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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 2023 Entrants (in order of seeding): 
          
            - Hankie (80-70)
 
            - Bring (80-70)
 
            - Reese's (73-77)
 
            - Broadway (72-78)
 
           
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           Semifinals - Broadway vs. Hankie; Reese's vs. Bring 
            
		  Broadway won 4 games to 2
		   Bring won 4 games to 2
             
          Finals - Broadway vs. Bring 
		  Season series: Bring won 5-1 
          2023 Gore Cup Winner - Broadway won 4 games to 2 
            
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                    Finals
                    
                      
      
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Broadway | 3 | 8 | 1 | Box  |  | Bring | 2 | 3 | 2 |  WP - Brdw BP (1-0)  LP - Bri BP (0-1) HR: Brdw: J.Rodriguez (1), I.Paredes (1) Broadway leads 1-0 |   
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Broadway | 6 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Bring | 5 | 11 | 0 |  WP - Brdw BP (2-0)  LP - M.Scherzer (0-1) HR: Brdw: C.Yelich (1), A.Bregman (1) Broadway leads 2-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Bring | 5 | 12 | 1 | Box  |  | Broadway | 2 | 9 | 0 |  WP - B.Woodruff (1-0)  LP - C.Morton (0-1) HR: Brdw: J.Rodriguez (2), K.Schwarber (1), K.Ruiz (1) Broadway leads 2-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Bring | 5 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Broadway | 10 | 9 | 0 |  WP - C.Quantrill (1-0)  LP - S.Strider (0-1) HR: Bri: J.Walker (1); Brdw: J.Rodriguez 2 (4), K.Farmer (1) Broadway leads 3-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Bring | 7 | 12 | 0 | Box  |  | Broadway | 3 | 10 | 1 |  WP - Bri BP (1-1)  LP - M.Kelly (0-1) HR: Bri: G.Torres (1), J.Siri (1), A.Vaughn (1); Brdw: K.Schwarber (2) Broadway leads 3-2 |   
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Broadway | 7 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Bring | 6 | 7 | 2 |  WP - Brdw BP (3-0)  LP - L.Gilbert (0-1) HR: Brdw: K.Farmer (2), I.Paredes (2); Bri: G.Torres (2) Broadway wins series 4-2 |   
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                    Semifinals
                    
                      
      
        
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          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Broadway | 3 | 8 | 1 | Box  |  | Hankie | 8 | 11 | 0 |  WP - J.Musgrove (1-0)  LP - C.Rodon (0-1) HR: Brdw: I.Paredes 2 (2); Hank: N.Hoerner (1), R.McMahon (1) Hankie leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Reese's | 6 | 7 | 2 | Box  |  | Bring | 4 | 7 | 1 |  WP - Rees BP (1-0)  LP - L.Gilbert (0-1) HR: Rees: A.Verdugo (1), D.Swanson 2 (2), F.Fermin (1) Reese's leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Broadway | 7 | 7 | 2 | Box  |  | Hankie | 3 | 7 | 0 |  WP - S.Gray (1-0)  LP - L.Webb (0-1) HR: Brdw: J.Rodriguez (1), K.Schwarber (1); Hank: Z.McKinstry (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Reese's | 2 | 5 | 0 | Box  |  | Bring | 0 | 4 | 0 |  WP - L.Castillo (1-0)  LP - Bri BP (0-1) HR: Rees: A.Verdugo (2); Bri: J.Ramirez (1) Reese's leads 2-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Hankie | 5 | 9 | 2 | Box  |  | Broadway | 9 | 15 | 2 |  WP - Brdw BP (1-0)  LP - R.Suarez (0-1) HR: Brdw: C.Yelich (1), K.Schwarber (2), A.Bregman (1), K.Ruiz (1) Broadway leads 2-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Bring | 7 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | Reese's | 6 | 11 | 3 |  WP - Bri BP (1-1)  LP - A.Civale (0-1) HR: Bri: J.Siri 2 (2); Rees: N.Jones (1), C.McCormick 2 (2) Reese's leads 2-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Hankie | 5 | 3 | 0 | Box  |  | Broadway | 6 | 10 | 1 |  WP - Brdw BP (2-0)  LP - Hank BP (0-1) HR: Brdw: C.Yelich (2), K.Farmer (1), K.Schwarber (3), I.Paredes (3), K.Ruiz (2) Broadway leads 3-1 |      | 
          
          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Bring | 3 | 10 | 1 | Box  |  | Reese's | 2 | 6 | 3 |  WP - W.Miley (1-0)  LP - J.Quintana (0-1) HR: Bri: S.Kwan (1); Rees: C.McCormick (3) Series tied 2-2 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Hankie | 2 | 5 | 0 | Box  |  | Broadway | 1 | 8 | 0 |  WP - F.Peralta (1-0)  LP - Brdw BP (2-1) HR: Hank: T.Edman (1) Broadway leads 3-2 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Bring | 10 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | Reese's | 3 | 6 | 2 |  WP - B.Woodruff (1-0)  LP - A.Cobb (0-1) HR: Bri: M.Melendez 2 (2), J.Siri 2 (4), W.Adames (1); Rees: F.Fermin (2) Bring leads 3-2 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Broadway | 5 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Hankie | 3 | 5 | 2 |  WP - C.Rodon (1-1)  LP - J.Musgrove (1-1) HR: Brdw: C.Yelich (3), J.Rodriguez (2); Hank: R.McMahon (2) Broadway wins series 4-2 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Reese's | 2 | 8 | 1 | Box  |  | Bring | 4 | 10 | 0 |  WP - L.Gilbert (1-1)  LP - Rees BP (1-1) HR: Bri: J.Ramirez 2 (3) Bring wins series 4-2 |      | 
         
        
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