Benchwarmer Baseball - The Al Gore Cup

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 2026 Entrants (in order of seeding):

Carter Lake (88-62)

Yet To Be Named (82-68)

Buddy the Elf (80-70)

Riemann (73-77)

Finals

Game	TBD vs. TBD
1
2
3
4
5
6
7

Semifinals

Game

Semifinal One

Semifinal Two

	R	H	E
Riemann	0	0	0	Box
Carter Lake	0	0	0	Box
VP vs HP

	R	H	E
Buddy the Elf	0	0	0	Box
Yet To Be Named	0	0	0	Box
VP vs HP

	R	H	E
Riemann	0	0	0	Box
Carter Lake	0	0	0	Box
VP vs HP

	R	H	E
Buddy the Elf	0	0	0	Box
Yet To Be Named	0	0	0	Box
VP vs HP

	R	H	E
Carter Lake	0	0	0	Box
Riemann	0	0	0	Box
VP vs HP

	R	H	E
Yet To Be Named	0	0	0	Box
Buddy the Elf	0	0	0	Box
VP vs HP

	R	H	E
Carter Lake	0	0	0	Box
Riemann	0	0	0	Box
VP vs HP

	R	H	E
Yet To Be Named	0	0	0	Box
Buddy the Elf	0	0	0	Box
VP vs HP

If necessary	R	H	E
Carter Lake	0	0	0	Box
Riemann	0	0	0	Box
VP vs HP

If necessary	R	H	E
Yet To Be Named	0	0	0	Box
Buddy the Elf	0	0	0	Box
VP vs HP

If necessary	R	H	E
Riemann	0	0	0	Box
Carter Lake	0	0	0	Box
VP vs HP

If necessary	R	H	E
Buddy the Elf	0	0	0	Box
Yet To Be Named	0	0	0	Box
VP vs HP

If necessary	R	H	E
Riemann	0	0	0	Box
Carter Lake	0	0	0	Box
VP vs HP

If necessary	R	H	E
Buddy the Elf	0	0	0	Box
Yet To Be Named	0	0	0	Box
VP vs HP