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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 2019 Entrants (in order of seeding): 
          
            - Bloom County (85-65)
 
            - Blast (76-74)
 
            - Random (76-74)
 
            - The not so Grateful (74-76)
 
           
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           Semifinals - The not so Grateful vs. Bloom County; Random vs. Blast 
            
		  Bloom County won 4 games to 3
		   Blast won 4 games to 2
             
          Finals - Blast vs. Bloom County 
		  Season series: Blast won 4-2 
          2019 Gore Cup Winner - Blast won 4 games to 3 
            
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                    Finals
                    
                      
      
        
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          Blast vs. Bloom County | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Blast | 2 | 7 | 1 | Box  |  | Bloom County | 11 | 10 | 0 |  WP - J.Musgrove (1-0)  LP - Bla BP (0-1) HR: Bla: T.Pham (1); BC: J.Ramirez 2 (2), A.Aquino (1), A.Bregman (1), G.Sanchez (1), E.Jimenez (1) Bloom County leads 1-0 |   
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Blast | 2 | 5 | 0 | Box  |  | Bloom County | 3 | 2 | 0 |  WP - K.Maeda (1-0)  LP - C.Morton (0-1) HR: none Bloom County leads 2-0 |   
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Bloom County | 5 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Blast | 6 | 8 | 1 |  WP - Bla BP (1-1)  LP - M.Boyd (0-1) HR: Bla: R.Laureano (1), M.Olson (1) Bloom County leads 2-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Bloom County | 3 | 6 | 1 | Box  |  | Blast | 4 | 6 | 0 |  WP - C.Hamels (1-0)  LP - D.Price (0-1) HR: BC: C.Walker (1); Bla: M.Olson (2), R.Hoskins 2 (2) Series tied 2-2 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Bloom County | 6 | 8 | 1 | Box  |  | Blast | 4 | 5 | 1 |  WP - BC BP (1-0)  LP - T.Gonsolin (0-1) HR: BC: F.Freeman (1), C.Walker (2); Bla: Y.Gurriel (1) Bloom County leads 3-2 |   
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Blast | 4 | 5 | 2 | Box  |  | Bloom County | 3 | 6 | 0 |  WP - P.Corbin (1-0)  LP - J.Musgrove (1-1) HR: Bla: M.Olson 2 (4), R.Hoskins (3), Y.Gurriel (2) Series tied 3-3 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Blast | 6 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | Bloom County | 5 | 10 | 0 |  WP - C.Morton (1-1)  LP - K.Maeda (1-1) HR: Bla: M.Yastrzemski (1), M.Chapman (1); BC: F.Freeman (2), A.Gordon (1) Blast wins series 4-3 |   
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                    Semifinals
                    
                      
      
        
          | Game | 
          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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           1  | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | The not so Grateful | 5 | 15 | 2 | Box  |  | Bloom County | 4 | 10 | 2 |  WP - L.Lynn (1-0)  LP - J.Musgrove (0-1) HR: TNSG: H.Pence (1); BC: A.Aquino (1), E.Jimenez (1) The not so Grateful leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Random | 8 | 11 | 2 | Box  |  | Blast | 6 | 11 | 1 |  WP - Ran BP (1-0)  LP - P.Corbin (0-1) HR: Ran: T.Anderson (1), J.Donaldson (1), J.Baez (1), T.d'Arnaud (1); Bla: D.LeMahieu 2 (2) Random leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | The not so Grateful | 6 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Bloom County | 4 | 2 | 0 |  WP - TNSG BP (1-0)  LP - J.Yamamoto (0-1) HR: TNSG: M.Semien (1) The not so Grateful leads 2-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Random | 4 | 7 | 1 | Box  |  | Blast | 5 | 11 | 0 |  WP - C.Morton (1-0)  LP - Ran BP (1-1) HR: Ran: R.Grichuk (1); Bla: R.Laureano (1), M.Olson (1), R.Hoskins (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Bloom County | 5 | 6 | 3 | Box  |  | The not so Grateful | 4 | 11 | 2 |  WP - M.Boyd (1-0)  LP - C.Sabathia (0-1) HR: BC: J.McNeil (1); TNSG: M.Semien (2), E.Hosmer 2 (2) The not so Grateful leads 2-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Blast | 6 | 15 | 1 | Box  |  | Random | 4 | 6 | 0 |  WP - Bla BP (1-0)  LP - Ran BP (1-2) HR: Bla: R.Laureano (2), R.Hoskins (2), M.Chapman (1) Blast leads 2-1 |      | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Bloom County | 2 | 7 | 3 | Box  |  | The not so Grateful | 3 | 4 | 2 |  WP - B.Keller (1-0)  LP - D.Price (0-1) HR: BC: J.Ramirez (1) The not so Grateful leads 3-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Blast | 1 | 4 | 0 | Box  |  | Random | 0 | 5 | 0 |  WP - C.Hamels (1-0)  LP - Ran BP (1-3) HR: Ran: F.Lindor (1), T.d'Arnaud (2) Blast leads 3-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Bloom County | 6 | 3 | 0 | Box  |  | The not so Grateful | 0 | 3 | 1 |  WP - Z.Plesac (1-0)  LP - L.Webb (0-1) HR: BC: E.Jimenez (2); TNSG: M.Garver (1) The not so Grateful leads 3-2 |      | 
          
          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Blast | 3 | 4 | 0 | Box  |  | Random | 4 | 6 | 0 |  WP - M.Kelly (1-0)  LP - T.Gonsolin (0-1) HR: Ran: F.Lindor (2), R.Grichuk (2) Blast leads 3-2 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | The not so Grateful | 4 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Bloom County | 7 | 7 | 1 |  WP - BC BP (1-0)  LP - TNSG BP (1-1) HR: TNSG: L.Gurriel (1), J.Soler (1); BC: A.Aquino (2), A.Bregman (1), G.Sanchez (1) Series tied 3-3 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Random | 3 | 5 | 0 | Box  |  | Blast | 7 | 9 | 0 |  WP - P.Corbin (1-1)  LP - A.DeSclafani (0-1) HR: Ran: R.Grichuk (3); Bla: W.Ramos (1) Blast wins series 4-2 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | The not so Grateful | 3 | 10 | 2 | Box  |  | Bloom County | 6 | 8 | 1 |  WP - K.Maeda (1-0)  LP - J.Vargas (0-1) HR: TNSG: M.Garver 2 (3) Bloom County wins series 4-3 |      | 
          
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