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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): 
          
            - Carolina (90-60)
 
            - Wrigleyville (83-67)
 
            - The Blues Brothers (73-77)
 
            - Lake Michigan (70-80)
 
           
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           Semifinals - Lake Michigan vs. Carolina; The Blues Brothers vs. Wrigleyville 
            
		  Carolina won 4 games to 3
		   The Blues Brothers won 4 games to 1
             
          Finals - The Blues Brothers vs. Carolina 
		  Season series: Carolina won 5-1 
          2023 Gore Cup Winner - The Blues Brothers won 4 games to 1 
            
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                    Finals
                    
                      
      
        
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          The Blues Brothers vs. Carolina | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | The Blues Brothers | 5 | 5 | 0 | Box  |  | Carolina | 4 | 12 | 1 |  WP - S.Alcantara (1-0)  LP - L.Lynn (0-1) HR: Car: S.Murphy (1) The Blues Brothers leads 1-0 |   
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | The Blues Brothers | 3 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Carolina | 4 | 5 | 0 |  WP - J.Quintana (1-0)  LP - TBB BP (0-1) HR: TBB: J.Bell (1), J.Soto (1), G.Stanton (1); Car: C.Correa (1) Series tied 1-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Carolina | 3 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | The Blues Brothers | 4 | 13 | 1 |  WP - C.Morton (1-0)  LP - Car BP (0-1) HR: TBB: L.Gurriel (1), T.Murphy (1), C.Morel (1) The Blues Brothers leads 2-1 |   
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Carolina | 5 | 14 | 0 | Box  |  | The Blues Brothers | 6 | 10 | 0 |  WP - K.Maeda (1-0)  LP - Car BP (0-2) HR: Car: C.Walker 2 (2); TBB: J.Bell (2), J.Soto (2) The Blues Brothers leads 3-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Carolina | 3 | 8 | 3 | Box  |  | The Blues Brothers | 4 | 8 | 1 |  WP - J.Taillon (1-0)  LP - S.Gray (0-1) HR: Car: W.Merrifield (1); TBB: G.Stanton (2) The Blues Brothers wins series 4-1 |   
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                    Semifinals
                    
                      
      
        
          | Game | 
          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Lake Michigan | 4 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Carolina | 5 | 8 | 0 |  WP - Car BP (1-0)  LP - M.Scherzer (0-1) HR: LM: E.Julien (1); Car: C.Bellinger (1) Carolina leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | The Blues Brothers | 4 | 9 | 1 | Box  |  | Wrigleyville | 3 | 5 | 0 |  WP - TBB BP (1-0)  LP - Wrig BP (0-1) HR: TBB: G.Stanton (1), R.Greene (1) The Blues Brothers leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Lake Michigan | 3 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Carolina | 4 | 6 | 0 |  WP - J.Quintana (1-0)  LP - LM BP (0-1) HR: LM: S.Steer (1), A.Burleson (1); Car: C.Seager (1) Carolina leads 2-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | The Blues Brothers | 5 | 9 | 2 | Box  |  | Wrigleyville | 2 | 9 | 0 |  WP - P.Lopez (1-0)  LP - C.Sale (0-1) HR: TBB: B.Turang (1), J.Soto (1), G.Stanton (2), C.Raleigh (1) The Blues Brothers leads 2-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Carolina | 8 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Lake Michigan | 5 | 15 | 1 |  WP - C.Bassitt (1-0)  LP - J.Ryan (0-1) HR: Car: B.Harper (1), C.Seager (2); LM: S.Steer (2) Carolina leads 3-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Wrigleyville | 5 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | The Blues Brothers | 3 | 8 | 1 |  WP - A.Gomber (1-0)  LP - C.Morton (0-1) HR: Wrig: I.Happ (1), G.Torres (1); TBB: L.Gurriel (1) The Blues Brothers leads 2-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Carolina | 3 | 6 | 1 | Box  |  | Lake Michigan | 5 | 5 | 0 |  WP - Y.Kikuchi (1-0)  LP - E.Rodriguez (0-1) HR: LM: M.Semien (1), M.Wallner (1), A.Burleson (2) Carolina leads 3-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Wrigleyville | 4 | 10 | 1 | Box  |  | The Blues Brothers | 7 | 11 | 0 |  WP - K.Maeda (1-0)  LP - P.Corbin (0-1) HR: Wrig: M.Olson (1); TBB: J.Bell (1), J.Soto (2), G.Stanton (3) The Blues Brothers leads 3-1 |      | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Carolina | 4 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Lake Michigan | 5 | 8 | 1 |  WP - M.Kelly (1-0)  LP - S.Gray (0-1) HR: Car: K.Marte (1), C.Bellinger (2), C.Correa (1); LM: N.Lowe (1) Carolina leads 3-2 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Wrigleyville | 4 | 12 | 0 | Box  |  | The Blues Brothers | 5 | 10 | 0 |  WP - J.Taillon (1-0)  LP - Wrig BP (0-2) HR: Wrig: G.Springer (1); TBB: J.Bell 2 (3) The Blues Brothers wins series 4-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Lake Michigan | 5 | 6 | 6 | Box  |  | Carolina | 2 | 6 | 0 |  WP - M.Scherzer (1-1)  LP - L.Lynn (0-1) HR: LM: M.Semien (2) Series tied 3-3 |      | 
          
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Lake Michigan | 3 | 9 | 4 | Box  |  | Carolina | 4 | 13 | 0 |  WP - Car BP (2-0)  LP - A.Houser (0-1) HR: LM: N.Lowe (2), S.Steer (3), M.Canha (1) Carolina wins series 4-3 |      | 
          
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