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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 2021 Entrants (in order of seeding): 
          
            - Vatican City (81-69)
 
            - Busey's (78-73)
 
            - Coney Island  (77-73)
 
            - Cyborg (77-73)
 
           
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           Semifinals - Cyborg vs. Vatican City; Coney Island  vs. Busey's 
            
		  Vatican City won 4 games to 2
		   Coney Island  won 4 games to 1
             
          Finals - Coney Island  vs. Vatican City 
		  Season series: Tied 3-3 
          2021 Gore Cup Winner - Vatican City won 4 games to 2 
            
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                    Finals
                    
                      
      
        
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          Coney Island  vs. Vatican City | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Coney Island  | 3 | 8 | 2 | Box  |  | Vatican City | 2 | 12 | 1 |  WP - W.Buehler (1-0)  LP - VC BP (0-1) HR: CI: D.Swanson (1); VC: B.Lowe (1), J.Turner (1) Coney Island  leads 1-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Coney Island  | 3 | 3 | 0 | Box  |  | Vatican City | 7 | 11 | 3 |  WP - B.Woodruff (1-0)  LP - L.Webb (0-1) HR: VC: J.Turner (2) Series tied 1-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Vatican City | 3 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Coney Island  | 4 | 5 | 1 |  WP - CI BP (1-0)  LP - VC BP (0-2) HR: CI: M.Semien (1), C.Blackmon (1) Coney Island  leads 2-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Vatican City | 6 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | Coney Island  | 4 | 10 | 0 |  WP - A.Wood (1-0)  LP - J.Berrios (0-1) HR: VC: J.Ramirez (1), H.Renfroe (1), J.Turner (3); CI: E.Diaz (1) Series tied 2-2 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Vatican City | 5 | 6 | 1 | Box  |  | Coney Island  | 4 | 8 | 0 |  WP - VC BP (1-2)  LP - S.McClanahan (0-1) HR: CI: E.Diaz (2) Vatican City leads 3-2 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Coney Island  | 0 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Vatican City | 3 | 9 | 3 |  WP - C.Burnes (1-0)  LP - CI BP (1-1) HR: CI: G.Stanton (1); VC: H.Renfroe (2) Vatican City wins series 4-2 |   
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                    Semifinals
                    
                      
      
        
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          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Cyborg | 5 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Vatican City | 6 | 13 | 1 |  WP - VC BP (1-0)  LP - Cyb BP (0-1) HR: Cyb: N.Ahmed (1), M.Stassi (1); VC: C.Taylor (1), J.Ramirez (1) Vatican City leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Coney Island  | 7 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Busey's | 2 | 10 | 0 |  WP - W.Buehler (1-0)  LP - Bus BP (0-1) HR: CI: E.Diaz (1), D.Swanson 2 (2), K.Seager (1); Bus: T.France (1) Coney Island  leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Cyborg | 4 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Vatican City | 7 | 12 | 0 |  WP - VC BP (2-0)  LP - B.Ober (0-1) HR: VC: J.Ramirez (2), Y.Gurriel (1) Vatican City leads 2-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Coney Island  | 4 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Busey's | 3 | 6 | 0 |  WP - L.Webb (1-0)  LP - A.Nola (0-1) HR: CI: D.Swanson (3), K.Seager (2); Bus: V.Guerrero Jr. (1) Coney Island  leads 2-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Vatican City | 5 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | Cyborg | 2 | 6 | 2 |  WP - J.Urias (1-0)  LP - C.Paddack (0-1) HR: Cyb: P.Goldschmidt (1) Vatican City leads 3-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Busey's | 8 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Coney Island  | 2 | 9 | 0 |  WP - S.Alcantara (1-0)  LP - L.Giolito (0-1) HR: Bus: B.Harper (1), V.Guerrero Jr. (2), D.Moore (1), K.Marte (1); CI: G.Stanton (1) Coney Island  leads 2-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Vatican City | 2 | 5 | 0 | Box  |  | Cyborg | 7 | 10 | 0 |  WP - M.Bumgarner (1-0)  LP - VC BP (2-1) HR: Cyb: T.O'Neill (1), A.McCutchen (1), N.Arenado (1) Vatican City leads 3-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Busey's | 3 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Coney Island  | 5 | 9 | 1 |  WP - J.Berrios (1-0)  LP - Bus BP (0-2) HR: Bus: K.Marte (2); CI: H.Dozier (1), M.Semien (1), D.Swanson 2 (5) Coney Island  leads 3-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Vatican City | 5 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Cyborg | 6 | 8 | 4 |  WP - K.Akin (1-0)  LP - J.Urquidy (0-1) HR: VC: H.Renfroe (1); Cyb: N.Arenado (2), L.Urias (1) Vatican City leads 3-2 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Busey's | 2 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Coney Island  | 4 | 10 | 0 |  WP - S.McClanahan (1-0)  LP - Bus BP (0-3) HR: Bus: B.Harper (2); CI: Y.Grandal (1), M.Semien (2) Coney Island  wins series 4-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Cyborg | 2 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Vatican City | 6 | 14 | 0 |  WP - C.Burnes (1-0)  LP - D.Cease (0-1) HR: VC: Y.Gurriel (2), B.Lowe (1) Vatican City wins series 4-2 |      | 
          
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