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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 2006 Entrants (in order of seeding):

  • Seattle (83-67) - Led the Ruth Division for much of the first half of the season.  Most wins in franchise history.  League Power Index: 4
  • San Francisco (80-70) - BWB Champs of 2001.  Started the season slow, but played great down the stretch.  Power Index: 8
  • Norwalk (77-73) - Strong contender in the Wagner Division for most of the year.  Power Index: 7
  • D-Town (75-75) - BWB Champs in 2004.  Came up just a bit short in the push for the Cobb Division.  Power Index: 9

Semifinals - D-Town wins in 6 games, San Francisco wins in 7.

 

Finals - D-Town vs. San Francisco.  They split the season series 3-3.

 

2006 Winner: D-Town Demolishers

 

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Finals

Game D-Town vs. San Francisco

1

  R H E  
D-Town 7 9 1

Box

San Francisco 5 7 2
WP - Wang (1-0)  LP - O'Connor (0-1)

HR: DT: Matthews (1)

D-Town leads 1-0

2

  R H E  
D-Town 7 14 2

Box

San Francisco 4 11 0
WP - Hernandez (1-0)  LP - Mussina (0-1)

HR  - DT: Blake (1), Pujols (1), Uggla (1); SF: Soriano (1)

D-Town leads 2-0

3

  R H E  
San Francisco 3 8 0

Box

D-Town 8 10 0
WP - Marcum (1-0)  LP - Kim (0-1)

HR - DT: Blake (2), Matthews (2), Pujols (2)

D-Town leads 3-0

4

Extra Innings R H E  
San Francisco 5 14 1

Box

D-Town 4 9 0
WP - Cain (1-0)  LP - DT BP (0-1)

HR - SF: Soriano 2 (3), Fielder (1), Torreabla (1); DT: Jeter (1)

D-Town leads 3-1

5

  R H E  
San Francisco 3 5 1

Box

D-Town 8 10 0
WP - DT BP (1-1)  LP - Halladay (0-1)

HR - SF: Hawpe (1); DT: LaRoche (1), Kearns (1), Uggla (2)

D-Town wins 4-1

   


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Semifinals

Game Semifinal One Semifinal Two

1

  R H E  
D-Town 2 6 3

Box

Seattle 5 5 0
WP - Hensley (1-0)  LP - DT BP (0-1)

HR - DT: DeRosa (1); Sea: Johjima (1)

Seattle leads 1-0

  R H E  
Norwalk 8 9 0

Box

San Francisco 6 4 0
WP - Nor BP (1-0)  LP - Mulder (0-1)

HR - SF: Bay 2 (2)

Norwalk leads 1-0

2

  R H E  
D-Town 8 12 2

Box

Seattle 6 12 0
WP - Hernandez (1-0)  LP - Lowe (0-1)

HR - DT: Pujols (1), Uggla (1); Sea: Hernandez 2 (2), Bonds (1)

Series tied 1-1

  R H E  
Norwalk 0 4 6

Box

San Francisco 10 4 2
WP - Mussina (1-0)  LP - Penny (0-1)

HR - SF: Soriano (1)

Series tied 1-1

3

  R H E  
Seattle 3 4 2

Box

D-Town 7 13 1
WP - Hennessey (1-0)  LP - Maddux (0-1)

HR - Sea: Ibanez (1); DT: Pujols (2), Uggla (2)

D-Town leads 2-1

  R H E  
San Francisco 8 6 0

Box

Norwalk 3 12 0
WP - Chacin (1-0)  LP - Zambrano (0-1)

HR - SF: Hawpe (1)

San Francisco leads 2-1

4

  R H E  
Seattle 9 13 0

Box

D-Town 5 8 0
WP - Sea BP (1-0)  LP - DT BP (0-2)

HR - Sea: Granderson (1), Jones (1), Ibanez (2), Hernandez 2 (4), Bonds (2); DT: Lowell (1)

Series tied 2-2

  R H E  
San Francisco 4 10 0

Box

Norwalk 6 10 1
WP - Sanchez (1-0)  LP - Cain (0-1)

HR - none

Series tied 2-2

5

  R H E  
Seattle 4 12 0

Box

D-Town 8 12 0
WP - Ortiz (1-0)  LP - Capuano (0-1)

HR - Sea: Jones (2)

D-Town leads 3-2

  R H E  
San Francisco 8 10 1

Box

Norwalk 4 10 0
WP - Halladay (1-0)  LP - Kazmir (0-1)

HR - SF: Soriano (2)

San Francisco leads 3-2

6

  R H E  
D-Town 4 6 0

Box

Seattle 3 10 0
WP - Wang (1-0)  LP - Sea BP (1-1)

HR - DT: Kearns (1)

D-Town wins 4-2

  R H E  
Norwalk 10 11 0

Box

San Francisco 7 12 0
WP - Harang (1-0)  LP - Mulder (0-2)

HR - Nor: Beltran (1); SF: Bay (3), Hawpe (2), Feliz(1)

Series tied 3-3

7

 
  R H E  
Norwalk 3 9 2

Box

San Francisco 6 12 0
WP - Mussina (2-0)  LP - Nor BP (1-1)

HR - SF: Bay (4)

San Francisco wins 4-3

     



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