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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 2011 Entrants (in order of seeding):
- Pittsburgh (83-67)
- Middle Age (82-68)
- California (79-71)
- Long Island (69-81)
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Semifinals - Long Island vs Pittsburgh; California vs Middle Age
Finals - Middle Age vs Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh won the season
series 8-4
Playoffs main page
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Finals
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Middle Age vs. Pittsburgh |
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| | R | H | E | | | Middle Age | 4 | 10 | 0 | Box | | Pittsburgh | 3 | 10 | 0 | WP - J.Verlander (1-0) LP - J.Lester (0-1)
HR: Pitt: M.Kemp (1)
Middle Age leads 1-0 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Middle Age | 5 | 4 | 0 | Box | | Pittsburgh | 2 | 8 | 1 | WP - M.Cain (1-0) LP - R.Romero (0-1)
HR: MA: J.Ellsbury (1)
Middle Age leads 2-0 |
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| Extra Innings | R | H | E | | | Pittsburgh | 3 | 9 | 1 | Box | | Middle Age | 2 | 11 | 0 | WP - M.Scherzer (1-0) LP - MA BP (0-1)
HR: none
Middle Age leads 2-1 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Pittsburgh | 5 | 11 | 0 | Box | | Middle Age | 4 | 8 | 1 | WP - J.Karstens (1-0) LP - MA BP (0-2)
HR: Pitt: P.Fielder (1), D.Uggla (1); MA: D.Jennings (1)
Series tied 2-2 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Pittsburgh | 6 | 9 | 0 | Box | | Middle Age | 8 | 13 | 1 | WP - MA BP (1-2) LP - C.Morton (0-1)
HR: Pitt: J.Hairston Jr. (1), C.Quentin (1); MA: C.Gonzalez (1), B.Butler (1), M.Montero (1)
Middle Age leads 3-2 |
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| Extra Innings | R | H | E | | | Middle Age | 5 | 10 | 0 | Box | | Pittsburgh | 6 | 13 | 1 | WP - Pitt BP (1-0) LP - J.Verlander (1-1)
HR: Pitt: P.Fielder (2), D.Uggla (2)
Series tied 3-3 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Middle Age | 4 | 14 | 3 | Box | | Pittsburgh | 7 | 10 | 1 | WP - R.Romero (1-1) LP - M.Cain (1-1)
HR: MA: D.Espinosa (1), M.Moustakas (1), M.Montero (2); Pitt: P.Fielder (3)
Pittsburgh wins series 4-3 |
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Semifinals
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Semifinal One |
Semifinal Two |
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| | R | H | E | | | Long Island | 4 | 6 | 0 | Box | | Pittsburgh | 6 | 9 | 0 | WP - J.Lester (1-0) LP - LI BP (0-1)
HR: LI: L.Berkman (1); Pitt: M.Kemp (1)
Pittsburgh leads 1-0 |
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| | R | H | E | | | California | 1 | 9 | 3 | Box | | Middle Age | 7 | 7 | 0 | WP - J.Verlander (1-0) LP - W.Rodriguez (0-1)
HR: Cal: L.Duda (1); MA: C.Gonzalez (1), H.Blanco (1)
Middle Age leads 1-0 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Long Island | 0 | 9 | 5 | Box | | Pittsburgh | 5 | 9 | 0 | WP - R.Romero (1-0) LP - C.Hamels (0-1)
HR: LI: D.Wright (1)
Pittsburgh leads 2-0 |
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| | R | H | E | | | California | 1 | 7 | 2 | Box | | Middle Age | 13 | 9 | 0 | WP - M.Cain (1-0) LP - R.Nolasco (0-1)
HR: Cal: C.Santana (1), A.Pujols (1); MA: T.Tulowitzki (1), R.Zimmerman (1)
Middle Age leads 2-0 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Pittsburgh | 5 | 13 | 0 | Box | | Long Island | 2 | 5 | 4 | WP - Pitt BP (1-0) LP - D.Haren (0-1)
HR: Pitt: M.Kemp (2), E.Thames (1)
Pittsburgh leads 3-0 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Middle Age | 5 | 9 | 1 | Box | | California | 7 | 9 | 4 | WP - T.Cahill (1-0) LP - T.Hanson (0-1)
HR: MA: J.Ellsbury (1), T.Tulowitzki (2); Cal: A.Pujols (2), C.Young (1)
Middle Age leads 2-1 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Pittsburgh | 7 | 11 | 0 | Box | | Long Island | 2 | 5 | 2 | WP - J.Karstens (1-0) LP - D.Gee (0-1)
HR: Pitt: M.Kemp (3), C.Beltran (1), E.Thames (2)
Pittsburgh wins series 4-0 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Middle Age | 4 | 14 | 2 | Box | | California | 5 | 10 | 0 | WP - C.Billingsley (1-0) LP - MA BP (0-1)
HR: MA: L.Morrison (1), M.Montero (1); Cal: C.Santana (2), A.Pujols (3)
Series tied 2-2 |
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| Extra Innings | R | H | E | | | Middle Age | 5 | 6 | 0 | Box | | California | 4 | 9 | 4 | WP - F.Paulino (1-0) LP - Cal BP (0-1)
HR: MA: J.Ellsbury (2); Cal: A.Beltre (1)
Middle Age leads 3-2 |
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| | R | H | E | | | California | 3 | 12 | 0 | Box | | Middle Age | 4 | 4 | 0 | WP - J.Verlander (2-0) LP - W.Rodriguez (0-2)
HR: Cal: A.Beltre (2), S.Sizemore (1); MA: L.Chisenhall (1)
Middle Age wins series 4-2 |
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