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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 2012 Entrants (in order of seeding): 
          
            - Clark's (84-66)
 
            - Cannonball (82-68)
 
            - Quahog (80-70)
 
            - Orange (74-76)
 
           
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           Semifinals - Orange vs Clark's; Quahog vs Cannonball 
            
          Finals - Orange vs Quahog - Quahog won the season series 5-1 
          2012 Gore Cup Winner - Quahog in 5 Games 
            
          Playoffs main page 
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                    Finals
                    
                      
      
        
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          Orange vs. Quahog | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Orange | 3 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Quahog | 5 | 7 | 1 |  WP - C.Kershaw (1-0)  LP - J.Weaver (0-1) HR: none Quahog leads 1-0 |   
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Orange | 7 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Quahog | 6 | 9 | 0 |  WP - C.Buchholz (1-0)  LP - C.Sabathia (0-1) HR: Org: A.De Aza (1), A.Ethier (1), J.Peralta (1); Qua: I.Kinsler (1), M.Cabrera 2 (2) Series tied 1-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Quahog | 4 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Orange | 3 | 10 | 0 |  WP - M.Bumgarner (1-0)  LP - B.McCarthy (0-1) HR: Qua: A.Ramirez (1); Org: A.Soriano (1) Quahog leads 2-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Quahog | 5 | 4 | 0 | Box  |  | Orange | 0 | 8 | 0 |  WP - A.Wainwright (1-0)  LP - R.Detwiler (0-1) HR: Qua: I.Kinsler (2) Quahog leads 3-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Quahog | 6 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Orange | 3 | 7 | 3 |  WP - D.Fister (1-0)  LP - C.Capuano (0-1) HR: Qua: M.Cabrera (3) Quahog wins series 4-1 |   
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                    Semifinals
                    
                      
      
        
          | Game | 
          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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           1  | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Orange | 6 | 8 | 1 | Box  |  | Clark's | 3 | 9 | 3 |  WP - J.Weaver (1-0)  LP - M.Cain (0-1) HR: Org: R.Cano (1), C.Johnson (1), A.Pierzynski (1) Orange leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Quahog | 4 | 15 | 1 | Box  |  | Cannonball | 2 | 13 | 2 |  WP - C.Kershaw (1-0)  LP - Can BP (0-1) HR: Qua: I.Kinsler (1), A.Ramirez (1); Can: M.Trout (1), C.Beltran (1) Quahog leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Orange | 3 | 10 | 1 | Box  |  | Clark's | 6 | 10 | 0 |  WP - K.Lohse (1-0)  LP - C.Buchholz (0-1) HR: Org: A.Soriano (1); Clk: D.Uggla (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Quahog | 7 | 9 | 1 | Box  |  | Cannonball | 8 | 7 | 1 |  WP - Can BP (1-1)  LP - C.Sabathia (0-1) HR: Qua: G.Stanton (1), A.Ramirez (2), B.Harper (1); Can: M.Trout (2), A.McCutchen (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Clark's | 1 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Orange | 2 | 6 | 4 |  WP - J.Karstens (1-0)  LP - Clk BP (0-1) HR: Org: D.Ortiz (1) Orange leads 2-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Cannonball | 6 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Quahog | 4 | 10 | 0 |  WP - F.Liriano (1-0)  LP - M.Bumgarner (0-1) HR: Qua: M.Cabrera 2 (2), F.Freeman (1) Cannonball leads 2-1 |      | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Clark's | 8 | 16 | 2 | Box  |  | Orange | 9 | 11 | 0 |  WP - Org BP (1-0)  LP - C.Richard (0-1) HR: Clk: A.Rios (1), B.Posey (1), J.Upton (1); Org: A.Soriano (2), A.Pierzynski (2) Orange leads 3-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Cannonball | 7 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Quahog | 3 | 8 | 1 |  WP - C.Villanueva (1-0)  LP - A.Wainwright (0-1) HR: Can: M.Trout (3), A.McCutchen (2), C.Beltran (2); Qua: G.Stanton (2) Cannonball leads 3-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Clark's | 6 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Orange | 5 | 9 | 0 |  WP - A.Harang (1-0)  LP - C.Capuano (0-1) HR: Clk: B.Posey (2), E.Aybar (1); Org: R.Cano (2), D.Ortiz (2), J.Peralta (1) Orange leads 3-2 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Cannonball | 3 | 9 | 1 | Box  |  | Quahog | 5 | 17 | 0 |  WP - D.Fister (1-0)  LP - R.Dickey (0-1) HR: Can: A.McCutchen (3); Qua: M.Cabrera (3) Cannonball leads 3-2 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Orange | 5 | 8 | 1 | Box  |  | Clark's | 4 | 7 | 0 |  WP - Org BP (2-0)  LP - Clk BP (0-2) HR: Org: R.Cano 2 (4), I.Davis 2 (2), J.Peralta (2); Clk: A.Jones (1) Orange wins series 4-2 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Quahog | 5 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | Cannonball | 2 | 6 | 2 |  WP - C.Kershaw (2-0)  LP - Can BP (1-2) HR: Qua: G.Stanton (3), F.Freeman (2) Series tied 3-3 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Quahog | 6 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | Cannonball | 4 | 7 | 2 |  WP - C.Sabathia (1-1)  LP - B.Beavan (0-1) HR: Qua: A.Escobar 2 (2); Can: M.Trout (4), A.McCutchen (4), P.Alvarez (1) Quahog wins series 4-3 |      | 
         
        
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