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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 2008 Entrants (in order of seeding):

  • Manalapan (85-65) - Stuck in the same division with Brooklyn - enough wins to win any of the other three divisions.
  • Middle Age (82-68) - Fell short by one game in the Slaughter.
  • Newport Beach (81-69) - Close finish in the Dean Division.
  • Republic of South Africa 2010 (75-75) - Could never quite catch Hanso.

 

Semifinals - Republic of South Africa 2010 vs. Manalapan; Newport Beach vs. Middle Age

 

Finals - Middle Age vs. Manalapan - Manalapan won the season series 5-1

 

2008 Gore Cup Winner - Middle Age in 5 Games

 

Playoffs main page

Finals

Game Middle Age vs. Manalapan

1

 RHE 
Middle Age8130

Box

Manalapan6100
WP - E.Santana (1-0) LP - J.Peavy (0-1)
HR: MA: J.Dye 2 (2); Man: M.Bradley (1), X.Nady (1)
Middle Age leads 1-0
 

2

 RHE 
Middle Age290

Box

Manalapan4100
WP - T.Wakefield (1-0) LP - J.Lester (0-1)
HR: MA: C.Delgado (1)
Series tied 1-1
 

3

 RHE 
Manalapan1101

Box

Middle Age570
WP - B.Myers (1-0) LP - Man BP (0-1)
HR: Man: T.Wigginton (1); MA: B.Schneider (1)
Middle Age leads 2-1
 

4

 RHE 
Manalapan370

Box

Middle Age6102
WP - M.Cain (1-0) LP - S.Baker (0-1)
HR: Man: C.Young (1); MA: M.Ramirez (1)
Middle Age leads 3-1
 

5

 RHE 
Manalapan172

Box

Middle Age4110
WP - G.Floyd (1-0) LP - Man BP (0-2)
HR: Man: A.LaRoche (1); MA: C.Delgado 2 (3)
Middle Age wins series 4-1
 

6

 

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Semifinals

Game Semifinal One Semifinal Two

1

 RHE 
Republic of South Africa 2010591

Box

Manalapan691
WP - Blackburn (1-0) LP - Webb (0-1)
HR: RSA: Griffey (1), Huff (1)
Manalapan leads 1-0
 
 RHE 
Newport Beach570

Box

Middle Age980
WP - MA BP (1-0) LP - Carmona (0-1)
HR: MA: Drew (1)
Middle Age leads 1-0
 

2

 RHE 
Republic of South Africa 2010372

Box

Manalapan472
WP - T.Wellemeyer (1-0) LP - RSA BP (0-1)
HR: RSA: Huff (2); Man: Nady (1), Renteria (1)
Manalapan leads 2-0
 
 RHE 
Newport Beach6100

Box

Middle Age7150
WP - B.Myers (1-0) LP - NB BP (0-1)
HR: NB: Tejada (1), Cabrera 2 (2), Kent (1); MA: Drew (2), Delgado (1), Dye (1), Encarnacion (1)
Middle Age leads 2-0
 

3

 RHE 
Manalapan4100

Box

Republic of South Africa 20105132
WP - A.Burnett (1-0) LP - J.Peavy (0-1)
HR: Man: A.LaRoche (1), W.Harris (1); RSA: K.Youkilis (1), J.Bay (1)
Manalapan leads 2-1
 
 RHE 
Middle Age5140

Box

Newport Beach4130
WP - J.Lester (1-0) LP - NB BP (0-2)
HR: NB: B.Molina 2 (2)
Middle Age leads 3-0
 

4

 RHE 
Manalapan360

Box

Republic of South Africa 2010592
WP - C.Lee (1-0) LP - S.Baker (0-1)
HR: RSA: J.Bay (2), A.Huff (3)
Series tied 2-2
 
 RHE 
Middle Age790

Box

Newport Beach6105
WP - MA BP (2-0) LP - J.Sanchez (0-1)
HR: MA: M.Ramirez (1), J.Lopez 2 (2); NB: M.Ordonez (1)
Middle Age wins series 4-0
 

5

 RHE 
Manalapan370

Box

Republic of South Africa 20102111
WP - C.Billingsley (1-0) LP - RSA BP (0-2)
HR: Man: B.Butler (1), E.Hinske (1); RSA: C.Utley (1), A.Huff (4)
Manalapan leads 3-2
 
 

6

 RHE 
Republic of South Africa 2010370

Box

Manalapan880
WP - N.Blackburn (2-0) LP - B.Webb (0-2)
HR: Man: T.Wigginton (1), C.Young (1)
Manalapan wins series 4-2
 
 

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