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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 2010 Entrants (in order of seeding): 
          
            - California (86-64)
 
            - Princeton (85-65)
 
            - Savin Hill (73-77)
 
            - Stillwater (69-81)
 
           
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           Semifinals - Stillwater vs California; Savin Hill vs Princeton 
            
          Finals - Princeton vs California - Split the season series 3-3 
            
            
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                    Finals
                    
                      
      
        
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          Princeton vs. California | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Princeton | 0 | 9 | 2 | Box  |  | California | 5 | 8 | 2 |  WP - J.Happ (1-0)  LP - J.Weaver (0-1) HR: Cal: T.Tulowitzki (1) California leads 1-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Princeton | 2 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | California | 4 | 9 | 0 |  WP - B.Duensing (1-0)  LP - Pri BP (0-1) HR: Cal: G.Sanchez (1), A.Ethier (1), L.Scott (1) California leads 2-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | California | 2 | 7 | 1 | Box  |  | Princeton | 6 | 12 | 0 |  WP - D.Hudson (1-0)  LP - T.Hudson (0-1) HR: Cal: B.Zobrist (1); Pri: M.Byrd (1), J.Bartlett (1) California leads 2-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | California | 4 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | Princeton | 6 | 7 | 1 |  WP - R.Dempster (1-0)  LP - M.Latos (0-1) HR: Cal: G.Sanchez (2), Y.Torrealba (1); Pri: C.Quentin (1) Series tied 2-2 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | California | 5 | 12 | 0 | Box  |  | Princeton | 4 | 5 | 1 |  WP - S.Marcum (1-0)  LP - Pri BP (0-2) HR: Cal: T.Tulowitzki 2 (3), A.Ethier (1), N.Cruz (1); Pri: P.Konerko (1) California leads 3-2 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Princeton | 5 | 6 | 1 | Box  |  | California | 1 | 6 | 0 |  WP - J.Weaver (1-1)  LP - Cal BP (0-1) HR: Pri: P.Konerko 2 (3), C.Blake (1) Series tied 3-3 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Princeton | 4 | 8 | 2 | Box  |  | California | 6 | 6 | 0 |  WP - Cal BP (1-1)  LP - C.Hamels (0-1) HR: Pri: J.Wilson (1); Cal: Y.Torrealba (1) California wins series 4-3 |   
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                    Semifinals
                    
                      
      
        
          | Game | 
          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Stillwater | 0 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | California | 7 | 8 | 0 |  WP - J.Happ (1-0)  LP - R.Halladay (0-1) HR: Cal: M.Reynolds (1) California leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Savin Hill | 2 | 4 | 0 | Box  |  | Princeton | 4 | 6 | 0 |  WP - J.Weaver (1-0)  LP - J.Lester (0-1) HR: SH: J.Loney (1); Pri: P.Konerko (1) Princeton leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Stillwater | 2 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | California | 10 | 11 | 1 |  WP - R.Dickey (1-0)  LP - J.Francis (0-1) HR: Cal: T.Tulowitzki 2 (2), A.Ethier (1), N.Cruz 2 (2) California leads 2-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Savin Hill | 0 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Princeton | 5 | 10 | 0 |  WP - C.Hamels (1-0)  LP - SH BP (0-1) HR: SH: B.Abreu (1) Princeton leads 2-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | California | 4 | 9 | 1 | Box  |  | Stillwater | 3 | 12 | 0 |  WP - T.Hudson (1-0)  LP - Stil BP (0-1) HR: Cal: A.Pagan (1), J.Uribe (1) California leads 3-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Princeton | 2 | 5 | 0 | Box  |  | Savin Hill | 6 | 6 | 0 |  WP - D.Braden (1-0)  LP - D.Hudson (0-1) HR: Pri: P.Konerko (2) Princeton leads 2-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | California | 4 | 4 | 0 | Box  |  | Stillwater | 2 | 10 | 1 |  WP - M.Latos (1-0)  LP - Stil BP (0-2) HR: Cal: T.Tulowitzki (3); Stil: K.Johnson (1) California wins series 4-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Princeton | 4 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Savin Hill | 7 | 11 | 0 |  WP - SH BP (1-1)  LP - R.Dempster (0-1) HR: SH: B.Abreu (2), V.Martinez (1), C.Crisp (1) Series tied 2-2 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Princeton | 6 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Savin Hill | 1 | 5 | 1 |  WP - B.Myers (1-0)  LP - V.Mazzaro (0-1) HR: Pri: M.Prado (1), K.Suzuki (1) Princeton leads 3-2 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Savin Hill | 2 | 8 | 2 | Box  |  | Princeton | 3 | 4 | 0 |  WP - J.Weaver (2-0)  LP - J.Lester (0-2) HR: SH: J.Votto (1); Pri: C.Blake (1) Princeton wins series 4-2 |      | 
         
        
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