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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): 
          
            - Dinkytown (90-60)
 
            - Ringo's (84-66)
 
            - Volkswagon (80-70)
 
            - Rome (80-70)
 
           
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           Semifinals - Rome vs. Dinkytown; Volkswagon vs. Ringo's 
            
		  Rome won 4 games to 2
		   Volkswagon won 4 games to 3
             
          Finals - Rome vs. Volkswagon 
		  Season series: Tied 3-3 
          2023 Gore Cup Winner - Volkswagon won 4 games to 0 
            
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                    Finals
                    
                      
      
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Rome | 2 | 7 | 1 | Box  |  | Volkswagon | 4 | 10 | 0 |  WP - J.Assad (1-0)  LP - G.Cole (0-1) HR: VW: B.Witt Jr. (1) Volkswagon leads 1-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Rome | 1 | 5 | 0 | Box  |  | Volkswagon | 8 | 11 | 0 |  WP - K.Hendricks (1-0)  LP - S.Ohtani (0-1) HR: VW: C.Yelich (1), F.Freeman 2 (2), C.Bellinger (1) Volkswagon leads 2-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Volkswagon | 4 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Rome | 3 | 11 | 4 |  WP - P.Corbin (1-0)  LP - M.Fried (0-1) HR: VW: B.Witt Jr. (2); Rom: C.Raleigh (1), D.Stewart (1) Volkswagon leads 3-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Volkswagon | 8 | 16 | 3 | Box  |  | Rome | 6 | 11 | 1 |  WP - J.Wicks (1-0)  LP - F.Valdez (0-1) HR: VW: K.Schwarber (1), M.Ozuna (1); Rom: C.Raleigh 2 (3) Volkswagon wins series 4-0 |   
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                    Semifinals
                    
                      
      
        
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          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Rome | 3 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Dinkytown | 4 | 10 | 0 |  WP - S.Strider (1-0)  LP - Rom BP (0-1) HR: Rom: S.Ohtani (1); Dink: M.Semien (1), K.Hayes (1) Dinkytown leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Volkswagon | 6 | 11 | 1 | Box  |  | Ringo's | 5 | 13 | 0 |  WP - J.Assad (1-0)  LP - Ring BP (0-1) HR: VW: B.Witt Jr. (1), K.Schwarber (1), W.Contreras (1) Volkswagon leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Rome | 5 | 10 | 3 | Box  |  | Dinkytown | 4 | 10 | 0 |  WP - Rom BP (1-1)  LP - Dink BP (0-1) HR: Rom: D.Stewart (1), K.Calhoun (1); Dink: T.Pham (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
          
          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Volkswagon | 4 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Ringo's | 5 | 12 | 0 |  WP - J.Quintana (1-0)  LP - VW BP (0-1) HR: VW: B.Witt Jr. (2), M.Ozuna 2 (2); Ring: J.Turner (1), C.Santana (1), Y.Diaz (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Dinkytown | 1 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Rome | 5 | 10 | 0 |  WP - M.Fried (1-0)  LP - Y.Kikuchi (0-1) HR: Dink: A.Bohm (1), M.Wallner (1); Rom: D.Stewart (2) Rome leads 2-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Ringo's | 5 | 14 | 1 | Box  |  | Volkswagon | 8 | 9 | 0 |  WP - J.Wicks (1-0)  LP - E.Rodriguez (0-1) HR: Ring: B.Lowe (1), Y.Diaz (2), J.Chisholm (1); VW: F.Freeman (1), K.Schwarber (2), M.Ozuna (3) Volkswagon leads 2-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Dinkytown | 0 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Rome | 7 | 6 | 0 |  WP - F.Valdez (1-0)  LP - Dink BP (0-2) HR: Rom: M.Betts (1), S.Ohtani (2), C.Raleigh (1) Rome leads 3-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Ringo's | 3 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Volkswagon | 8 | 16 | 0 |  WP - P.Corbin (1-0)  LP - W.Miley (0-1) HR: Ring: J.Rodriguez (1); VW: B.Witt Jr. (3), F.Freeman (2), A.Gimenez (1) Volkswagon leads 3-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Dinkytown | 4 | 8 | 2 | Box  |  | Rome | 3 | 9 | 0 |  WP - S.Matz (1-0)  LP - Rom BP (1-2) HR: Dink: C.Carroll (1); Rom: S.Ohtani (3) Rome leads 3-2 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Ringo's | 6 | 13 | 1 | Box  |  | Volkswagon | 4 | 7 | 0 |  WP - Ring BP (1-1)  LP - VW BP (0-2) HR: Ring: L.Rengifo 2 (2), Y.Diaz (3), C.Santana 2 (3); VW: F.Freeman (3) Volkswagon leads 3-2 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Rome | 7 | 4 | 0 | Box  |  | Dinkytown | 6 | 9 | 2 |  WP - Rom BP (2-2)  LP - S.Strider (1-1) HR: Rom: I.Happ (1), M.Betts (2), T.Casas (1); Dink: R.Acuna (1), A.Bohm (2) Rome wins series 4-2 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Volkswagon | 6 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | Ringo's | 8 | 11 | 0 |  WP - M.Scherzer (1-0)  LP - J.Assad (1-1) HR: VW: B.Witt Jr. (4); Ring: L.Rengifo (3), C.Santana (4), Y.Diaz (4) Series tied 3-3 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Volkswagon | 9 | 12 | 0 | Box  |  | Ringo's | 2 | 7 | 0 |  WP - K.Hendricks (1-0)  LP - J.Quintana (1-1) HR: VW: C.Yelich 2 (2), M.Ozuna (4) Volkswagon wins series 4-3 |      | 
         
        
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