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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 2008 Entrants (in order of seeding):
- Seattle (88-62) - After winning the division last year, fell
just 3 games short of a repeat.
- Springfield (87-63) - Neck and neck with South Beach all year -
lost by one game.
- Las Vegas (82-68) - 4th second-place finish; Gore Cup champ in
2003.
- New Orleans (71-79) - Improved from last year's 4th-place;
highest finish for the franchise since 2001.
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Semifinals - New Orleans vs. Seattle; Las Vegas vs. Springfield
Finals - New Orleans vs. Springfield - New Orleans won the season
series 4-2
2008 Gore Cup Winner - Springfield in 6 Games
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Finals
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New Orleans vs. Springfield |
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| | R | H | E | | | New Orleans | 6 | 9 | 0 | Box | | Springfield | 3 | 7 | 0 | WP - T.Hudson (1-0) LP - J.Sowers (0-1)
HR: NO: C.Guillen (1); Spr: V.Guerrero (1), E.Longoria (1)
New Orleans leads 1-0 |
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| Extra Innings | R | H | E | | | New Orleans | 3 | 11 | 1 | Box | | Springfield | 4 | 3 | 0 | WP - Spr BP (1-0) LP - B.Sheets (0-1)
HR: NO: A.Ethier (1)
Series tied 1-1 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Springfield | 5 | 10 | 2 | Box | | New Orleans | 3 | 5 | 3 | WP - J.Duchscherer (1-0) LP - J.Vazquez (0-1)
HR: Spr: S.Victorino (1); NO: B.Crosby (1)
Springfield leads 2-1 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Springfield | 4 | 13 | 0 | Box | | New Orleans | 3 | 12 | 1 | WP - E.Volquez (1-0) LP - A.Burnett (0-1)
HR: Spr: V.Guerrero (1); NO: J.Hermida (1), A.Gonzalez (1)
Springfield leads 3-1 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Springfield | 5 | 12 | 1 | Box | | New Orleans | 7 | 12 | 0 | WP - Z.Greinke (1-0) LP - J.Maine (0-1)
HR: none
Springfield leads 3-2 |
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| | R | H | E | | | New Orleans | 3 | 11 | 1 | Box | | Springfield | 9 | 9 | 0 | WP - J.Sowers (1-1) LP - T.Hudson (1-1)
HR: NO: J.Hermida (2); Spr: A.Pierzynski (1), C.Delgado (1), T.Hunter 2 (2)
Springfield wins series 4-2 |
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Semifinals
| Game |
Semifinal One |
Semifinal Two |
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| | R | H | E | | | New Orleans | 7 | 12 | 1 | Box | | Seattle | 6 | 19 | 0 | WP - Hudson (1-0) LP - Sea BP (0-1)
HR: NO: Harris (1); Sea: LaRoche (1), Sanchez (1)
New Orleans leads 1-0 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Las Vegas | 5 | 10 | 0 | Box | | Springfield | 2 | 10 | 0 | WP - Buehrle (1-0) LP - Sowers (0-1)
HR: none
Las Vegas leads 1-0 |
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| Extra Innings | R | H | E | | | New Orleans | 4 | 7 | 0 | Box | | Seattle | 3 | 10 | 0 | WP - B.Sheets (1-0) LP - Sea BP (0-2)
HR: NO: Hermida 2 (2), Gonzaez (1); Sea: Granderson (1), LaRoche (1)
New Orleans leads 2-0 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Las Vegas | 5 | 5 | 1 | Box | | Springfield | 6 | 14 | 2 | WP - B.Bannister (1-0) LP - C.Sabathia (0-1)
HR: LV: Rios 2 (2), Braun (1); Spr: Ramirez (1), Hunter 2 (2)
Series tied 1-1 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Seattle | 5 | 8 | 2 | Box | | New Orleans | 6 | 7 | 2 | WP - NO BP (1-0) LP - J.Jurrjens (0-1)
HR: NO: A.Gonzalez (1), B.Crosby (1)
New Orleans leads 3-0 |
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| Extra Innings | R | H | E | | | Springfield | 2 | 8 | 0 | Box | | Las Vegas | 3 | 11 | 0 | WP - J.Beckett (1-0) LP - Spr BP (0-1)
HR: Spr: J.Peralta (1); LV: R.Braun (2)
Las Vegas leads 2-1 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Seattle | 2 | 8 | 2 | Box | | New Orleans | 3 | 12 | 1 | WP - A.Burnett (1-0) LP - D.Haren (0-1)
HR: NO: D.Navarro (1), A.Gonzalez (2)
New Orleans wins series 4-0 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Springfield | 13 | 13 | 3 | Box | | Las Vegas | 4 | 6 | 2 | WP - Spr BP (1-1) LP - J.Guthrie (0-1)
HR: Spr: A.Ramirez (2), C.Delgado (1), E.Longoria 3 (3)
Series tied 2-2 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Springfield | 6 | 12 | 1 | Box | | Las Vegas | 5 | 9 | 2 | WP - Spr BP (2-1) LP - LV BP (0-1)
HR: Spr: C.Delgado 2 (3); LV: R.Braun (3)
Springfield leads 3-2 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Las Vegas | 5 | 13 | 0 | Box | | Springfield | 6 | 10 | 0 | WP - Spr BP (3-1) LP - M.Buehrle (1-1)
HR: LV: C.Blake (1)
Springfield wins series 4-2 |
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