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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): 
          
            - Six Pack (86-64)
 
            - Shea Stadium (84-66)
 
            - Greek (79-71)
 
            - Cincinnati (69-81)
 
           
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           Semifinals - Cincinnati vs Six Pack; Greek vs Shea Stadium 
            
          Finals - Greek vs Six Pack - Six Pack won the season series 9-3 
          2012 Gore Cup Winner - Greek in 7 Games 
            
          Playoffs main page 
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                    Finals
                    
                      
      
        
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          Greek vs. Six Pack | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Greek | 1 | 5 | 3 | Box  |  | Six Pack | 9 | 10 | 0 |  WP - Y.Gallardo (1-0)  LP - J.Peavy (0-1) HR: Gre: C.Hart (1); SP: M.Kemp (1), A.Beltre (1) Six Pack leads 1-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Greek | 1 | 5 | 0 | Box  |  | Six Pack | 6 | 7 | 0 |  WP - W.Miley (1-0)  LP - C.Capuano (0-1) HR: none Six Pack leads 2-0 |   
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Six Pack | 4 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Greek | 5 | 7 | 0 |  WP - C.Tillman (1-0)  LP - I.Kennedy (0-1) HR: SP: A.Beltre (2) Six Pack leads 2-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Six Pack | 3 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Greek | 7 | 7 | 1 |  WP - M.Moore (1-0)  LP - M.Harrison (0-1) HR: SP: J.Reyes (1); Gre: R.Howard (1) Series tied 2-2 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Six Pack | 6 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Greek | 4 | 16 | 0 |  WP - M.Harvey (1-0)  LP - Y.Darvish (0-1) HR: SP: J.Heyward (1), D.Young (1); Gre: D.Espinosa (1) Six Pack leads 3-2 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Greek | 7 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | Six Pack | 5 | 8 | 2 |  WP - Gre BP (1-0)  LP - Y.Gallardo (1-1) HR: Gre: Y.Cespedes (1), A.Dunn 2 (2), C.Hart (2); SP: A.Beltre (3) Series tied 3-3 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Greek | 4 | 5 | 0 | Box  |  | Six Pack | 3 | 6 | 0 |  WP - Gre BP (2-0)  LP - W.Miley (1-1) HR: Gre: Y.Cespedes (2) Greek wins series 4-3 |   
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                    Semifinals
                    
                      
      
        
          | Game | 
          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Cincinnati | 4 | 12 | 0 | Box  |  | Six Pack | 5 | 8 | 2 |  WP - Y.Gallardo (1-0)  LP - J.Cueto (0-1) HR: Cin: A.Rios (1), T.Frazier (1); SP: D.Young (1), K.Johnson (1) Six Pack leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Greek | 4 | 12 | 0 | Box  |  | Shea Stadium | 7 | 11 | 0 |  WP - R.Dempster (1-0)  LP - J.Peavy (0-1) HR: Gre: A.Dunn (1), J.Peralta (1); SS: A.McCutchen (1), C.Jones (1) Shea Stadium leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Cincinnati | 3 | 5 | 5 | Box  |  | Six Pack | 6 | 6 | 0 |  WP - W.Miley (1-0)  LP - H.Kuroda (0-1) HR: Cin: J.Bruce (1); SP: A.Beltre (1), D.Young (2) Six Pack leads 2-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Greek | 2 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Shea Stadium | 4 | 14 | 0 |  WP - R.Detwiler (1-0)  LP - Gre BP (0-1) HR: Gre: J.Saltalamacchia (1); SS: J.Kubel (1), J.Rollins (1) Shea Stadium leads 2-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Six Pack | 4 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Cincinnati | 3 | 6 | 0 |  WP - I.Kennedy (1-0)  LP - H.Bailey (0-1) HR: Cin: J.Bruce (2) Six Pack leads 3-0 |      | 
          
          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Shea Stadium | 4 | 11 | 1 | Box  |  | Greek | 5 | 8 | 0 |  WP - Gre BP (1-1)  LP - R.Dickey (0-1) HR: none Shea Stadium leads 2-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Six Pack | 8 | 14 | 0 | Box  |  | Cincinnati | 3 | 12 | 3 |  WP - M.Harrison (1-0)  LP - K.Correia (0-1) HR: SP: A.Beltre 3 (4); Cin: A.Rios (2) Six Pack wins series 4-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Shea Stadium | 2 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Greek | 4 | 7 | 1 |  WP - M.Moore (1-0)  LP - T.Hudson (0-1) HR: Gre: J.Saltalamacchia (2) Series tied 2-2 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Shea Stadium | 2 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Greek | 7 | 8 | 2 |  WP - Y.Darvish (1-0)  LP - J.Shields (0-1) HR: Gre: D.Espinosa (1), A.Dunn (2), L.Cruz (1), J.Peralta (2) Greek leads 3-2 |      | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Greek | 3 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Shea Stadium | 4 | 4 | 0 |  WP - SS BP (1-0)  LP - J.Peavy (0-2) HR: SS: A.Craig (1) Series tied 3-3 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Greek | 4 | 13 | 1 | Box  |  | Shea Stadium | 3 | 10 | 0 |  WP - B.Anderson (1-0)  LP - SS BP (1-1) HR: SS: B.Posey (1) Greek wins series 4-3 |      | 
         
        
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