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    			| The Best of the WorstThe 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.   2014 Finals: Maryland vs. Carmel Season series: Split 3-3   2014 Winner - Carmel won 3 games to 1   Playoffs main page |  
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          | Game | Maryland vs. Carmel |  
          | 1 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Maryland | 3 | 11 | 0 | Box |  | Carmel | 8 | 7 | 2 |  | WP - A.Simon (1-0)  LP - J.Verlander (0-1) HR: Car: J.Reyes (1), K.Seager (1)
 Carmel leads 1-0
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          | 2 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Maryland | 4 | 8 | 0 | Box |  | Carmel | 6 | 13 | 3 |  | WP - J.Weaver (1-0)  LP - A.Wainwright (0-1) HR: Car: K.Seager (2)
 Carmel leads 2-0
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          | 3 | | Extra Innings | R | H | E |  |  | Carmel | 3 | 11 | 0 | Box |  | Maryland | 4 | 5 | 1 |  | WP - Md BP (1-0)  LP - T.Roark (0-1) HR: Md: Y.Cespedes (1)
 Carmel leads 2-1
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          | 4 | | Extra Innings | R | H | E |  |  | Carmel | 7 | 9 | 0 | Box |  | Maryland | 6 | 6 | 1 |  | WP - Car BP (1-0)  LP - D.Haren (0-1) HR: Md: H.Ramirez (1)
 Carmel wins series 3-1
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          | Game | Semifinal One | Semifinal Two |  
          | 1 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Life Sucks | 3 | 5 | 1 | Box |  | Carmel | 2 | 5 | 0 |  | WP - A.Harang (1-0)  LP - Car BP (0-1) HR: Life: I.Desmond (1), A.Beltre (1), C.Dickerson (1)
 Life Sucks leads 1-0
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 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | New York | 4 | 12 | 0 | Box |  | Maryland | 6 | 10 | 0 |  | WP - D.Haren (1-0)  LP - J.Beckett (0-1) HR: NY: K.Davis (1), G.Stanton (1), M.Trumbo (1); Md: C.Gomez (1), A.Gonzalez (1), Y.Cespedes (1)
 Maryland leads 1-0
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          | 2 | | Extra Innings | R | H | E |  |  | Carmel | 6 | 8 | 0 | Box |  | Life Sucks | 5 | 12 | 1 |  | WP - Y.Petit (1-0)  LP - V.Worley (0-1) HR: Car: D.Stubbs (1); Life: J.Martinez (1), C.Dickerson (2)
 Series tied 1-1
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 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Maryland | 3 | 8 | 0 | Box |  | New York | 6 | 9 | 0 |  | WP - T.Koehler (1-0)  LP - J.Turner (0-1) HR: Md: M.Cabrera (1); NY: J.Jaso (1)
 Series tied 1-1
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          | 3 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Life Sucks | 3 | 2 | 0 | Box |  | Carmel | 4 | 6 | 3 |  | WP - A.Simon (1-0)  LP - H.Ryu (0-1) HR: Car: E.Aybar (1)
 Carmel wins series 2-1
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 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | New York | 2 | 3 | 1 | Box |  | Maryland | 3 | 6 | 1 |  | WP - Md BP (1-0)  LP - C.Young (0-1) HR: none
 Maryland wins series 2-1
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          | Game | Quarterfinal One | Quarterfinal Two |  
          | 1 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Parkville | 3 | 6 | 0 | Box |  | Carmel | 2 | 7 | 0 |  | WP - S.Gray (1-0)  LP - Car BP (0-1) HR: Park: A.Jones (1)
 Parkville leads 1-0
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 | | Extra Innings | R | H | E |  |  | Frostbite Falls | 3 | 10 | 2 | Box |  | Maryland | 2 | 10 | 1 |  | WP - K.Gibson (1-0)  LP - Md BP (0-1) HR: FF: M.Reynolds (1)
 Frostbite Falls leads 1-0
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          | 2 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Carmel | 5 | 11 | 1 | Box |  | Parkville | 2 | 5 | 0 |  | WP - J.Weaver (1-0)  LP - Park BP (0-1) HR: Car: J.Reyes (1), D.Stubbs (1), K.Seager (1)
 Series tied 1-1
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 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Maryland | 3 | 5 | 1 | Box |  | Frostbite Falls | 1 | 7 | 6 |  | WP - A.Wainwright (1-0)  LP - FF BP (0-1) HR: FF: C.Headley (1)
 Series tied 1-1
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          | 3 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Parkville | 1 | 3 | 2 | Box |  | Carmel | 6 | 9 | 1 |  | WP - T.Roark (1-0)  LP - H.Alvarez (0-1) HR: Car: K.Seager (2)
 Carmel wins series 2-1
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 | | Extra Innings | R | H | E |  |  | Frostbite Falls | 3 | 4 | 2 | Box |  | Maryland | 4 | 5 | 6 |  | WP - T.Wood (1-0)  LP - FF BP (0-2) HR: none
 Maryland wins series 2-1
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          | Game | Quarterfinal Three | Quarterfinal Four |  
          | 1 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Detroit | 0 | 4 | 5 | Box |  | New York | 7 | 7 | 1 |  | WP - C.Young (1-0)  LP - D.Price (0-1) HR: NY: D.Ortiz (1)
 New York leads 1-0
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 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Rio de Janeiro 2016 | 3 | 9 | 2 | Box |  | Life Sucks | 5 | 12 | 1 |  | WP - H.Ryu (1-0)  LP - C.Kershaw (0-1) HR: Rio: M.Zunino (1); Life: J.Martinez (1), D.Mesoraco (1), A.Beltre (1), J.Hamilton (1)
 Life Sucks leads 1-0
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          | 2 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | New York | 6 | 7 | 0 | Box |  | Detroit | 2 | 10 | 6 |  | WP - NY BP (1-0)  LP - A.Sanchez (0-1) HR: NY: J.Donaldson (1)
 New York wins series 2-0
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 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Life Sucks | 4 | 11 | 0 | Box |  | Rio de Janeiro 2016 | 3 | 7 | 3 |  | WP - O.Despaigne (1-0)  LP - Rio BP (0-1) HR: Life: A.Beltre (2)
 Life Sucks wins series 2-0
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