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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 2016 Entrants (in order of seeding): 
          
            - Barnyard (86-64)
 
            - Death Valley (81-69)
 
            - Maryland (80-70)
 
            - Florida (78-72)
 
           
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           Semifinals - Florida vs. Barnyard; Maryland vs. Death Valley 
            
		  Barnyard won 4 games to 3
		   Death Valley won 4 games to 2
             
          Finals - Death Valley vs. Barnyard 
		  Season series: Barnyard won 5-1 
          2016 Gore Cup Winner - Barnyard won 4 games to 2 
            
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                    Finals
                    
                      
      
        
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          Death Valley vs. Barnyard | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Death Valley | 2 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Barnyard | 6 | 13 | 2 |  WP - J.Lester (1-0)  LP - B.Peacock (0-1) HR: DV: J.Bautista (1); Barn: R.Grichuk (1), J.Abreu (1), J.Lamb (1), J.Bradley Jr. (1) Barnyard leads 1-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Death Valley | 2 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Barnyard | 1 | 6 | 0 |  WP - T.Bauer (1-0)  LP - M.Tanaka (0-1) HR: none Series tied 1-1 |   
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Barnyard | 5 | 12 | 0 | Box  |  | Death Valley | 4 | 8 | 0 |  WP - K.Maeda (1-0)  LP - DV BP (0-1) HR: Barn: R.Grichuk (2), J.Bradley Jr. (2); DV: M.Machado (1), D.Gregorius (1) Barnyard leads 2-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Barnyard | 3 | 7 | 2 | Box  |  | Death Valley | 6 | 7 | 0 |  WP - L.Perdomo (1-0)  LP - E.Rodriguez (0-1) HR: Barn: J.Abreu (2); DV: T.Turner (1), A.Pagan (1), J.Lucroy (1) Series tied 2-2 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Barnyard | 6 | 13 | 0 | Box  |  | Death Valley | 3 | 9 | 0 |  WP - Barn BP (1-0)  LP - T.Koehler (0-1) HR: Barn: J.Kipnis 2 (2), J.Upton (1); DV: T.Tulowitzki (1) Barnyard leads 3-2 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Death Valley | 3 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Barnyard | 7 | 8 | 0 |  WP - J.Lester (2-0)  LP - K.Gibson (0-1) HR: DV: J.Lucroy (2); Barn: R.Grichuk (3), C.Beltran (1), J.Lamb (2) Barnyard wins series 4-2 |   
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                    Semifinals
                    
                      
      
        
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          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Florida | 2 | 4 | 2 | Box  |  | Barnyard | 4 | 10 | 0 |  WP - J.Lester (1-0)  LP - M.Bumgarner (0-1) HR: Fla: B.Zobrist (1); Barn: J.Abreu (1), S.Vogt (1) Barnyard leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Maryland | 8 | 13 | 0 | Box  |  | Death Valley | 9 | 13 | 1 |  WP - K.Gibson (1-0)  LP - J.Teheran (0-1) HR: Md: E.Gattis (1), C.Davis (1), E.Inciarte (1), J.Ramirez (1); DV: T.Turner (1), J.Peraza (1), J.Lucroy (1), Y.Alonso (1) Death Valley leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Florida | 4 | 7 | 3 | Box  |  | Barnyard | 0 | 5 | 3 |  WP - J.Happ (1-0)  LP - M.Tanaka (0-1) HR: Fla: J.Baez (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Maryland | 4 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Death Valley | 5 | 12 | 1 |  WP - DV BP (1-0)  LP - M.Stroman (0-1) HR: Md: W.Contreras (1) Death Valley leads 2-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Barnyard | 3 | 9 | 2 | Box  |  | Florida | 6 | 8 | 2 |  WP - D.Duffy (1-0)  LP - K.Maeda (0-1) HR: Barn: J.Lamb (1); Fla: O.Herrera (1), B.Zobrist (2), Y.Grandal (1) Florida leads 2-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Death Valley | 3 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | Maryland | 0 | 5 | 0 |  WP - D.Pomeranz (1-0)  LP - Md BP (0-1) HR: DV: T.Tulowitzki (1); Md: E.Inciarte (2) Death Valley leads 3-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Barnyard | 8 | 14 | 0 | Box  |  | Florida | 2 | 7 | 1 |  WP - E.Rodriguez (1-0)  LP - F.Hernandez (0-1) HR: Barn: J.Kipnis (1), J.Upton (1); Fla: J.Pederson (1), T.Shaw (1) Series tied 2-2 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Death Valley | 2 | 5 | 4 | Box  |  | Maryland | 5 | 8 | 0 |  WP - K.Gausman (1-0)  LP - L.Perdomo (0-1) HR: DV: M.Machado (1); Md: C.Davis (2) Death Valley leads 3-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Barnyard | 1 | 7 | 3 | Box  |  | Florida | 5 | 8 | 3 |  WP - D.Bundy (1-0)  LP - Y.Darvish (0-1) HR: Barn: J.Upton (2); Fla: J.Pederson (2), M.Napoli (1), Y.Grandal (2) Florida leads 3-2 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Death Valley | 5 | 9 | 3 | Box  |  | Maryland | 6 | 14 | 1 |  WP - Md BP (1-1)  LP - DV BP (1-1) HR: DV: T.Tulowitzki (2), T.Naquin (1); Md: R.Cano (1) Death Valley leads 3-2 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Florida | 3 | 5 | 0 | Box  |  | Barnyard | 4 | 13 | 1 |  WP - J.Lester (2-0)  LP - Fla BP (0-1) HR: Fla: J.Pederson (3); Barn: R.Grichuk (1), C.Beltran (1), J.Bradley Jr. (1) Series tied 3-3 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Maryland | 5 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Death Valley | 6 | 9 | 5 |  WP - DV BP (2-1)  LP - M.Foltynewicz (0-1) HR: DV: J.Lucroy 2 (3) Death Valley wins series 4-2 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Florida | 2 | 6 | 1 | Box  |  | Barnyard | 3 | 11 | 2 |  WP - M.Tanaka (1-1)  LP - J.Happ (1-1) HR: Fla: B.Zobrist (3), M.Napoli (2) Barnyard wins series 4-3 |      | 
          
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