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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 2022 Entrants (in order of seeding): 
          
            - Rio de Janeiro 2016 (83-67)
 
            - Interlaken (81-69)
 
            - Memphis (76-74)
 
            - Real (75-75)
 
           
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           Semifinals - Real vs. Rio de Janeiro 2016; Memphis vs. Interlaken 
            
		  Rio de Janeiro 2016 won 4 games to 0
		   Interlaken won 4 games to 2
             
          Finals - Interlaken vs. Rio de Janeiro 2016 
		  Season series: Rio de Janeiro 2016 won 7-5 
          2022 Gore Cup Winner - Rio de Janeiro 2016 won 4 games to 2 
            
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                    Finals
                    
                      
      
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Interlaken | 3 | 12 | 0 | Box  |  | Rio de Janeiro 2016 | 4 | 6 | 0 |  WP - T.Anderson (1-0)  LP - Int BP (0-1) HR: Int: R.Arozarena (1), M.Harris II (1), V.Pasquantino (1); Rio: K.Tucker (1), C.Kelly (1) Rio de Janeiro 2016 leads 1-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Interlaken | 8 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | Rio de Janeiro 2016 | 3 | 6 | 5 |  WP - S.Strider (1-0)  LP - C.Kershaw (0-1) HR: Int: S.Perez (1), J.Fraley (1); Rio: C.Correa (1) Series tied 1-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Rio de Janeiro 2016 | 5 | 8 | 2 | Box  |  | Interlaken | 3 | 6 | 0 |  WP - C.Burnes (1-0)  LP - Int BP (0-2) HR: Rio: D.Jansen 2 (2), G.Torres (1); Int: S.Kwan (1) Rio de Janeiro 2016 leads 2-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Rio de Janeiro 2016 | 6 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Interlaken | 7 | 8 | 0 |  WP - Int BP (1-2)  LP - K.Gausman (0-1) HR: Int: S.Kwan (2), R.Arozarena (2), V.Pasquantino (2) Series tied 2-2 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Rio de Janeiro 2016 | 4 | 6 | 1 | Box  |  | Interlaken | 3 | 11 | 2 |  WP - M.Kelly (1-0)  LP - Int BP (1-3) HR: Rio: C.Yelich (1), R.Acuna (1); Int: R.Arozarena (3), B.Drury (1), J.Fraley (2) Rio de Janeiro 2016 leads 3-2 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Interlaken | 5 | 11 | 3 | Box  |  | Rio de Janeiro 2016 | 6 | 12 | 0 |  WP - T.Anderson (2-0)  LP - Int BP (1-4) HR: Int: N.Gorman (1), J.Fraley (3); Rio: G.Torres (2), L.Urias (1), C.Correa (2) Rio de Janeiro 2016 wins series 4-2 |   
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                    Semifinals
                    
                      
      
        
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          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Real | 4 | 12 | 2 | Box  |  | Rio de Janeiro 2016 | 5 | 5 | 2 |  WP - T.Anderson (1-0)  LP - M.Fried (0-1) HR: Re: J.Meneses (1); Rio: R.Acuna (1) Rio de Janeiro 2016 leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Memphis | 2 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Interlaken | 1 | 6 | 3 |  WP - F.Valdez (1-0)  LP - Int BP (0-1) HR: none Memphis leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Real | 2 | 9 | 1 | Box  |  | Rio de Janeiro 2016 | 8 | 8 | 1 |  WP - C.Kershaw (1-0)  LP - B.Woodruff (0-1) HR: Re: T.d'Arnaud (1); Rio: O.Cruz (1), J.Candelario (1) Rio de Janeiro 2016 leads 2-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Memphis | 6 | 12 | 0 | Box  |  | Interlaken | 4 | 11 | 2 |  WP - G.Marquez (1-0)  LP - Int BP (0-2) HR: Mem: M.Trout (1), L.Rengifo (1), J.Siri (1); Int: R.Arozarena (1) Memphis leads 2-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Rio de Janeiro 2016 | 3 | 5 | 0 | Box  |  | Real | 2 | 7 | 0 |  WP - Rio BP (1-0)  LP - C.Bassitt (0-1) HR: none Rio de Janeiro 2016 leads 3-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Interlaken | 5 | 13 | 0 | Box  |  | Memphis | 4 | 7 | 0 |  WP - Int BP (1-2)  LP - K.Freeland (0-1) HR: Int: J.Ramirez (1), J.Fraley (1); Mem: C.Raleigh 2 (2) Memphis leads 2-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Rio de Janeiro 2016 | 7 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Real | 3 | 2 | 0 |  WP - Rio BP (2-0)  LP - J.Cueto (0-1) HR: Rio: O.Cruz (2), R.Acuna (2) Rio de Janeiro 2016 wins series 4-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Interlaken | 7 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | Memphis | 2 | 8 | 0 |  WP - L.Gilbert (1-0)  LP - K.Bubic (0-1) HR: Int: B.Drury 2 (2); Mem: L.Voit (1), W.Flores (1) Series tied 2-2 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Interlaken | 4 | 8 | 2 | Box  |  | Memphis | 3 | 4 | 0 |  WP - J.Springs (1-0)  LP - M.Clevinger (0-1) HR: Int: J.Ramirez (2); Mem: M.Trout (2), J.Cronenworth (1) Interlaken leads 3-2 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Memphis | 3 | 7 | 1 | Box  |  | Interlaken | 7 | 15 | 0 |  WP - S.Ohtani (1-0)  LP - F.Valdez (1-1) HR: Int: M.Harris II (1), J.Ramirez (3), N.Gorman (1) Interlaken wins series 4-2 |      | 
         
        
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