 | 0 |  WP - Dia BP (1-0)  LP - P.Maholm (0-1) HR: Liv: J.Pacheco (1) Diamond leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Wayne | 2 | 8 | 2 | Box  |  | Purple | 6 | 6 | 2 |  WP - T.Hudson (1-0)  LP - M.Estrada (0-1) HR: Pur: A.Ramirez (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Diamond | 7 | 14 | 0 | Box  |  | Liverpool | 5 | 13 | 2 |  WP - T.Cahill (1-0)  LP - M.Fiers (0-1) HR: Dia: J.Bruce (1), M.Brantley (1); Liv: A.Craig (1), P.Goldschmidt (1) Diamond leads 2-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Purple | 6 | 10 | 1 | Box  |  | Wayne | 4 | 6 | 2 |  WP - Pur BP (1-0)  LP - C.Sale (0-1) HR: Way: J.Upton (2) Purple leads 2-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Liverpool | 1 | 2 | 2 | Box  |  | Diamond | 5 | 6 | 0 |  WP - E.Volquez (1-0)  LP - D.Fister (0-1) HR: Dia: J.Reyes (1) Diamond leads 3-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Purple | 4 | 5 | 0 | Box  |  | Wayne | 2 | 7 | 4 |  WP - L.Lynn (1-0)  LP - A.Sanchez (0-1) HR: none Purple leads 3-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Liverpool | 8 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Diamond | 5 | 13 | 1 |  WP - M.Bumgarner (1-0)  LP - W.Miley (0-1) HR: Liv: J.Lucroy (1), A.Craig (2), D.Murphy (1); Dia: M.Cabrera (1) Diamond leads 3-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Purple | 1 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Wayne | 4 | 12 | 3 |  WP - J.Garcia (1-0)  LP - Pur BP (1-1) HR: Pur: K.Morales (1); Way: J.Morneau (1) Purple leads 3-2 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Liverpool | 5 | 12 | 0 | Box  |  | Diamond | 8 | 10 | 2 |  WP - J.Westbrook (1-0)  LP - M.Harvey (0-1) HR: Liv: A.Soriano (1), D.Murphy (2); Dia: D.Jennings (1), R.Cano (1), A.Amarista (1) Diamond wins series 4-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Wayne | 1 | 5 | 2 | Box  |  | Purple | 5 | 7 | 2 |  WP - M.Cain (1-1)  LP - H.Bailey (1-1) HR: Way: R.Ludwick (1); Pur: A.Ramirez (2) Purple wins series 4-2 |      | 
          
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