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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 2009 Entrants (in order of seeding):

  • Manalapan (84-67) - 2nd straight appearance here; just missed division by losing tiebreaker game
  • Hanso (82-68) - Division champ last year; lost by just 1 game this year.
  • UK (78-72) - 2nd place last year too.
  • Alpha Centauri (74-76) - Division and conference champ last year.

 

Semifinals - Alpha Centauri vs.Manalapan; UK vs Hanso

 

Finals - Alpha Centauri vs Hanso; Hanso won the season series 5-1

 

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Finals

Game Alpha Centauri vs. Hanso

1
 RHE 
Alpha Centauri093

Box

Hanso490
WP - D.Haren (1-0) LP - AC BP (0-1)
HR: AC: P.Konerko (1)
Hanso leads 1-0
 

2
Extra InningsRHE 
Alpha Centauri670

Box

Hanso5120
WP - M.Garza (1-0) LP - C.Hamels (0-1)
HR: AC: J.Nix (1); Han: A.Dunn (1), N.Swisher (1)
Series tied 1-1
 

3
 RHE 
Hanso7130

Box

Alpha Centauri590
WP - P.Martinez (1-0) LP - A.Laffey (0-1)
HR: AC: J.Rivera (1)
Hanso leads 2-1
 

4
Extra InningsRHE 
Hanso180

Box

Alpha Centauri270
WP - R.Oswalt (1-0) LP - Han BP (0-1)
HR: Han: N.Swisher (2)
Series tied 2-2
 

5
 RHE 
Hanso6120

Box

Alpha Centauri753
WP - K.Correia (1-0) LP - M.Buehrle (0-1)
HR: Han: A.Hill (1), A.Ethier (1)
Alpha Centauri leads 3-2
 

6
 RHE 
Alpha Centauri3112

Box

Hanso250
WP - W.Rodriguez (1-0) LP - Han BP (0-2)
HR: AC: I.Kinsler 2 (2)
Alpha Centauri wins series 4-2
 

7

  
   

 

Semifinals

Game Semifinal One Semifinal Two

1
 RHE 
Alpha Centauri8101

Box

Manalapan5100
WP - AC BP (1-0) LP - T.Stauffer (0-1)
HR: AC: A.Ramirez (1), P.Konerko (1), J.Rivera (1)
Alpha Centauri leads 1-0
 
 RHE 
UK571

Box

Hanso4100
WP - U.Jimenez (1-0) LP - D.Haren (0-1)
HR: UK: D.Lee (1), J.Upton (1); Han: A.McCutchen (1)
UK leads 1-0
 

2
 RHE 
Alpha Centauri240

Box

Manalapan1130
WP - M.Garza (1-0) LP - S.Baker (0-1)
HR: none
Alpha Centauri leads 2-0
 
 RHE 
UK483

Box

Hanso391
WP - F.Hernandez (1-0) LP - Han BP (0-1)
HR: UK: M.Cabrera (1), J.Gomes (1), B.Francisco (1); Han: A.Ethier (1)
UK leads 2-0
 

3
 RHE 
Manalapan4111

Box

Alpha Centauri9100
WP - A.Laffey (1-0) LP - C.Lee (0-1)
HR: Man: M.Byrd (1); AC: A.Lind 2 (2)
Alpha Centauri leads 3-0
 
Extra InningsRHE 
Hanso4121

Box

UK543
WP - J.Beckett (1-0) LP - P.Martinez (0-1)
HR: none
UK leads 3-0
 

4
 RHE 
Manalapan6101

Box

Alpha Centauri490
WP - C.Pavano (1-0) LP - R.Oswalt (0-1)
HR: Man: F.Lopez (1), M.Byrd (2)
Alpha Centauri leads 3-1
 
 RHE 
Hanso4113

Box

UK370
WP - Z.Greinke (1-0) LP - C.Morton (0-1)
HR: none
UK leads 3-1
 

5
 RHE 
Manalapan380

Box

Alpha Centauri4111
WP - K.Correia (1-0) LP - J.Marquis (0-1)
HR: Man: A.LaRoche (1), M.Byrd 2 (4); AC: P.Konerko (2)
Alpha Centauri wins series 4-1
 
 RHE 
Hanso6110

Box

UK590
WP - Han BP (1-1) LP - J.Garland (0-1)
HR: Han: A.Hill (1); UK: M.Teahen (1), R.Ankiel (1)
UK leads 3-2
 

6

  
Extra InningsRHE 
UK283

Box

Hanso340
WP - D.Haren (1-1) LP - UK BP (0-1)
HR: none
Series tied 3-3
 

7

  
 RHE 
UK370

Box

Hanso4131
WP - C.Hamels (1-0) LP - UK BP (0-2)
HR: Han: S.Victorino (1), A.Hill (2), A.Ethier (2)
Hanso wins series 4-3
 
     

 

 

 

  
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