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 2016 Entrants (in order of seeding):
Stockholm (89-61)
Tombstone (80-70)
Norfolk (73-77)
Chico's (72-78)
Semifinals - Chico's vs. Stockholm; Norfolk vs. Tombstone
Stockholm won 4 games to 2
Tombstone won 4 games to 3
Finals - Tombstone vs. Stockholm
Season series: Tied 3-3
2016 Gore Cup Winner - Stockholm won 4 games to 0
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Finals
Game
Tombstone vs. Stockholm
1
R H E Tombstone 2 6 0 Box
Stockholm 9 9 0 WP - J.Teheran (1-0) LP - C.Hamels (0-1) HR: Tomb: T.Joseph (1); Stk: M.Cabrera (1), J.Lucroy (1), M.Semien (1) Stockholm leads 1-0
2
R H E Tombstone 4 10 0 Box
Stockholm 5 12 0 WP - M.Stroman (1-0) LP - M.Moore (0-1) HR: Tomb: D.Dahl (1), J.Kipnis (1), R.Healy (1); Stk: D.Murphy (1), M.Cabrera (2) Stockholm leads 2-0
3
R H E Stockholm 9 12 1 Box
Tombstone 3 9 1 WP - Z.Greinke (1-0) LP - V.Velasquez (0-1) HR: Stk: O.Herrera (1), A.Beltre 2 (2), D.Valencia (1); Tomb: E.Encarnacion (1) Stockholm leads 3-0
4
R H E Stockholm 4 11 0 Box
Tombstone 3 7 0 WP - C.Rodon (1-0) LP - D.Smyly (0-1) HR: Stk: D.Murphy (2), J.Lucroy (2); Tomb: J.Kipnis (2), R.Healy (2) Stockholm wins series 4-0
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Semifinals
Game
Semifinal One
Semifinal Two
1
R H E Chico's 2 6 0 Box
Stockholm 10 12 2 WP - J.Teheran (1-0) LP - J.deGrom (0-1) HR: Chi: T.Frazier (1); Stk: T.Naquin 2 (2), A.Beltre (1), M.Kepler (1), J.Mauer (1) Stockholm leads 1-0
R H E Norfolk 5 11 0 Box
Tombstone 3 11 2 WP - C.Tillman (1-0) LP - Tomb BP (0-1) HR: Nor: M.Betts (1), A.Rizzo 2 (2), M.Napoli (1); Tomb: J.Kipnis (1), T.Joseph (1) Norfolk leads 1-0
2
R H E Chico's 2 8 3 Box
Stockholm 4 11 0 WP - M.Stroman (1-0) LP - Chi BP (0-1) HR: Stk: M.Semien (1) Stockholm leads 2-0
R H E Norfolk 3 7 3 Box
Tombstone 6 13 0 WP - M.Moore (1-0) LP - J.Urias (0-1) HR: Nor: J.Segura (1), G.Sanchez (1); Tomb: C.Gomez (1), J.Pederson (1) Series tied 1-1
3
R H E Stockholm 6 11 0 Box
Chico's 3 8 2 WP - Stk BP (1-0) LP - Chi BP (0-2) HR: Stk: T.Naquin (3), M.Kepler (2), J.Lucroy (1) Stockholm leads 3-0
R H E Tombstone 7 13 4 Box
Norfolk 5 10 0 WP - V.Velasquez (1-0) LP - Nor BP (0-1) HR: Tomb: J.Kipnis (2), Y.Grandal (1), T.Joseph (2) Tombstone leads 2-1
4
R H E Stockholm 8 12 0 Box
Chico's 10 18 2 WP - Chi BP (1-2) LP - Stk BP (1-1) HR: Stk: M.Cabrera (1), J.Lucroy 2 (3), N.Walker (1); Chi: P.Orlando (1), B.Dozier (1), V.Martinez (1) Stockholm leads 3-1
R H E Tombstone 6 13 0 Box
Norfolk 5 12 0 WP - D.Smyly (1-0) LP - C.Reed (0-1) HR: Tomb: J.Pederson (2); Nor: J.Donaldson (1), J.Martinez (1), W.Ramos (1), G.Sanchez (2) Tombstone leads 3-1
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R H E Stockholm 1 4 2 Box
Chico's 7 9 0 WP - D.Holland (1-0) LP - A.Conley (0-1) HR: Chi: B.Dozier (2) Stockholm leads 3-2
R H E Tombstone 5 9 2 Box
Norfolk 8 12 1 WP - Nor BP (1-1) LP - J.Tomlin (0-1) HR: Tomb: T.Joseph (3); Nor: J.Segura (2) Tombstone leads 3-2
6
R H E Chico's 4 8 1 Box
Stockholm 5 11 1 WP - Stk BP (2-1) LP - Chi BP (1-3) HR: Chi: B.Dozier (3); Stk: A.Beltre 2 (3), D.Gregorius (1) Stockholm wins series 4-2
R H E Norfolk 4 8 0 Box
Tombstone 2 9 0 WP - C.Tillman (2-0) LP - C.Hamels (0-1) HR: Nor: J.Segura 2 (4), G.Sanchez (3), A.Diaz (1); Tomb: R.Healy (1) Series tied 3-3
7
R H E Norfolk 2 4 0 Box
Tombstone 5 8 0 WP - M.Moore (2-0) LP - J.Urias (0-2) HR: Tomb: R.Healy (2) Tombstone wins series 4-3