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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 2013 Entrants (in order of seeding): 
          
            - SGV (80-70) 
 
            - California (77-73) 
 
            - NYC2ATL (75-75) 
 
            - Philadelphia (72-78) 
 
           
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           Semifinals - Philadelphia vs SGV; NYC2ATL vs California 
            
          Finals - NYC2ATL vs SGV - Season series: Split 6-6 
            
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                    Finals
                    
                      
      
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | NYC2ATL | 4 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | SGV | 6 | 7 | 0 |  WP - F.Liriano (1-0)  LP - D.Gee (0-1) HR: NYC: C.Crisp (1); SGV: W.Venable (1), D.Jennings (1) SGV leads 1-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | NYC2ATL | 5 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | SGV | 0 | 12 | 1 |  WP - I.Nova (1-0)  LP - J.Parker (0-1) HR: NYC: C.Crisp (2) Series tied 1-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | SGV | 2 | 8 | 2 | Box  |  | NYC2ATL | 6 | 13 | 1 |  WP - K.Medlen (1-0)  LP - SGV BP (0-1) HR: SGV: D.Jennings (2); NYC: S.Choo (1), C.Crisp (3), B.Dozier (1) NYC2ATL leads 2-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | SGV | 4 | 9 | 3 | Box  |  | NYC2ATL | 9 | 13 | 0 |  WP - NYC BP (1-0)  LP - I.Kennedy (0-1) HR: SGV: A.Simmons 2 (2); NYC: C.Carter (1), A.Ellis (1) NYC2ATL leads 3-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | SGV | 1 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | NYC2ATL | 4 | 8 | 1 |  WP - J.Masterson (1-0)  LP - C.Kluber (0-1) HR: SGV: A.Gonzalez (1), C.Utley 2 (2); NYC: J.Reyes (1) NYC2ATL wins series 4-1 |   
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                    Semifinals
                    
                      
      
        
          | Game | 
          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Philadelphia | 2 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | SGV | 5 | 10 | 0 |  WP - F.Liriano (1-0)  LP - S.Strasburg (0-1) HR: Phil: P.Alvarez (1), M.Napoli (1), D.Ortiz (1); SGV: W.Venable (1) SGV leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | NYC2ATL | 0 | 12 | 0 | Box  |  | California | 1 | 9 | 0 |  WP - C.Kershaw (1-0)  LP - NYC BP (0-1) HR: Cal: M.Trumbo (1) California leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Philadelphia | 4 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | SGV | 7 | 4 | 1 |  WP - J.Parker (1-0)  LP - C.Lee (0-1) HR: SGV: A.Simmons (1), A.Gordon (1), W.Ramos (1) SGV leads 2-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | NYC2ATL | 8 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | California | 3 | 5 | 2 |  WP - NYC BP (1-1)  LP - Cal BP (0-1) HR: NYC: S.Choo (1), A.Rios (1), E.Encarnacion (1), C.Carter (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | SGV | 3 | 10 | 1 | Box  |  | Philadelphia | 4 | 5 | 1 |  WP - D.Fister (1-0)  LP - S.Feldman (0-1) HR: SGV: C.Utley (1) SGV leads 2-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | California | 4 | 10 | 2 | Box  |  | NYC2ATL | 3 | 9 | 0 |  WP - C.Hamels (1-0)  LP - K.Medlen (0-1) HR: Cal: B.McCann (1), M.Trumbo (2) California leads 2-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | SGV | 3 | 13 | 0 | Box  |  | Philadelphia | 4 | 13 | 0 |  WP - M.Buehrle (1-0)  LP - SGV BP (0-1) HR: SGV: M.Prado (1), A.Simmons (2); Phil: D.Lough (1), T.Hunter (1) Series tied 2-2 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | California | 0 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | NYC2ATL | 6 | 12 | 1 |  WP - W.Peralta (1-0)  LP - Cal BP (0-2) HR: Cal: M.Byrd (1) Series tied 2-2 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | SGV | 7 | 12 | 1 | Box  |  | Philadelphia | 1 | 9 | 3 |  WP - C.Kluber (1-0)  LP - B.Norris (0-1) HR: none SGV leads 3-2 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | California | 10 | 16 | 0 | Box  |  | NYC2ATL | 2 | 8 | 1 |  WP - C.Archer (1-0)  LP - J.Masterson (0-1) HR: Cal: M.Byrd (2), P.Fielder (1), B.McCann (2), M.Trumbo (3), A.Hill (1) California leads 3-2 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Philadelphia | 3 | 3 | 0 | Box  |  | SGV | 4 | 12 | 0 |  WP - F.Liriano (2-0)  LP - S.Strasburg (0-2) HR: Phil: D.Ortiz (2) SGV wins series 4-2 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | NYC2ATL | 2 | 6 | 1 | Box  |  | California | 1 | 4 | 2 |  WP - D.Gee (1-0)  LP - Cal BP (0-3) HR: NYC: D.Murphy (1); Cal: M.Byrd (3) Series tied 3-3 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | NYC2ATL | 7 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | California | 1 | 7 | 0 |  WP - I.Nova (1-0)  LP - M.Cain (0-1) HR: none NYC2ATL wins series 4-3 |      | 
         
        
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