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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): 
          
            - Heffernan's (91-59)
 
            - Ace (80-70)
 
            - Dunder Mifflin (80-70)
 
            - Nevada (74-76)
 
           
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           Semifinals - Nevada vs. Heffernan's; Dunder Mifflin vs. Ace 
            
		  Heffernan's won 4 games to 2
		   Dunder Mifflin won 4 games to 2
             
          Finals - Dunder Mifflin vs. Heffernan's 
		  Season series: Heffernan's won 7-5 
          2023 Gore Cup Winner - Heffernan's won 4 games to 3 
            
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                    Finals
                    
                      
      
        
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          Dunder Mifflin vs. Heffernan's | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Dunder Mifflin | 2 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Heffernan's | 5 | 10 | 0 |  WP - G.Rodriguez (1-0)  LP - DM BP (0-1) HR: DM: O.Albies (1); Hef: E.Julien (1), J.Soto 2 (2) Heffernan's leads 1-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Dunder Mifflin | 6 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Heffernan's | 7 | 7 | 1 |  WP - J.Montgomery (1-0)  LP - M.Gore (0-1) HR: DM: B.Witt Jr. (1); Hef: B.Reynolds 2 (2) Heffernan's leads 2-0 |   
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Heffernan's | 2 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Dunder Mifflin | 3 | 8 | 1 |  WP - E.Perez (1-0)  LP - Hef BP (0-1) HR: DM: J.Rodriguez (1), C.McCormick (1), J.Stallings (1) Heffernan's leads 2-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Heffernan's | 6 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Dunder Mifflin | 3 | 8 | 0 |  WP - J.Oviedo (1-0)  LP - M.Kopech (0-1) HR: Hef: B.Reynolds (3), Y.Diaz (1), E.Jimenez (1); DM: A.Bohm (1) Heffernan's leads 3-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Heffernan's | 5 | 12 | 0 | Box  |  | Dunder Mifflin | 7 | 7 | 0 |  WP - S.Alcantara (1-0)  LP - J.Luzardo (0-1) HR: DM: J.Rodriguez (2), C.McCormick (2) Heffernan's leads 3-2 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Dunder Mifflin | 5 | 9 | 1 | Box  |  | Heffernan's | 3 | 9 | 2 |  WP - M.Stroman (1-0)  LP - G.Rodriguez (1-1) HR: none Series tied 3-3 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Dunder Mifflin | 3 | 8 | 3 | Box  |  | Heffernan's | 7 | 11 | 0 |  WP - J.Montgomery (2-0)  LP - M.Gore (0-2) HR: DM: C.McCormick 2 (4), M.Machado (1), C.Abrams (1); Hef: A.Santander 2 (2), Y.Diaz (2) Heffernan's wins series 4-3 |   
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                    Semifinals
                    
                      
      
        
          | Game | 
          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Nevada | 3 | 12 | 0 | Box  |  | Heffernan's | 1 | 5 | 0 |  WP - B.Bello (1-0)  LP - Hef BP (0-1) HR: Nev: M.Chapman (1) Nevada leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Dunder Mifflin | 2 | 8 | 1 | Box  |  | Ace | 8 | 9 | 0 |  WP - S.Ohtani (1-0)  LP - S.Alcantara (0-1) HR: Ace: F.Tatis (1), S.Steer (1), S.Ohtani (1), L.Raley (1) Ace leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Nevada | 5 | 8 | 1 | Box  |  | Heffernan's | 6 | 9 | 0 |  WP - Hef BP (1-1)  LP - R.Suarez (0-1) HR: Nev: A.Hays 2 (2); Hef: W.Contreras (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Dunder Mifflin | 3 | 5 | 0 | Box  |  | Ace | 6 | 6 | 4 |  WP - Ace BP (1-0)  LP - M.Stroman (0-1) HR: Ace: A.Garcia (1) Ace leads 2-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Heffernan's | 6 | 13 | 0 | Box  |  | Nevada | 4 | 5 | 2 |  WP - Hef BP (2-1)  LP - C.Javier (0-1) HR: Hef: J.Soto 2 (2) Heffernan's leads 2-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Ace | 2 | 5 | 0 | Box  |  | Dunder Mifflin | 8 | 10 | 0 |  WP - M.Gore (1-0)  LP - A.Cobb (0-1) HR: Ace: A.Bregman (1); DM: C.Abrams (1), J.Rodriguez (1), O.Albies (1) Ace leads 2-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Heffernan's | 4 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Nevada | 5 | 8 | 0 |  WP - Nev BP (1-0)  LP - Hef BP (2-2) HR: Hef: R.Mountcastle (1); Nev: A.Hays (3), S.Langeliers 2 (2) Series tied 2-2 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Ace | 3 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Dunder Mifflin | 5 | 11 | 0 |  WP - T.Bibee (1-0)  LP - K.Gibson (0-1) HR: Ace: A.Verdugo (1); DM: C.Abrams (2), A.Bohm (1) Series tied 2-2 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Heffernan's | 4 | 12 | 0 | Box  |  | Nevada | 2 | 7 | 1 |  WP - G.Rodriguez (1-0)  LP - Nev BP (1-1) HR: Hef: J.Soto (3); Nev: T.Hernandez (1) Heffernan's leads 3-2 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Ace | 1 | 6 | 3 | Box  |  | Dunder Mifflin | 6 | 7 | 0 |  WP - E.Perez (1-0)  LP - Y.Kikuchi (0-1) HR: Ace: A.Verdugo (2), J.Heim (1); DM: J.Rodriguez (2), M.Moniak (1) Dunder Mifflin leads 3-2 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Nevada | 3 | 9 | 1 | Box  |  | Heffernan's | 5 | 7 | 0 |  WP - J.Montgomery (1-0)  LP - B.Bello (1-1) HR: Nev: C.Morel (1), S.Langeliers (3) Heffernan's wins series 4-2 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Dunder Mifflin | 8 | 13 | 4 | Box  |  | Ace | 5 | 9 | 1 |  WP - S.Alcantara (1-1)  LP - C.Schmidt (0-1) HR: DM: J.Rodriguez (3), C.Abrams 2 (4), B.Marsh (1) Dunder Mifflin wins series 4-2 |      | 
         
        
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