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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 2006 Entrants (in order of seeding):

  • Gashouse (88-63) - Came back in the Amazing Race division to end up in a tie, but lost a one-game playoff to Jersey Sea Shore.  League Power Index: 1
  • South Pole (83-67) - One game ahead of Platte County to finish 2nd.  Power Index: 6
  • Buffalo (78-73) - Tied with Minneapolis, but took 2nd place due to 13-5 edge in head-to-head.  Power Index: 8
  • Generic (69-81) - Beat out Parkville for 2nd place.  Power Index: 7

Semifinals - Gashouse wins in 6 games, South Pole wins in 7.

 

Finals - South Pole vs. Gashouse.  South Pole took the season series 4-2.

2006 Winner: Gashouse Gorillas

 

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Finals

Game South Pole vs. Gashouse

1

  R H E  
South Pole 5 9 0

Box

Gashouse 3 9 2
WP - Glavine (1-0)  LP - Oswalt (0-1)

HR - Gas: Nady (1), Delgado (1)

South Pole leads 1-0

2

  R H E  
South Pole 4 8 0

Box

Gashouse 10 13 1
WP - Arroyo (1-0)  LP - Lowe (0-1)

HR - SP: Renteria (1), Lowell (1), Hall (1), Grudzielanek (1); Gas: Delgado (2), Cantu (1)

Series tied 1-1

3

  R H E  
Gashouse 10 18 0

Box

South Pole 3 13 2
WP - Ramirez (1-0)  LP - Weaver (0-1)

HR - Gas: Cantu (2), Delgado (3); SP: Hall (2)

Gashouse leads 2-1

4

  R H E  
Gashouse 13 13 1

Box

South Pole 10 8 0
WP - Gas BP (1-0)  LP - Lee (0-1)

HR - Gas: Reyes (1), C.Jones (1), J.Jones (1); SP: A.Jones 2 (2), Lowell (2)

Gashouse leads 3-1

5

  R H E  
Gashouse 6 10 1

Box

South Pole 9 14 0
WP - SP BP (1-0)  LP - Duke (0-1)

HR - Gas: C.Jones (2); SP: Renteria (2), Hall (3), Grudzielanek (2)

Gashouse leads 3-2

6

  R H E  
South Pole 8 13 2

Box

Gashouse 4 6 0
WP - Glavine (2-0)  LP - Oswalt (0-2)

HR - SP: Matthews (1), Berkman 2 (2), Teixeira (1), A.Jones (3), McCann (1)

Series tied 3-3

7

Extra Innings R H E  
South Pole 2 9 1

Box

Gashouse 3 12 4
WP - Arroyo (2-0)  LP - SP BP (1-1)

HR - SP: Lowell (3); Gas: Reyes (2)

Gashouse wins 4-3

   


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Semifinals

Game Semifinal One Semifinal Two

1

  R H E  
Generic 2 9 2

Box

Gashouse 3 7 0
WP - Oswalt (1-0)  LP - Gen BP (0-1)

HR - Gen: Green (1), Huff (1); Gas: Reyes (1)

Gashouse leads 1-0

Extra Innings R H E  
Buffalo 3 5 0

Box

South Pole 4 4 2
WP - Glavine (1-0)  LP - Harang (0-1)

HR - Buf: Swisher (1); SP: Teixeira (1), McCann (1)

South Pole leads 1-0

2

  R H E  
Generic 5 12 0

Box

Gashouse 1 9 1
WP - Sabathia (1-0)  LP - Arroyo (0-1)

HR - Gen: Green (2), Melhuse (1); Gas: Delgado (1)

Series tied 1-1

  R H E  
Buffalo 2 7 4

Box

South Pole 5 11 1
WP - Lowe (1-0)  LP - Haren (0-1)

HR - SP: Martin (1)

South Pole leads 2-0

3

Extra Innings R H E  
Gashouse 4 7 3

Box

Generic 3 6 3
WP - Ramirez (1-0)  LP - Bonderman (0-1)

HR - Gas: Delgado (2); Gen: Mora (1)

Gashouse leads 2-1

  R H E  
South Pole 7 7 2

Box

Buffalo 8 11 1
WP - Buf BP (1-0)  LP - Nieve (0-1)

HR - SP: Jones (1); Buf: Rios (1), Wright (1), Molina (1)

South Pole leads 2-1

4

  R H E  
Gashouse 4 12 1

Box

Generic 3 6 3
WP - Bush (1-0)  LP - Gen BP (0-2)

HR - Gas: J.Jones (1), Paulino (1); Gen: Bradley (1)

Gashouse leads 3-1

  R H E  
South Pole 7 5 0

Box

Buffalo 5 9 4
WP - Lee (1-0)  LP - Garland (0-1)

HR - SP: Hall (1); Buf: Overbay (1)

South Pole leads 3-1

5

  R H E  
Gashouse 4 10 0

Box

Generic 7 13 2
WP - Liriano (1-0)  LP - Duke (0-1)

HR - Gas: C.Jones (1), Delgado (3);  Gen: Gonzalez (1), Green (3)

Gashouse leads 3-2

  R H E  
South Pole 5 9 0

Box

Buffalo 7 11 0
WP - Buf BP (2-0)  LP - Cain (0-1)

HR - SP: Piazza (1)

South Pole leads 3-2

6

  R H E  
Generic 2 9 1

Box

Gashouse 3 8 1
WP - Oswalt (2-0)  LP - Gen BP (0-3)

HR - Gen: Huff (2); Gas: Ethier (1), J.Jones (2)

Gashouse wins 4-2

  R H E  
Buffalo 6 15 3

Box

South Pole 4 8 1
WP - Harang (1-1)  LP - SP BP (0-1)

HR - Buf: Swisher (2), Zimmerman (1)

Series tied 3-3

7

 
  R H E  
Buffalo 5 11 0

Box

South Pole 10 10 1
WP - Lowe (2-0)  LP - Haren (0-2)

HR - Buf: Molina (1), Francoeur (1); SP: Martin (2)

South Pole wins 4-3

     



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