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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):

  • Four (84-66) - Faded down the stretch after leading most of the year.  League Power Index: 4
  • Andover (81-69) - Way behind Philadelphia in the Jack Buck Division.  Power Index: 6
  • WV (78-72) - Tied with Freedonia, but awarded 2nd place due to better division record.  Power Index: 8
  • St. Paul (76-74) - Fought for first, but could never really pull close.  Power Index: 10

Semifinals - Four wins in 7 games, WV wins in 6.

 

Finals - WV vs. Four.  Four took the season series 9-3.

2006 Winner: WV RiffRaff

 

 

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Finals

Game WV vs. Four

1

  R H E  
WV 6 10 0

Box

Four 4 8 2
WP - Oswalt (1-0)  LP - Webb (0-1)

HR - WV: Posada (1), Gonzalez (1); Four: Hafner (1)

WV leads 1-0

2

  R H E  
WV 3 10 2

Box

Four 6 9 0
WP - Haren (1-0)  LP - Cook (0-1)

HR - WV: Gonzalez (2)

Series tied 1-1

3

  R H E  
Four 3 6 4

Box

WV 7 10 1
WP - Lowe (1-0)  LP - Myers (0-1)

HR - Four: Hafner (2); WV: Lane (1)

WV leads 2-1

4

Extra Innings R H E  
Four 5 11 6

Box

WV 6 8 2
WP - Duke (1-0)  LP - Bonderman (0-1)

HR - Four: Granderson (1), Bell (1); WV: Ortiz 2 (2), Gonzalez (2)

WV leads 3-1

5

Extra Innings R H E  
Four 3 7 0

Box

WV 2 6 2
WP - Verlander (1-0)  LP - WV BP (0-1)

HR - Four: Alou (1); Lane (2)

WV leads 3-2

6

  R H E  
WV 9 10 0

Box

Four 5 9 4
WP - WV BP (1-1)  LP - Webb (0-2)

HR - WV: Ortiz (3), Dunn (1), Encarnacion (1)

WV wins 4-2

   


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Semifinals

Game Semifinal One Semifinal Two

1

  R H E  
St. Paul 8 12 0

Box

Four 0 3 6
WP - Santana (1-0)  LP - Webb (0-1)

HR - St.P: Cabrera (1)

St. Paul leads 1-0

Extra Innings R H E  
WV 4 6 0

Box

Andover 5 6 1
WP - Peavy (1-0)  LP - Oswalt (0-1)

HR - none

Andover leads 1-0

2

Extra Innings R H E  
St. Paul 4 9 0

Box

Four 5 8 1
WP - Haren (1-0)  LP - StP BP (0-1)

HR - StP: Hunter (1), Sexson (1); Four: Weeks (1), McCann (1)

Series tied 1-1

  R H E  
WV 7 9 1

Box

Andover 4 11 2
WP - Cook (1-0)  LP - Arroyo (0-1)

HR - WV: Ortiz (1); And: Konerko (1)

Series tied 1-1

3

  R H E  
Four 5 6 0

Box

St. Paul 4 8 0
WP - Myers (1-0)  LP - Santos (0-1)

HR - Four: Giles (1), Gomes (1); StP: Estrada (1)

Four leads 2-1

  R H E  
Andover 3 5 2

Box

WV 4 8 0
WP - Lowe (1-0)  LP - Schmidt (0-1)

HR - And: Bay (1)

WV leads 2-1

4

  R H E  
Four 7 10 0

Box

St. Paul 5 8 0
WP - Bonderman (1-0)  LP - Johnson (0-1)

HR - Four: Jones (1), Crosby (1), McCann (1); StP: Sexson (2), Hudson (1)

Four leads 3-1

  R H E  
Andover 3 2 4

Box

WV 7 12 1
WP - WV BP (1-0)  LP - And BP (0-1)

HR - And: Lopez (1); WV: Rodriguez (1)

WV leads 3-1

5

  R H E  
Four 9 11 4

Box

St. Paul 13 10 0
WP - StP BP (1-1)  LP - Verlander (0-1)

HR - Four: Drew 2 (2), Martin (1), Jones (2); St.P: Hunter (1), Hudson (2)

Four leads 3-2

  R H E  
Andover 10 15 0

Box

WV 4 6 0
WP - Burnett (1-0)  LP - Ohka (0-1)

HR - And: Bay (2), Konerko (2), Hawpe (1)

WV leads 3-2

6

  R H E  
St. Paul 6 4 1

Box

Four 3 9 0
WP - Santana (2-0)  LP - Webb (0-2)

HR - Four: Hafner (1)

Series tied 3-3

  R H E  
WV 9 12 1

Box

Andover 4 6 4
WP - Oswalt (1-1)  LP - Peavy (1-1)

HR - WV: Rodriguez 2 (3), Ortiz (2), Dunn (1), Posada (1); And: Lopez (2), Hawpe (2)

WV wins 4-2

7

  R H E  
St. Paul 4 7 3

Box

Four 8 11 1
WP - Four BP (1-0)  LP - Beckett (0-1)

HR - St.P: Hudson (3); Four: Hafner (2), Alou (1)

Four wins 4-3

 
     



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