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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):
- Santa Ana (85-66) - After losing the division tiebreaker, can
they rebound for a Gore Cup win (runner up last year).
- Orange (74-76) - Improved one place and 17 wins from 2007
- Forest City (70-80) - Maybe never had a chance against St.
Cloud? Here's a chance at some redemption.
- Beachwood (66-84) - New owner improved from last season's
100-loss record.
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Semifinals - Beachwood vs. Santa Ana; Forest City vs. Orange
Finals - Orange vs. Santa Ana - Orange won the season series 4-2.
2008 Gore Cup Winner - Santa Ana in 7 Games
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Finals
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Orange vs. Santa Ana |
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| | R | H | E | | | Orange | 1 | 10 | 2 | Box | | Santa Ana | 11 | 10 | 0 | WP - J.Peavy (1-0) LP - J.Washburn (0-1)
HR: Org: M.Byrd (1), Y.Betancourt (1); SA: D.Pedroia (1)
Santa Ana leads 1-0 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Orange | 4 | 8 | 0 | Box | | Santa Ana | 6 | 7 | 0 | WP - C.Zambrano (1-0) LP - J.Verlander (0-1)
HR: SA: J.Bay (1), A.Ramirez (1)
Santa Ana leads 2-0 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Santa Ana | 5 | 8 | 0 | Box | | Orange | 6 | 11 | 0 | WP - Org BP (1-0) LP - S.Baker (0-1)
HR: SA: C.Coste (1)
Santa Ana leads 2-1 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Santa Ana | 5 | 12 | 2 | Box | | Orange | 6 | 10 | 0 | WP - I.Snell (1-0) LP - J.Blanton (0-1)
HR: SA: A.Dunn (1), C.Jackson (1)
Series tied 2-2 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Santa Ana | 4 | 11 | 1 | Box | | Orange | 2 | 4 | 2 | WP - R.Wolf (1-0) LP - K.Lohse (0-1)
HR: none
Santa Ana leads 3-2 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Orange | 7 | 9 | 1 | Box | | Santa Ana | 4 | 11 | 0 | WP - B.Colon (1-0) LP - J.Peavy (1-1)
HR: Org: M.Thames (1), G.Soto (1)
Series tied 3-3 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Orange | 3 | 11 | 0 | Box | | Santa Ana | 6 | 13 | 0 | WP - C.Zambrano (2-0) LP - Org BP (1-1)
HR: Org: M.Bradley (1), R.Cano (1); SA: D.Pedroia (2), M.DeRosa (1), C.Coste (2)
Santa Ana wins series 4-3 |
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Semifinals
| Game |
Semifinal One |
Semifinal Two |
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| | R | H | E | | | Beachwood | 2 | 8 | 3 | Box | | Santa Ana | 8 | 16 | 0 | WP - Peavy (1-0) LP - Bea BP (0-1)
HR: SA: Pedroia (1)
Santa Ana leads 1-0 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Forest City | 6 | 10 | 2 | Box | | Orange | 9 | 14 | 2 | WP - Washburn (1-0) LP - Hernandez (0-1)
HR: FC: Braun (1); Or: Soto (1)
Orange leads 1-0 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Beachwood | 5 | 8 | 2 | Box | | Santa Ana | 9 | 17 | 1 | WP - SA BP (1-0) LP - Bch BP (0-2)
HR: SA: Guzman (1)
Santa Ana leads 2-0 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Forest City | 4 | 5 | 2 | Box | | Orange | 5 | 12 | 0 | WP - Org BP (1-0) LP - R.Dempster (0-1)
HR: FC: Braun (2); Or: Ramirez (1)
Orange leads 2-0 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Santa Ana | 4 | 10 | 0 | Box | | Beachwood | 5 | 6 | 2 | WP - J.Chamberlain (1-0) LP - S.Baker (0-1)
HR: SA: O.Infante (1); Bch: K.Matsui (1)
Santa Ana leads 2-1 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Orange | 4 | 4 | 2 | Box | | Forest City | 7 | 13 | 0 | WP - FC BP (1-0) LP - J.Weaver (0-1)
HR: Org: C.Lee (1)
Orange leads 2-1 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Santa Ana | 8 | 11 | 1 | Box | | Beachwood | 7 | 9 | 3 | WP - SA BP (2-0) LP - H.Kuroda (0-1)
HR: SA: C.Jackson (1)
Santa Ana leads 3-1 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Orange | 3 | 7 | 1 | Box | | Forest City | 10 | 10 | 0 | WP - N.Blackburn (1-0) LP - I.Snell (0-1)
HR: Org: A.Ramirez (2), M.Thames (1); FC: R.Braun (3)
Series tied 2-2 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Santa Ana | 4 | 14 | 0 | Box | | Beachwood | 7 | 12 | 4 | WP - J.Litsch (1-0) LP - R.Wolf (0-1)
HR: SA: M.DeRosa (1); Bch: A.Soriano (1), K.Matsui (2), D.Wright (1)
Santa Ana leads 3-2 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Orange | 8 | 11 | 1 | Box | | Forest City | 5 | 10 | 0 | WP - Org BP (2-0) LP - J.Francis (0-1)
HR: Org: C.Lee (2), M.Thames (2); FC: J.Thome (1)
Orange leads 3-2 |
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| Extra Innings | R | H | E | | | Beachwood | 6 | 10 | 3 | Box | | Santa Ana | 7 | 8 | 1 | WP - SA BP (3-0) LP - M.Buehrle (0-1)
HR: none
Santa Ana wins series 4-2 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Forest City | 1 | 4 | 1 | Box | | Orange | 6 | 9 | 0 | WP - J.Washburn (2-0) LP - F.Hernandez (0-2)
HR: FC: J.Thome (2); Org: A.Ramirez (3), C.Beltran 2 (2), M.Thames (2)
Orange wins series 4-2 |
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