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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):

  • NJ (85-65) - First time that they haven't won the division crown.
  • Motley (85-65) - League champ in 2006.  5-7 record vs. NJ sets them as the 2nd seed.
  • Bedrock (74-76) - 3rd straight 2nd-place finish behind Tombstone.  Missed by only 4 games.
  • Oklahoma (74-76) - Gore Cup winner in 2007.  3-9 record against Bedrock this year has them seeded 4th.

 

Semifinals - Oklahoma vs. NJ; Bedrock vs. Motley

 

Finals - Oklahoma vs. Bedrock - Bedrock won the season series 9-3.

2008 Gore Cup Winner - Bedrock in 6 Games

 

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Finals

Game Oklahoma vs. Bedrock

1

 RHE 
Oklahoma382

Box

Bedrock471
WP - E.Santana (1-0) LP - B.Sheets (0-1)
HR: OK: M.Aviles (1)
Bedrock leads 1-0
 

2

 RHE 
Oklahoma482

Box

Bedrock680
WP - R.Halladay (1-0) LP - J.Danks (0-1)
HR: OK: A.Huff (1), G.Soto (1); Bed: M.Young (1)
Bedrock leads 2-0
 

3

 RHE 
Bedrock2140

Box

Oklahoma11140
WP - J.Jurrjens (1-0) LP - J.Duchscherer (0-1)
HR: Bed: G.Sheffield (1); OK: A.Huff (2), M.Ordonez (1), G.Soto (2)
Bedrock leads 2-1
 

4

 RHE 
Bedrock370

Box

Oklahoma4130
WP - J.Lackey (1-0) LP - Bed BP (0-1)
HR: none
Series tied 2-2
 

5

 RHE 
Bedrock7110

Box

Oklahoma244
WP - B.Arroyo (1-0) LP - A.Harang (0-1)
HR: Bed: B.Butler (1)
Bedrock leads 3-2
 

6

 RHE 
Oklahoma4111

Box

Bedrock7130
WP - E.Santana (2-0) LP - B.Sheets (0-2)
HR: Bed: G.Sheffield (2), H.Kendrick (1)
Bedrock wins series 4-2
 

7

 
   

 

Semifinals

Game Semifinal One Semifinal Two

1

Extra InningsRHE 
Oklahoma893

Box

NJ790
WP - Sheets (1-0) LP - Guthrie (0-1)
HR: Ok: Soto (1); NJ: Delgado 2 (2), Jacobs (1)
Oklahoma leads 1-0
 
 RHE 
Bedrock7150

Box

Motley5150
WP - E.Santana (1-0) LP - Meche (0-1)
HR: Mot: Pedroia (1), Giambi (1), Ross (1)
Bedrock leads 1-0
 

2

 RHE 
Oklahoma8130

Box

NJ5102
WP - J.Danks (1-0) LP - M.Cain (0-1)
HR: OK: Aviles (1), Holliday (1), Soto (2); NJ: Delgado (3)
Oklahoma leads 2-0
 
Extra InningsRHE 
Bedrock3112

Box

Motley270
WP - R.Halladay (1-0) LP - Mot BP (0-1)
HR: none
Bedrock leads 2-0
 

3

 RHE 
NJ591

Box

Oklahoma292
WP - T.Wellemeyer (1-0) LP - J.Jurrjens (0-1)
HR: NJ: M.Ramirez (1), M.Jacobs (2)
Oklahoma leads 2-1
 
 RHE 
Motley383

Box

Bedrock4111
WP - B.Arroyo (1-0) LP - Mot BP (0-2)
HR: Mot: J.Cantu (1), C.Ross (2)
Bedrock leads 3-0
 

4

 RHE 
NJ6110

Box

Oklahoma9170
WP - OK BP (1-0) LP - J.Sanchez (0-1)
HR: NJ: J.Bay (1), M.Mora (1); OK: M.Holliday 2 (3), G.Soto (3), C.Guillen (1)
Oklahoma leads 3-1
 
 RHE 
Motley10140

Box

Bedrock270
WP - J.Weaver (1-0) LP - A.Burnett (0-1)
HR: Mot: D.Pedroia (2), V.Guerrero (1), C.Ross (3)
Bedrock leads 3-1
 

5

 RHE 
NJ880

Box

Oklahoma6100
WP - A.Pettitte (1-0) LP - A.Harang (0-1)
HR: NJ: M.Ramirez (2), C.Delgado (4); OK: M.Aviles (2)
Oklahoma leads 3-2
 
 RHE 
Motley3110

Box

Bedrock480
WP - F.Liriano (1-0) LP - J.Beckett (0-1)
HR: Mot: H.Ramirez (1), C.Granderson (1)
Bedrock wins series 4-1
 

6

 RHE 
Oklahoma4102

Box

NJ6100
WP - NJ BP (1-0) LP - OK BP (1-1)
HR: OK: A.Huff (1); NJ: I.Rodriguez (1)
Series tied 3-3
 
 

7

 RHE 
Oklahoma480

Box

NJ380
WP - J.Danks (2-0) LP - NJ BP (1-1)
HR: OK: C.Gomez (1)
Oklahoma wins series 4-3
 
 
     

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
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