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 2025 Entrants (in order of seeding):
Bannack Montana (62-58)
Vin's (53-67)
Azilum (52-68)
Blair (53-67)
Semifinals - Blair vs. Bannack Montana; Azilum vs. Vin's
Bannack Montana won 4 games to 3
Vin's won 4 games to 3
Finals - Vin's vs. Bannack Montana
Season series: Bannack Montana won 4-2
2025 Gore Cup Winner - Vin's won 4 games to 1
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Finals
Game Vin's vs. Bannack Montana
1
R H E Vin's 2 3 0 Box
Bannack Montana 1 5 0 WP - N.Eovaldi (1-0) LP - BM BP (0-1) HR: Vin: J.Adell (1) Vin's leads 1-0
2
R H E Vin's 3 8 1 Box
Bannack Montana 2 5 3 WP - S.Kolek (1-0) LP - BM BP (0-2) HR: Vin: B.Witt Jr. (1), Y.Diaz (1) Vin's leads 2-0
3
R H E Bannack Montana 7 9 0 Box
Vin's 5 10 0 WP - B.Woo (1-0) LP - M.Keller (0-1) HR: BM: J.Naylor (1), W.Adames (1); Vin: J.Adell (2), I.Happ (1), Y.Diaz (2) Vin's leads 2-1
4
R H E Bannack Montana 3 11 0 Box
Vin's 5 7 2 WP - P.Corbin (1-0) LP - M.Boyd (0-1) HR: BM: F.Tatis (1), J.Polanco (1), C.Montgomery (1); Vin: J.Adell (3) Vin's leads 3-1
5
R H E Bannack Montana 2 7 0 Box
Vin's 5 9 0 WP - D.Martin (1-0) LP - R.Suarez (0-1) HR: BM: A.Del Castillo (1); Vin: J.Ramirez (1), F.Freeman (1), I.Happ (2) Vin's wins series 4-1
6
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Semifinals
Game Semifinal One Semifinal Two
1
R H E Blair 2 6 0 Box
Bannack Montana 3 5 2 WP - B.Woodruff (1-0) LP - P.Skenes (0-1) HR: Bla: C.Yelich (1); BM: Z.McKinstry (1) Bannack Montana leads 1-0
R H E Azilum 4 7 2 Box
Vin's 5 10 0 WP - Vin BP (1-0) LP - L.Webb (0-1) HR: Az: K.Carpenter (1); Vin: F.Freeman (1), K.Stowers (1) Vin's leads 1-0
2
R H E Blair 3 6 0 Box
Bannack Montana 1 9 0 WP - T.Bibee (1-0) LP - S.Imanaga (0-1) HR: BM: J.Naylor (1), W.Adames (1) Series tied 1-1
R H E Azilum 3 6 0 Box
Vin's 5 12 2 WP - S.Kolek (1-0) LP - C.Holmes (0-1) HR: Vin: F.Freeman (2) Vin's leads 2-0
3
R H E Bannack Montana 6 6 2 Box
Blair 2 4 4 WP - B.Woo (1-0) LP - S.Lugo (0-1) HR: BM: J.Naylor (2), W.Adames (2); Bla: C.Yelich (2) Bannack Montana leads 2-1
R H E Vin's 4 7 0 Box
Azilum 5 13 1 WP - C.Sanchez (1-0) LP - Vin BP (1-1) HR: Vin: B.Witt Jr. (1), J.Ramirez (1), N.Lukes (1); Az: G.Stanton (1), A.Judge (1) Vin's leads 2-1
4
R H E Bannack Montana 3 9 3 Box
Blair 5 7 0 WP - Bla BP (1-0) LP - M.Boyd (0-1) HR: Bla: C.Yelich (3) Series tied 2-2
R H E Vin's 3 4 0 Box
Azilum 6 14 0 WP - R.Ray (1-0) LP - P.Corbin (0-1) HR: Az: X.Bogaerts (1), S.Langeliers (1), J.Smith (1) Series tied 2-2
5
R H E Bannack Montana 2 6 2 Box
Blair 3 10 2 WP - Bla BP (2-0) LP - BM BP (0-1) HR: none Blair leads 3-2
R H E Vin's 5 7 1 Box
Azilum 1 6 2 WP - Y.Kikuchi (1-0) LP - J.Quintana (0-1) HR: Vin: J.Adell (1); Az: R.Devers (1) Vin's leads 3-2
6
R H E Blair 1 7 0 Box
Bannack Montana 5 10 0 WP - B.Woodruff (2-0) LP - P.Skenes (0-2) HR: none Series tied 3-3
R H E Azilum 5 7 0 Box
Vin's 2 6 0 WP - L.Webb (1-1) LP - D.Martin (0-1) HR: Az: R.Devers (2), A.Judge (2); Vin: B.Witt Jr. (2) Series tied 3-3
7
R H E Blair 6 5 1 Box
Bannack Montana 7 5 2 WP - S.Imanaga (1-1) LP - T.Bibee (1-1) HR: Bla: O.Cruz (1), C.Yelich (4), R.Lewis (1); BM: L.Butler (1), C.Montgomery (1) Bannack Montana wins series 4-3
R H E Azilum 4 10 0 Box
Vin's 5 11 0 WP - S.Kolek (2-0) LP - C.Holmes (0-2) HR: Az: R.Devers (3), A.Judge (3); Vin: J.Adell (2), I.Happ (1) Vin's wins series 4-3
