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    			The Best of the Worst
          The Bottom Feeder Open - playing for pride and a few bucks. 
            
          A small taste of post season baseball as the third and fourth place 
          teams get a chance to play a few more games.  Teams are ranked 
          1-8, based on season record and play a 3-game quarterfinal series.  
          Winners are re-seeded and play a 3-game semifinal. 
            
          The two remaining teams square off in a best-of-five finals. 
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           The winner receives a bonus of 500,000 Benchwarmer Bucks.  
          The runner-up gets 250,000. 
            
          2022 Finals: California vs. Russian 
          Season series: Russian won 7-5 
            
          2022 Winner - Russian won 3 games to 0 
            
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                    Finals 
                    
                      
      
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | California | 5 | 9 | 1 | Box  |  | Russian | 6 | 7 | 1 |  WP - J.Urquidy (1-0)  LP - G.Cole (0-1) HR: Cal: D.Carlson (1), R.McMahon (1); Russ: H.Renfroe (1), S.Murphy (1) Russian leads 1-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | California | 7 | 7 | 4 | Box  |  | Russian | 8 | 5 | 2 |  WP - Russ BP (1-0)  LP - J.deGrom (0-1) HR: Russ: M.Olson (1) Russian leads 2-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Russian | 4 | 10 | 1 | Box  |  | California | 1 | 6 | 2 |  WP - L.Lynn (1-0)  LP - Cal BP (0-1) HR: Russ: R.Arozarena (1); Cal: C.Hernandez (1) Russian wins series 3-0 |   
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                    Semifinals
                    
                      
      
        
          | Game | 
          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Bottom | 3 | 11 | 2 | Box  |  | Russian | 4 | 11 | 0 |  WP - M.Clevinger (1-0)  LP - Bot BP (0-1) HR: Bot: V.Grissom (1); Russ: M.Olson (1), R.Arozarena (1) Russian leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | California | 6 | 14 | 0 | Box  |  | Pete Rose | 4 | 12 | 0 |  WP - T.Anderson (1-0)  LP - D.Dunning (0-1) HR: Cal: A.Bregman (1), R.Mountcastle (1) California leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Russian | 6 | 5 | 0 | Box  |  | Bottom | 3 | 8 | 4 |  WP - A.Cobb (1-0)  LP - K.Thompson (0-1) HR: Russ: L.Arraez (1), H.Renfroe (1), J.Bart (1); Bot: J.Realmuto (1), P.DeJong (1) Russian wins series 2-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Pete Rose | 5 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | California | 3 | 9 | 1 |  WP - PR BP (1-0)  LP - C.Quantrill (0-1) HR: PR: J.Miranda (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | California | 1 | 3 | 1 | Box  |  | Pete Rose | 0 | 8 | 0 |  WP - G.Cole (1-0)  LP - PR BP (1-1) HR: none California wins series 2-1 |      | 
         
        
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                    Quarterfinals
                    
                      
        
          | Game | 
          Quarterfinal One | 
          Quarterfinal Two | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Sixteen Mile Stand | 0 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Russian | 3 | 10 | 0 |  WP - J.Urquidy (1-0)  LP - L.Castillo (0-1) HR: SMS: K.Hiura (1) Russian leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Bottom | 10 | 11 | 2 | Box  |  | Superblood | 4 | 7 | 4 |  WP - Z.Wheeler (1-0)  LP - L.Gilbert (0-1) HR: Bot: T.Mancini 2 (2), T.France (1), P.DeJong (1); Sup: R.Hoskins (1) Bottom leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Russian | 7 | 14 | 0 | Box  |  | Sixteen Mile Stand | 6 | 8 | 3 |  WP - C.Irvin (1-0)  LP - R.Ray (0-1) HR: Russ: M.Olson (1), H.Renfroe (1); SMS: T.Turner (1), M.Machado (1), S.Perez (1), A.Diaz (1) Russian wins series 2-0 |      | 
          
          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Superblood | 2 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Bottom | 3 | 6 | 4 |  WP - Bot BP (1-0)  LP - Sup BP (0-1) HR: Bot: P.DeJong (2) Bottom wins series 2-0 |      | 
         
        
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          Quarterfinal Three | 
          Quarterfinal Four | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Nasty Boys | 3 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | Pete Rose | 4 | 10 | 1 |  WP - D.Cease (1-0)  LP - M.Stroman (0-1) HR: NB: T.Estrada (1) Pete Rose leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Sparky Anderson | 5 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | California | 6 | 11 | 0 |  WP - Cal BP (1-0)  LP - T.Alexander (0-1) HR: Cal: R.McMahon (1) California leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Pete Rose | 4 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Nasty Boys | 2 | 4 | 0 |  WP - M.Perez (1-0)  LP - N.Syndergaard (0-1) HR: NB: O.Miller (1) Pete Rose wins series 2-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | California | 2 | 9 | 1 | Box  |  | Sparky Anderson | 5 | 13 | 0 |  WP - Y.Darvish (1-0)  LP - Cal BP (1-1) HR: SA: D.LeMahieu (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Sparky Anderson | 1 | 6 | 1 | Box  |  | California | 6 | 9 | 1 |  WP - M.Scherzer (1-0)  LP - G.Hill (0-1) HR: SA: J.Martinez (1) California wins series 2-1 |      | 
         
        
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