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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):

  • Hoboken (85-65) - Last season's Martin Conference champion
  • Dinkytown (84-64) - Late season push and tiebreaker put them here over Lake Wobegon
  • Kansas City (79-71) - Highest finish ever for the franchise
  • Los Anaheim (72-78) - Last year's Lennon Division champion slipped back a bit.

 

Semifinals - Los Anaheim vs. Hoboken; Kansas City vs. Dinkytown

 

Finals - Los Anaheim vs. Dinkytown - Dinkytown won the season series 8-4

 

2008 Gore Cup Winner - Los Anaheim in 5 Games

 

Playoffs main page

Finals

Game Los Anaheim vs. Dinkytown

1
 RHE 
Los Anaheim4111

Box

Dinkytown371
WP - J.Garland (1-0) LP - C.Sabathia (0-1)
HR: Dink: J.LaRue (1)
Los Anaheim leads 1-0
 

2
Extra InningsRHE 
Los Anaheim5150

Box

Dinkytown481
WP - LA BP (1-0) LP - Dink BP (0-1)
HR: LA: N.Swisher (1); Dink: R.Braun (1), J.Thome (1)
Los Anaheim leads 2-0
 

3
 RHE 
Dinkytown6110

Box

Los Anaheim361
WP - F.Hernandez (1-0) LP - A.Cook (0-1)
HR: Dink: J.Thome (2), J.LaRue (2)
Los Anaheim leads 2-1
 

4
 RHE 
Dinkytown142

Box

Los Anaheim284
WP - E.Santana (1-0) LP - Dink BP (0-2)
HR: none
Los Anaheim leads 3-1
 

5
 RHE 
Dinkytown4110

Box

Los Anaheim5100
WP - E.Bedard (1-0) LP - I.Snell (0-1)
HR: Dink: G.Sizemore (1); LA: N.Swisher (2), G.Soto (1)
Los Anaheim wins series 4-1
 

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Semifinals

Game Semifinal One Semifinal Two

1
Extra InningsRHE 
Los Anaheim441

Box

Hoboken370
WP - Garland (1-0) LP - Hob BP (0-1)
HR: LA: Victorino (1); Hob: Dunn (1)
Los Anaheim leads 1-0
 
 RHE 
Kansas City390

Box

Dinkytown570
WP - Dink BP (1-0) LP - Wainwright (0-1)
HR: none
Dinkytown leads 1-0
 

2
 RHE 
Los Anaheim270

Box

Hoboken990
WP - J.Guthrie (1-0) LP - J.Contreras (0-1)
HR: LA: Soto (1); Hob: Dunn (2), LaRoche 2 (2)
Series tied 1-1
 
 RHE 
Kansas City7101

Box

Dinkytown9130
WP - Dink BP (2-0) LP - Z.Greinke (0-1)
HR: KC: Pence (1); Dink: Lopez (1), Hunter 2 (2)
Dinkytown leads 2-0
 

3
 RHE 
Hoboken591

Box

Los Anaheim1082
WP - LA BP (1-0) LP - S.Baker (0-1)
HR: Hob: X.Nady (1); LA: S.Victorino (2), B.Harris (1), N.Swisher (1)
Los Anaheim leads 2-1
 
 RHE 
Dinkytown580

Box

Kansas City482
WP - F.Hernandez (1-0) LP - K.Lohse (0-1)
HR: Dink: J.Lopez (2), D.Span (1)
Dinkytown leads 3-0
 

4
 RHE 
Hoboken360

Box

Los Anaheim7133
WP - LA BP (2-0) LP - Hob BP (0-2)
HR: LA: R.Ibanez (1)
Los Anaheim leads 3-1
 
 RHE 
Dinkytown4120

Box

Kansas City160
WP - J.Litsch (1-0) LP - KC BP (0-1)
HR: Dink: M.Young (1), R.Braun (1)
Dinkytown wins series 4-0
 

5
 RHE 
Hoboken570

Box

Los Anaheim451
WP - Hob BP (1-2) LP - K.Davies (0-1)
HR: Hob: R.Hernandez (1); LA: N.Swisher (2)
Los Anaheim leads 3-2
 		  

6
 RHE 
Los Anaheim4122

Box

Hoboken11140
WP - J.Santana (1-0) LP - J.Garland (1-1)
HR: LA: R.Ibanez (2), D.Murphy (1); Hob: H.Ramirez (1), X.Nady (1), B.Phillips (1)
Series tied 3-3
 		  

7
 RHE 
Los Anaheim7110

Box

Hoboken471
WP - LA BP (3-0) LP - J.Guthrie (1-1)
HR: LA: J.Hairston Jr. (1); Hob: A.Dunn (3)
Los Anaheim wins series 4-3
 		  
     

 

 

 

  
 
 
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