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    			The Best of the Worst
          The 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. 
            
          2023 Finals: Vatican City vs. Parkfield 
          Season series: Vatican City won 11-7 
            
          2023 Winner - Parkfield won 3 games to 1 
            
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                    Finals 
                    
                      
      
        
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          Vatican City vs. Parkfield | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Vatican City | 1 | 3 | 2 | Box  |  | Parkfield | 3 | 8 | 0 |  WP - G.Cole (1-0)  LP - VC BP (0-1) HR: Park: T.Hernandez (1) Parkfield leads 1-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Vatican City | 3 | 5 | 1 | Box  |  | Parkfield | 2 | 5 | 0 |  WP - B.Woodruff (1-0)  LP - T.Bibee (0-1) HR: VC: A.Santander (1); Park: T.Hernandez (2) Series tied 1-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Parkfield | 4 | 8 | 2 | Box  |  | Vatican City | 3 | 3 | 2 |  WP - B.Miller (1-0)  LP - P.Lopez (0-1) HR: Park: L.Robert (1), J.Walker (1); VC: J.Realmuto (1) Parkfield leads 2-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Parkfield | 4 | 6 | 2 | Box  |  | Vatican City | 2 | 5 | 0 |  WP - S.Strider (1-0)  LP - H.Brown (0-1) HR: none Parkfield wins series 3-1 |   
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                    Semifinals
                    
                      
      
        
          | Game | 
          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Night | 8 | 11 | 2 | Box  |  | Parkfield | 7 | 15 | 3 |  WP - C.Bassitt (1-0)  LP - S.Strider (0-1) HR: Ni: F.Fermin 2 (2); Park: E.Duran (1), L.Robert (1), T.Hernandez (1) Night leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Creature | 5 | 12 | 0 | Box  |  | Vatican City | 8 | 5 | 0 |  WP - H.Brown (1-0)  LP - S.Lugo (0-1) HR: Cre: N.Castellanos (1), N.Lowe (1), C.Abrams (1); VC: E.Tovar (1) Vatican City leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Parkfield | 5 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Night | 4 | 9 | 2 |  WP - Park BP (1-0)  LP - Ni BP (0-1) HR: Park: S.Murphy (1), J.Walker (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Vatican City | 5 | 9 | 2 | Box  |  | Creature | 8 | 12 | 1 |  WP - J.Gray (1-0)  LP - G.Canning (0-1) HR: VC: F.Alvarez (1); Cre: G.Henderson 2 (2), C.Carroll (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Night | 2 | 9 | 2 | Box  |  | Parkfield | 3 | 7 | 0 |  WP - G.Cole (1-0)  LP - M.Scherzer (0-1) HR: Ni: J.Soto (1) Parkfield wins series 2-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Creature | 4 | 6 | 1 | Box  |  | Vatican City | 5 | 7 | 2 |  WP - C.Burnes (1-0)  LP - M.Kelly (0-1) HR: Cre: Z.Gelof (1), N.Castellanos (2); VC: A.Gimenez (1) Vatican City wins series 2-1 |      | 
         
        
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                    Quarterfinals
                    
                      
        
          | Game | 
          Quarterfinal One | 
          Quarterfinal Two | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Brisco County | 2 | 3 | 2 | Box  |  | Parkfield | 3 | 9 | 2 |  WP - G.Cole (1-0)  LP - BC BP (0-1) HR: BC: W.Smith (1); Park: G.Springer (1) Parkfield leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Night | 4 | 7 | 1 | Box  |  | How the West | 2 | 5 | 2 |  WP - M.Scherzer (1-0)  LP - Z.Wheeler (0-1) HR: Ni: F.Fermin (1); HTW: A.Rosario (1) Night leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Parkfield | 2 | 4 | 1 | Box  |  | Brisco County | 4 | 6 | 0 |  WP - L.Castillo (1-0)  LP - Park BP (0-1) HR: BC: J.Abreu (1), A.Barnes (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | How the West | 3 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Night | 6 | 6 | 3 |  WP - K.Senga (1-0)  LP - K.Gausman (0-1) HR: HTW: L.Thomas (1); Ni: M.Harris II (1) Night wins series 2-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Brisco County | 3 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Parkfield | 6 | 4 | 0 |  WP - Park BP (1-1)  LP - J.Luzardo (0-1) HR: Park: T.Story (1) Parkfield wins series 2-1 |      | 
          
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          | Game | 
          Quarterfinal Three | 
          Quarterfinal Four | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | California | 6 | 9 | 1 | Box  |  | Vatican City | 5 | 10 | 0 |  WP - L.Lynn (1-0)  LP - C.Burnes (0-1) HR: Cal: T.Edman (1), J.Gallo (1); VC: A.Santander (1), J.Realmuto (1), M.Moustakas (1), A.Volpe (1) California leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Die Hard | 3 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Creature | 5 | 7 | 1 |  WP - M.Kelly (1-0)  LP - J.Verlander (0-1) HR: DH: A.Judge (1); Cre: N.Castellanos (1), N.Lowe (1) Creature leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Vatican City | 6 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | California | 1 | 6 | 0 |  WP - B.Woodruff (1-0)  LP - A.Cobb (0-1) HR: VC: A.Gimenez (1); Cal: M.Olson (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Creature | 4 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Die Hard | 3 | 7 | 0 |  WP - Z.Eflin (1-0)  LP - E.Perez (0-1) HR: Cre: Z.Gelof (1), G.Henderson (1); DH: C.Morel (1), F.Tatis (1) Creature wins series 2-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | California | 0 | 6 | 1 | Box  |  | Vatican City | 6 | 2 | 3 |  WP - P.Lopez (1-0)  LP - M.Wacha (0-1) HR: none Vatican City wins series 2-1 |      | 
          
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