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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 2016 Entrants (in order of seeding): 
          
            - Wayne (89-61)
 
            - Purple (87-63)
 
            - Brinkley (83-67)
 
            - Cat Woman's (77-74)
 
           
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           Semifinals - Cat Woman's vs. Wayne; Brinkley vs. Purple 
            
		  Wayne won 4 games to 1
		   Purple won 4 games to 3
             
          Finals - Purple vs. Wayne 
		  Season series: Tied 3-3 
          2016 Gore Cup Winner - Wayne won 4 games to 3 
            
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                    Finals
                    
                      
      
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Purple | 2 | 7 | 2 | Box  |  | Wayne | 4 | 8 | 1 |  WP - C.Sale (1-0)  LP - Pur BP (0-1) HR: Pur: K.Davis (1); Way: B.Miller (1), M.Napoli (1) Wayne leads 1-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Purple | 2 | 7 | 1 | Box  |  | Wayne | 6 | 12 | 1 |  WP - I.Kennedy (1-0)  LP - Pur BP (0-2) HR: Way: B.Dozier (1), E.Longoria (1) Wayne leads 2-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Wayne | 4 | 3 | 1 | Box  |  | Purple | 8 | 7 | 0 |  WP - D.Pomeranz (1-0)  LP - D.Duffy (0-1) HR: Way: C.Dickerson (1), B.Dozier (2); Pur: D.Dietrich (1), T.Frazier (1), A.Cabrera (1) Wayne leads 2-1 |   
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Wayne | 4 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Purple | 5 | 5 | 0 |  WP - E.Rodriguez (1-0)  LP - A.DeSclafani (0-1) HR: Way: J.Turner (1), M.Kemp (1), C.Davis (1) Series tied 2-2 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Wayne | 6 | 9 | 1 | Box  |  | Purple | 1 | 8 | 1 |  WP - H.Iwakuma (1-0)  LP - M.Boyd (0-1) HR: Way: J.Werth (1), J.Turner (2), B.Dozier (3); Pur: V.Martinez (1) Wayne leads 3-2 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Purple | 10 | 12 | 0 | Box  |  | Wayne | 5 | 7 | 0 |  WP - Pur BP (1-2)  LP - C.Sale (1-1) HR: Pur: R.Grichuk (1), M.Trumbo (1), A.Cabrera (2); Way: B.Miller (2), B.Posey (1) Series tied 3-3 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Purple | 1 | 4 | 0 | Box  |  | Wayne | 2 | 11 | 1 |  WP - I.Kennedy (2-0)  LP - Pur BP (1-3) HR: Way: R.Braun (1), M.Napoli (2) Wayne wins series 4-3 |   
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                    Semifinals
                    
                      
      
        
          | Game | 
          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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           1  | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Cat Woman's | 0 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Wayne | 7 | 10 | 0 |  WP - C.Sale (1-0)  LP - J.deGrom (0-1) HR: CW: I.Desmond (1); Way: M.Kemp (1) Wayne leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Brinkley | 7 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Purple | 3 | 9 | 0 |  WP - M.Scherzer (1-0)  LP - K.Maeda (0-1) HR: Brin: R.Schimpf (1), H.Ramirez (1), Y.Grandal (1); Pur: I.Kinsler (1), M.Trumbo (1) Brinkley leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Cat Woman's | 8 | 13 | 0 | Box  |  | Wayne | 4 | 12 | 1 |  WP - R.Vogelsong (1-0)  LP - I.Kennedy (0-1) HR: CW: O.Herrera (1), I.Desmond (2), A.Beltre 2 (2); Way: E.Longoria (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Brinkley | 2 | 8 | 1 | Box  |  | Purple | 1 | 5 | 1 |  WP - J.Odorizzi (1-0)  LP - Pur BP (0-1) HR: Brin: H.Perez (1) Brinkley leads 2-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Wayne | 7 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Cat Woman's | 4 | 9 | 0 |  WP - D.Duffy (1-0)  LP - S.Kazmir (0-1) HR: Way: R.Braun (1), J.Turner (1); CW: J.Lamb (1), C.Rupp (1) Wayne leads 2-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Purple | 6 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Brinkley | 1 | 4 | 1 |  WP - D.Pomeranz (1-0)  LP - C.Martinez (0-1) HR: Brin: R.Schimpf (2) Brinkley leads 2-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Wayne | 10 | 13 | 1 | Box  |  | Cat Woman's | 3 | 9 | 0 |  WP - A.DeSclafani (1-0)  LP - CW BP (0-1) HR: Way: R.Braun (2), B.Dozier 3 (3), M.Napoli (1), C.Davis (1) Wayne leads 3-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Purple | 1 | 5 | 1 | Box  |  | Brinkley | 6 | 12 | 0 |  WP - J.Lackey (1-0)  LP - Pur BP (0-2) HR: Brin: J.Bradley Jr. (1), J.Villar (1), R.Schimpf (3) Brinkley leads 3-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Wayne | 4 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Cat Woman's | 3 | 7 | 0 |  WP - H.Iwakuma (1-0)  LP - CW BP (0-2) HR: Way: B.Dozier (4), B.Miller 2 (2), E.Longoria (2); CW: R.Healy (1) Wayne wins series 4-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Purple | 4 | 3 | 0 | Box  |  | Brinkley | 2 | 5 | 0 |  WP - M.Boyd (1-0)  LP - M.Estrada (0-1) HR: Pur: K.Davis (1); Brin: Y.Grandal (2), H.Perez (2) Brinkley leads 3-2 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Brinkley | 2 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Purple | 3 | 10 | 0 |  WP - K.Maeda (1-1)  LP - M.Scherzer (1-1) HR: Pur: M.Trumbo (2) Series tied 3-3 |      | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Brinkley | 4 | 6 | 1 | Box  |  | Purple | 5 | 10 | 0 |  WP - J.Happ (1-0)  LP - J.Odorizzi (1-1) HR: Brin: J.Upton (1); Pur: T.Frazier (1), C.Cron (1) Purple wins series 4-3 |      | 
         
        
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