The Best of the Worst
The Bottom Feeder Open - playing for pride and a few bucks.
A small taste of post season baseball as the third and fourth place
teams get a chance to play a few more games. Teams are ranked
1-8, based on season record and play a 3-game quarterfinal series.
Winners are re-seeded and play a 3-game semifinal.
The two remaining teams square off in a best-of-five finals.
The winner receives a bonus of 500,000 Benchwarmer Bucks.
The runner-up gets 250,000.
2009 Finals: 25th St Shelter (70-80) vs. Federal Reserve (84-66)
Season series: Tied 3-3
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Finals
Game 25th Street Shelter vs. Federal
Reserve
1
R H E 25th St Shelter 4 1 3 Box
Federal Reserve 5 9 1 WP - FR BP (1-0) LP - T.Lincecum (0-1) HR: FR: Y.Escobar (1) Federal Reserve leads 1-0
2
R H E 25th St Shelter 4 9 0 Box
Federal Reserve 2 7 1 WP - M.Cain (1-0) LP - R.Nolasco (0-1) HR: FR: M.Cabrera (1) Series tied 1-1
3
R H E Federal Reserve 2 5 0 Box
25th St Shelter 3 7 1 WP - W.Rodriguez (1-0) LP - FR BP (1-1) HR: FR: S.Rolen (1); 25th: C.Ross (1) 25th St Shelter leads 2-1
4
R H E Federal Reserve 7 6 0 Box
25th St Shelter 3 7 3 WP - K.Millwood (1-0) LP - J.Pineiro (0-1) HR: FR: J.Willingham (1) Series tied 2-2
5
R H E 25th St Shelter 3 10 0 Box
Federal Reserve 6 11 0 WP - C.Carpenter (1-0) LP - D.Lowe (0-1) HR: 25th: A.Callaspo (1), R.Barajas (1); FR: A.Dunn (1), H.Kendrick (1) Federal Reserve wins series 3-2
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Semifinals
Game Semifinal One Semifinal Two
1
R H E Budapest 3 9 2 Box
Federal Reserve 6 11 0 WP - K.Millwood (1-0) LP - C.Tillman (0-1) HR: Bud: A.McCutchen (1), M.Kemp (1), L.Scott (1); FR: H.Kendrick (1) Federal Reserve leads 1-0
R H E 25th St Shelter 7 7 1 Box
California 5 9 2 WP - 25th BP (1-0) LP - J.Shields (0-1) HR: 25th: B.Ryan (1), H.Matsui (1) 25th St Shelter leads 1-0
2
R H E Federal Reserve 5 6 0 Box
Budapest 3 10 4 WP - C.Carpenter (1-0) LP - Bud BP (0-1) HR: FR: H.Pence (1); Bud: L.Scott (2) Federal Reserve wins series 2-0
R H E California 3 8 2 Box
25th St Shelter 7 9 0 WP - D.Lowe (1-0) LP - M.Buehrle (0-1) HR: none 25th St Shelter wins series 2-0
3
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Quarterfinals
Game Quarterfinal One Quarterfinal Two
1
R H E Kobe 2 6 0 Box
Federal Reserve 5 13 0 WP - T.Lilly (1-0) LP - Kobe BP (0-1) HR: Kobe: C.Jones (1); FR: J.Mauer (1) Federal Reserve leads 1-0
R H E St Louis 1 8 2 Box
California 6 10 0 WP - C.Sabathia (1-0) LP - J.Garland (0-1) HR: Cal: A.Ethier (1), J.Bartlett (1) California leads 1-0
2
R H E Federal Reserve 6 14 0 Box
Kobe 2 10 1 WP - R.Nolasco (1-0) LP - Z.Duke (0-1) HR: FR: J.Kubel (1), J.Willingham (1) Federal Reserve wins series 2-0
Extra Innings R H E California 4 13 1 Box
St Louis 5 8 3 WP - D.Nippert (1-0) LP - C.Kershaw (0-1) HR: none Series tied 1-1
3
R H E St Louis 4 5 1 Box
California 7 12 0 WP - R.Halladay (1-0) LP - B.Looper (0-1) HR: StL: I.Suzuki (1); Cal: M.Scutaro (1), C.Blake (1) California wins series 2-1
Game Quarterfinal Three Quarterfinal Four
1
R H E Cleveland 6 10 4 Box
25th St Shelter 5 9 2 WP - R.Dempster (1-0) LP - 25th BP (0-1) HR: Cle: P.Burrell (1), A.Pujols 2 (2); 25th: C.Ross (1) Cleveland leads 1-0
R H E Plz 4 9 0 Box
Budapest 6 6 3 WP - N.Blackburn (1-0) LP - D.Haren (0-1) HR: Plz: A.Rios (1); Bud: H.Blalock (1) Budapest leads 1-0
2
R H E 25th St Shelter 5 7 0 Box
Cleveland 3 9 4 WP - M.Cain (1-0) LP - Cle BP (0-1) HR: 25th: C.Pena (1); Cle: A.Pierzynski (1) Series tied 1-1
R H E Budapest 6 7 0 Box
Plz 4 8 0 WP - M.Pelfrey (1-0) LP - J.Saunders (0-1) HR: Bud: M.Napoli (1); Plz: A.Rios (2) Budapest wins series 2-0
3
R H E Cleveland 2 8 3 Box
25th St Shelter 5 13 0 WP - W.Rodriguez (1-0) LP - J.Vazquez (0-1) HR: Cle: T.Hunter (1); 25th: C.Ross (2), R.Barajas (1) 25th St Shelter wins series 2-1
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