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    			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. 
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           The winner receives a bonus of 500,000 Benchwarmer Bucks.  
          The runner-up gets 250,000. 
            
          2023 Finals: Motley vs. Norfolk 
          Season series: Motley won 12-6 
            
          2023 Winner - Norfolk won 3 games to 2 
            
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                    Finals 
                    
                      
      
        
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          Motley vs. Norfolk | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Motley | 2 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Norfolk | 4 | 7 | 0 |  WP - Z.Wheeler (1-0)  LP - M.Scherzer (0-1) HR: Nor: C.McCormick 2 (2) Norfolk leads 1-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Motley | 6 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Norfolk | 5 | 8 | 2 |  WP - D.Cease (1-0)  LP - L.Gilbert (0-1) HR: Mot: B.Marsh (1), C.Bellinger (1), C.Abrams 2 (2), M.Kepler (1); Nor: J.Altuve (1) Series tied 1-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Norfolk | 8 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | Motley | 2 | 8 | 0 |  WP - J.Berrios (1-0)  LP - S.Ohtani (0-1) HR: Nor: K.Schwarber (1), B.Harper (1), J.Heim (1); Mot: C.Abrams (3) Norfolk leads 2-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Norfolk | 1 | 5 | 0 | Box  |  | Motley | 5 | 11 | 0 |  WP - B.Elder (1-0)  LP - Nor BP (0-1) HR: Mot: S.Ohtani (1), C.Walker (1), M.Ozuna (1) Series tied 2-2 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Motley | 1 | 4 | 2 | Box  |  | Norfolk | 7 | 4 | 0 |  WP - E.Cabrera (1-0)  LP - J.Flaherty (0-1) HR: Nor: A.Bregman (1), J.Ramirez (1) Norfolk wins series 3-2 |   
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                    Semifinals
                    
                      
      
        
          | Game | 
          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Bingo | 11 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Norfolk | 4 | 8 | 0 |  WP - Bing BP (1-0)  LP - H.Greene (0-1) HR: Bing: S.Suzuki (1), J.Burger (1), J.Baez (1); Nor: B.Stott (1) Bingo leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Inevitability | 4 | 12 | 0 | Box  |  | Motley | 6 | 6 | 1 |  WP - B.Elder (1-0)  LP - K.Maeda (0-1) HR: Inev: L.Urias (1); Mot: T.Turner 2 (2), S.Ohtani (1), C.Abrams (1) Motley leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Norfolk | 5 | 12 | 1 | Box  |  | Bingo | 4 | 11 | 1 |  WP - E.Cabrera (1-0)  LP - Bing BP (1-1) HR: Nor: C.McCormick (1); Bing: S.Suzuki (2) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Motley | 4 | 2 | 0 | Box  |  | Inevitability | 6 | 6 | 0 |  WP - T.Walker (1-0)  LP - J.Flaherty (0-1) HR: Mot: C.Walker (1), M.Ozuna (1); Inev: S.Langeliers (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Bingo | 3 | 5 | 0 | Box  |  | Norfolk | 4 | 9 | 0 |  WP - Z.Wheeler (1-0)  LP - Bing BP (1-2) HR: Bing: J.Burger (2), J.Baez (2); Nor: O.Arcia (1) Norfolk wins series 2-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Inevitability | 0 | 2 | 0 | Box  |  | Motley | 7 | 12 | 0 |  WP - M.Scherzer (1-0)  LP - S.Gray (0-1) HR: Mot: S.Ohtani (2), C.Walker 2 (3), M.Kepler (1) Motley wins series 2-1 |      | 
         
        
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                    Quarterfinals
                    
                      
        
          | Game | 
          Quarterfinal One | 
          Quarterfinal Two | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Wollongong | 4 | 5 | 1 | Box  |  | Norfolk | 9 | 11 | 2 |  WP - Nor BP (1-0)  LP - C.Javier (0-1) HR: Nor: A.Bregman (1) Norfolk leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Ghost | 5 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Motley | 3 | 10 | 2 |  WP - J.Verlander (1-0)  LP - M.Scherzer (0-1) HR: GB: H.Kim (1), S.Brown (1); Mot: S.Ohtani 2 (2) Ghost leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Norfolk | 2 | 5 | 0 | Box  |  | Wollongong | 4 | 6 | 0 |  WP - G.Kirby (1-0)  LP - L.Gilbert (0-1) HR: Nor: A.Bregman (2) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Motley | 4 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Ghost | 3 | 5 | 0 |  WP - D.Cease (1-0)  LP - H.Brown (0-1) HR: Mot: C.Abrams (1); GB: B.De La Cruz (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Wollongong | 4 | 9 | 1 | Box  |  | Norfolk | 6 | 12 | 1 |  WP - J.Berrios (1-0)  LP - P.Sandoval (0-1) HR: Woll: C.Yelich (1); Nor: J.Ramirez 2 (2) Norfolk wins series 2-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Ghost | 0 | 6 | 1 | Box  |  | Motley | 6 | 14 | 0 |  WP - S.Ohtani (1-0)  LP - GB BP (0-1) HR: GB: A.Rutschman (1); Mot: E.De La Cruz (1), M.Ozuna 2 (2) Motley wins series 2-1 |      | 
         
        
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          Quarterfinal Three | 
          Quarterfinal Four | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | High | 7 | 10 | 3 | Box  |  | Inevitability | 5 | 8 | 0 |  WP - M.Wacha (1-0)  LP - S.Gray (0-1) HR: High: M.Olson 2 (2); Inev: P.Goldschmidt (1) High leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Bingo | 1 | 5 | 1 | Box  |  | Cleveland | 3 | 8 | 0 |  WP - C.Bassitt (1-0)  LP - K.Hendricks (0-1) HR: Cle: L.Taveras (1) Cleveland leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Inevitability | 7 | 7 | 1 | Box  |  | High | 3 | 10 | 0 |  WP - Inev BP (1-0)  LP - B.Bello (0-1) HR: Inev: J.Rodriguez (1); High: T.d'Arnaud (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Cleveland | 3 | 3 | 0 | Box  |  | Bingo | 6 | 11 | 0 |  WP - Bing BP (1-0)  LP - J.Montgomery (0-1) HR: Cle: J.Pederson (1), W.Adames (1); Bing: J.Davis (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | High | 6 | 11 | 1 | Box  |  | Inevitability | 7 | 9 | 1 |  WP - Inev BP (2-0)  LP - B.Miller (0-1) HR: High: R.McMahon (1); Inev: J.Rodriguez (2), B.Reynolds (1) Inevitability wins series 2-1 |      | 
          
          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Bingo | 2 | 3 | 0 | Box  |  | Cleveland | 1 | 6 | 0 |  WP - A.Gomber (1-0)  LP - T.Bibee (0-1) HR: Cle: M.Maldonado (1) Bingo wins series 2-1 |      | 
         
        
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