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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 2010 Entrants (in order of seeding): 
          
            - Avery Island (81-69)
 
            - KC (79-71)
 
            - Budapest (76-74)
 
            - Talladega (76-74)
 
           
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           Semifinals - Talladega vs Avery Island; Budapest vs KC 
            
          Finals - Talladega vs KC - KC won the season series 4-2 
            
            
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                    Finals
                    
                      
      
        
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          Talladega vs. KC | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Talladega | 6 | 12 | 0 | Box  |  | KC | 3 | 7 | 0 |  WP - J.Santana (1-0)  LP - M.Scherzer (0-1) HR: Tall: H.Pence (1), J.Buck (1); KC: M.Cuddyer (1), G.Soto (1) Talladega leads 1-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Talladega | 4 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | KC | 3 | 7 | 0 |  WP - C.Hamels (1-0)  LP - H.Kuroda (0-1) HR: Tall: M.Cabrera (1); KC: I.Davis (1) Talladega leads 2-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | KC | 3 | 5 | 0 | Box  |  | Talladega | 6 | 5 | 3 |  WP - Tall BP (1-0)  LP - J.Happ (0-1) HR: Tall: A.Ramirez (1) Talladega leads 3-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | KC | 4 | 15 | 1 | Box  |  | Talladega | 7 | 10 | 0 |  WP - J.Sanchez (1-0)  LP - T.Hunter (0-1) HR: KC: V.Guerrero (1); Tall: H.Pence (2), A.Ramirez (2), D.Wright (1) Talladega wins series 4-0 |   
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                    Semifinals
                    
                      
      
        
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          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Talladega | 8 | 8 | 3 | Box  |  | Avery Island | 4 | 11 | 0 |  WP - J.Santana (1-0)  LP - J.Vazquez (0-1) HR: Tall: A.Ramirez 3 (3) Talladega leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Budapest | 2 | 9 | 1 | Box  |  | KC | 3 | 9 | 0 |  WP - M.Scherzer (1-0)  LP - Bud BP (0-1) HR: Bud: M.Napoli (1); KC: G.Soto (1) KC leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Talladega | 4 | 6 | 4 | Box  |  | Avery Island | 3 | 9 | 2 |  WP - C.Hamels (1-0)  LP - P.Hughes (0-1) HR: Tall: J.Werth (1); AI: A.Rodriguez (1), J.Posada (1) Talladega leads 2-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Budapest | 7 | 13 | 2 | Box  |  | KC | 8 | 9 | 0 |  WP - H.Kuroda (1-0)  LP - T.Wood (0-1) HR: Bud: A.McCutchen (1), A.Gonzalez 2 (2), C.Utley (1); KC: A.Jones (1), V.Guerrero (1), I.Desmond (1), W.Betemit (1) KC leads 2-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Avery Island | 3 | 12 | 0 | Box  |  | Talladega | 4 | 8 | 0 |  WP - T.Hanson (1-0)  LP - M.Cain (0-1) HR: none Talladega leads 3-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | KC | 4 | 7 | 3 | Box  |  | Budapest | 1 | 8 | 0 |  WP - J.Happ (1-0)  LP - M.Pelfrey (0-1) HR: KC: M.Cuddyer (1) KC leads 3-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Avery Island | 0 | 11 | 4 | Box  |  | Talladega | 8 | 10 | 0 |  WP - J.Sanchez (1-0)  LP - C.Buchholz (0-1) HR: AI: T.Tulowitzki (1); Tall: H.Pence (1), J.Werth (2), A.Ramirez (4), J.Buck (1) Talladega wins series 4-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | KC | 3 | 11 | 2 | Box  |  | Budapest | 6 | 10 | 0 |  WP - N.Blackburn (1-0)  LP - T.Hunter (0-1) HR: KC: I.Davis (1) KC leads 3-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | KC | 4 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | Budapest | 6 | 11 | 0 |  WP - F.Carmona (1-0)  LP - J.Westbrook (0-1) HR: KC: G.Soto (2); Bud: A.Gonzalez (3), C.Hart (1) KC leads 3-2 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Budapest | 6 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | KC | 8 | 16 | 0 |  WP - M.Scherzer (2-0)  LP - A.Harang (0-1) HR: Bud: J.Peralta (1), M.Napoli (2); KC: W.Betemit (1) KC wins series 4-2 |      | 
         
        
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