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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 2010 Entrants (in order of seeding): 
          
            - South Hills (89-61)
 
            - West Coast (78-72)
 
            - Team Japan  (78-72)
 
            - Wisconsin (75-75)
 
           
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           Semifinals - Wisconsin vs South Hills; Team Japan vs West 
          Coast 
            
          Finals - Team Japan vs South Hills - Japan won the season series 
          7-5 
            
            
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                    Finals
                    
                      
      
        
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          Team Japan vs. South Hills | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Team Japan | 4 | 6 | 2 | Box  |  | South Hills | 2 | 10 | 0 |  WP - G.Gonzalez (1-0)  LP - SH BP (0-1) HR: Jap: A.LaRoche (1) SH: A.Gonzalez (1) Team Japan leads 1-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Team Japan | 2 | 2 | 0 | Box  |  | South Hills | 9 | 6 | 3 |  WP - U.Jimenez (1-0)  LP - C.Buchholz (0-1) HR: SH: A.Lind (1) Series tied 1-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | South Hills | 3 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Team Japan | 2 | 12 | 0 |  WP - R.Nolasco (1-0)  LP - Jap BP (0-1) HR: SH: G.Sanchez (1), K.Johnson (1) South Hills leads 2-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | South Hills | 6 | 9 | 1 | Box  |  | Team Japan | 3 | 13 | 0 |  WP - F.Carmona (1-0)  LP - D.Braden (0-1) HR: SH: A.Rodriguez (1), G.Sanchez (2), A.Lind (2); Jap: I.Kinsler (1) South Hills leads 3-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | South Hills | 5 | 9 | 4 | Box  |  | Team Japan | 6 | 11 | 0 |  WP - J.Santana (1-0)  LP - J.De La Rosa (0-1) HR: SH: K.Johnson (2); Jap: D.Stubbs (1), V.Martinez (1), J.Reyes (1) South Hills leads 3-2 |   
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Team Japan | 4 | 15 | 0 | Box  |  | South Hills | 3 | 10 | 1 |  WP - G.Gonzalez (2-0)  LP - SH BP (0-2) HR: none Series tied 3-3 |   
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Team Japan | 6 | 12 | 0 | Box  |  | South Hills | 5 | 15 | 3 |  WP - C.Buchholz (1-1)  LP - U.Jimenez (1-1) HR: Jap: A.LaRoche (2); SH: A.Ramirez (1), A.Torres (1), A.Gonzalez (1), J.McDonald (1) Team Japan wins series 4-3 |   
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                    Semifinals
                    
                      
      
        
          | Game | 
          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Wisconsin | 8 | 13 | 4 | Box  |  | South Hills | 3 | 8 | 0 |  WP - A.Wainwright (1-0)  LP - U.Jimenez (0-1) HR: Wis: P.Fielder (1), B.Upton (1), A.Ramirez (1), A.Hill (1) Wisconsin leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Team Japan | 3 | 5 | 2 | Box  |  | West Coast | 2 | 5 | 0 |  WP - G.Gonzalez (1-0)  LP - R.Halladay (0-1) HR: Jap: B.Posey (1) Team Japan leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Wisconsin | 1 | 5 | 0 | Box  |  | South Hills | 4 | 10 | 0 |  WP - R.Nolasco (1-0)  LP - Wis BP (0-1) HR: Wis: R.Zimmerman (1), A.Ramirez (2); SH: A.Lind (1), J.Nix (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Team Japan | 4 | 8 | 1 | Box  |  | West Coast | 3 | 14 | 0 |  WP - C.Buchholz (1-0)  LP - WC BP (0-1) HR: Jap: D.Stubbs (1), J.Reyes (1), A.Jones (1); WC: R.Raburn (1) Team Japan leads 2-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | South Hills | 6 | 12 | 1 | Box  |  | Wisconsin | 7 | 15 | 1 |  WP - B.Enright (1-0)  LP - F.Carmona (0-1) HR: SH: A.Lind (2); Wis: A.Hill 2 (3) Wisconsin leads 2-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | West Coast | 4 | 9 | 1 | Box  |  | Team Japan | 7 | 9 | 1 |  WP - H.Bailey (1-0)  LP - Z.Greinke (0-1) HR: WC: A.Dunn 2 (2), J.Bautista (1); Jap: M.LaPorta (1), A.LaRoche (1), A.Jones (2) Team Japan leads 3-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | South Hills | 9 | 11 | 3 | Box  |  | Wisconsin | 6 | 10 | 0 |  WP - SH BP (1-0)  LP - B.Morrow (0-1) HR: SH: A.Rodriguez 2 (2), A.Lind (2), J.Nix (2); Wis: R.Zimmerman (2), A.Soriano (1) Series tied 2-2 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | West Coast | 2 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Team Japan | 7 | 12 | 0 |  WP - Jap BP (1-0)  LP - WC BP (0-2) HR: Jap: D.Stubbs 3 (4), A.LaRoche (2) Team Japan wins series 4-0 |      | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | South Hills | 6 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | Wisconsin | 5 | 12 | 0 |  WP - W.Rodriguez (1-0)  LP - H.Kuroda (0-1) HR: SH: A.Lind (3), J.Nix (3); Wis: A.Soriano (2), A.Ramirez (3) South Hills leads 3-2 |      | 
          
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Wisconsin | 5 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | South Hills | 3 | 7 | 0 |  WP - A.Wainwright (2-0)  LP - U.Jimenez (0-2) HR: Wis: A.Ramirez (4); SH: A.Ramirez (1), K.Johnson (1) Series tied 3-3 |      | 
          
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Wisconsin | 7 | 12 | 4 | Box  |  | South Hills | 12 | 10 | 0 |  WP - Y.Gallardo (1-1)  LP - R.Dempster (0-1) HR: Wis: T.Wigginton (1), B.Upton (2), A.Hill (4), C.Pennington (1); SH: A.Rodriguez 2 (4), J.Nix 2 (5) South Hills wins series 4-3 |      | 
          
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