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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 2012 Entrants (in order of seeding): 
          
            - California (83-67)
 
            - Outer Banks (81-69)
 
            - Belgium (71-79)
 
            - Centre County (71-79)
 
           
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           Semifinals - Centre County vs California; Belgium vs Outer Banks 
            
          Finals - Outer Banks vs California - Outer Banks won the season 
		  series 4-2 
          2012 Gore Cup Winner - California in 6 Games 
          	    
          Playoffs main page 
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                    Finals
                    
                      
      
        
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          Outer Banks vs. California | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Outer Banks | 1 | 5 | 0 | Box  |  | California | 5 | 11 | 0 |  WP - G.Gonzalez (1-0)  LP - J.Weaver (0-1) HR: Cal: C.Santana (1), D.Uggla (1) California leads 1-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Outer Banks | 6 | 13 | 0 | Box  |  | California | 5 | 8 | 0 |  WP - OB BP (1-0)  LP - Cal BP (0-1) HR: OB: C.Davis 2 (2), M.Reynolds (1), C.Gomez (1); Cal: M.Scutaro (1) Series tied 1-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | California | 4 | 14 | 1 | Box  |  | Outer Banks | 7 | 8 | 0 |  WP - T.Hudson (1-0)  LP - M.Estrada (0-1) HR: Cal: D.Jennings (1), N.Swisher (1) Outer Banks leads 2-1 |   
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | California | 4 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | Outer Banks | 3 | 8 | 1 |  WP - C.Sale (1-0)  LP - J.Westbrook (0-1) HR: Cal: D.Jennings (2); OB: A.Jones (1), B.McCann (1), B.Boesch (1), R.Weeks (1) Series tied 2-2 |   
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | California | 4 | 8 | 2 | Box  |  | Outer Banks | 3 | 7 | 0 |  WP - A.Burnett (1-0)  LP - B.Zito (0-1) HR: Cal: D.Jennings (3); OB: M.Bourn (1), G.Jones (1) California leads 3-2 |   
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Outer Banks | 1 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | California | 2 | 8 | 0 |  WP - G.Gonzalez (2-0)  LP - OB BP (1-1) HR: OB: A.Jones (2) California wins series 4-2 |   
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                    Semifinals
                    
                      
      
        
          | Game | 
          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Centre County | 0 | 9 | 2 | Box  |  | California | 6 | 9 | 0 |  WP - G.Gonzalez (1-0)  LP - C.Hamels (0-1) HR: CC: A.Soriano (1); Cal: A.Ramirez (1) California leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Belgium | 4 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | Outer Banks | 2 | 8 | 0 |  WP - H.Bailey (1-0)  LP - OB BP (0-1) HR: Bel: A.Pujols (1); OB: G.Jones (1), B.Boesch (1) Belgium leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Centre County | 6 | 12 | 3 | Box  |  | California | 8 | 9 | 0 |  WP - M.Moore (1-0)  LP - J.Peavy (0-1) HR: CC: A.Soriano (2), D.Fowler (1); Cal: A.Ramirez (2) California leads 2-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Belgium | 2 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Outer Banks | 9 | 9 | 0 |  WP - Z.Britton (1-0)  LP - D.Price (0-1) HR: Bel: C.Hart (1); OB: G.Jones (2), M.Reynolds 2 (2), J.Hardy (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | California | 5 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Centre County | 3 | 4 | 0 |  WP - M.Estrada (1-0)  LP - M.Minor (0-1) HR: CC: A.Soriano (3), J.Saltalamacchia (1) California leads 3-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Outer Banks | 6 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Belgium | 5 | 7 | 3 |  WP - OB BP (1-1)  LP - Bel BP (0-1) HR: OB: G.Jones (3), B.Boesch (2), R.Weeks (1) Outer Banks leads 2-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | California | 4 | 8 | 2 | Box  |  | Centre County | 6 | 9 | 1 |  WP - R.Porcello (1-0)  LP - C.Sale (0-1) HR: Cal: C.Santana (1); CC: E.Longoria (1) California leads 3-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Outer Banks | 3 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Belgium | 2 | 10 | 0 |  WP - J.Westbrook (1-0)  LP - Bel BP (0-2) HR: OB: C.Davis (1) Outer Banks leads 3-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | California | 8 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Centre County | 5 | 7 | 3 |  WP - Cal BP (1-0)  LP - P.Pitcher (0-1) HR: Cal: D.Jennings (1); CC: E.Longoria (2) California wins series 4-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Outer Banks | 5 | 7 | 1 | Box  |  | Belgium | 6 | 10 | 1 |  WP - R.Halladay (1-0)  LP - B.Zito (0-1) HR: OB: A.Jones (1), M.Reynolds (3), R.Weeks 2 (3); Bel: C.Hart (2) Outer Banks leads 3-2 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Belgium | 1 | 8 | 2 | Box  |  | Outer Banks | 3 | 5 | 1 |  WP - J.Weaver (1-0)  LP - Bel BP (0-3) HR: Bel: C.Carter (1); OB: B.McCann (1) Outer Banks wins series 4-2 |      | 
         
        
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