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    			| Second-Place ShowdownIn 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 2010 Entrants (in order of seeding): 
            Sochi, Russia 2014 (85-65)Shenandoah Valley (81-69)Aston (80-70)Vegas Strip (78-73)   | 
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    			| Semifinals - Vegas Strip vs Sochi, Russia 2014; Aston vs Shenandoah 
          Valley   Finals - Shenandoah Valley vs Sochi, Russia 2014 - Shenandoah 
          Valley won the season series 4-2     Playoffs main page |  
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                    | Finals
                      
      
        
          | Game | Shenandoah Valley vs. Sochi, Russia 
          2014 |  
          | 1 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Shenandoah Valley | 2 | 5 | 0 | Box |  | Sochi, Russia 2014 | 3 | 8 | 2 |  | WP - F.Hernandez (1-0)  LP - SV BP (0-1) HR: SV: J.Reyes (1); Soc: A.Beltre (1), J.Cust (1)
 Sochi, Russia 2014 leads 1-0
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          | 2 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Shenandoah Valley | 9 | 11 | 2 | Box |  | Sochi, Russia 2014 | 4 | 7 | 1 |  | WP - T.Hanson (1-0)  LP - C.Buchholz (0-1) HR: SV: R.Zimmerman (1), R.Howard (1), C.Johnson (1), A.Lind (1)
 Series tied 1-1
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          | 3 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Sochi, Russia 2014 | 9 | 9 | 1 | Box |  | Shenandoah Valley | 1 | 5 | 0 |  | WP - D.Price (1-0)  LP - J.Johnson (0-1) HR: Soc: D.Uggla (1), A.Beltre 2 (3)
 Sochi, Russia 2014 leads 2-1
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          | 4 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Sochi, Russia 2014 | 4 | 9 | 3 | Box |  | Shenandoah Valley | 8 | 12 | 1 |  | WP - H.Bailey (1-0)  LP - C.Kershaw (0-1) HR: SV: C.Johnson (2)
 Series tied 2-2
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          | 5 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Sochi, Russia 2014 | 4 | 9 | 0 | Box |  | Shenandoah Valley | 5 | 11 | 1 |  | WP - SV BP (1-1)  LP - C.Sabathia (0-1) HR: SV: J.Drew (1)
 Shenandoah Valley leads 3-2
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          | 6 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Shenandoah Valley | 2 | 9 | 0 | Box |  | Sochi, Russia 2014 | 4 | 11 | 0 |  | WP - F.Hernandez (2-0)  LP - SV BP (1-2) HR: SV: A.Lind (1); Soc: H.Ramirez (1), J.Bruce (1)
 Series tied 3-3
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          | 7 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Shenandoah Valley | 3 | 10 | 0 | Box |  | Sochi, Russia 2014 | 4 | 3 | 0 |  | WP - C.Buchholz (1-1)  LP - T.Hanson (1-1) HR: SV: V.Guerrero (1), J.Posada (1)
 Sochi, Russia 2014 wins series 4-3
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          |  |  |    Semifinals
                      
      
        
          | Game | Semifinal One | Semifinal Two |  
          | 1 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Vegas Strip | 4 | 7 | 1 | Box |  | Sochi, Russia 2014 | 3 | 8 | 1 |  | WP - D.Hudson (1-0)  LP - F.Hernandez (0-1) HR: VS: Y.Betancourt (1); Soc: M.Morse (1)
 Vegas Strip leads 1-0
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 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Aston | 4 | 12 | 0 | Box |  | Shenandoah Valley | 3 | 12 | 2 |  | WP - R.Halladay (1-0)  LP - SV BP (0-1) HR: Ast: W.Venable (1), A.Gonzalez (1)
 Aston leads 1-0
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          | 2 | | Extra Innings | R | H | E |  |  | Vegas Strip | 1 | 6 | 2 | Box |  | Sochi, Russia 2014 | 2 | 7 | 0 |  | WP - C.Buchholz (1-0)  LP - VS BP (0-1) HR: VS: D.Young (1)
 Series tied 1-1
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 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Aston | 2 | 5 | 1 | Box |  | Shenandoah Valley | 3 | 8 | 0 |  | WP - T.Hanson (1-0)  LP - Ast BP (0-1) HR: Ast: N.Swisher (1); SV: C.Johnson (1)
 Series tied 1-1
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          | 3 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Sochi, Russia 2014 | 6 | 8 | 0 | Box |  | Vegas Strip | 5 | 13 | 1 |  | WP - C.Carrasco (1-0)  LP - W.Davis (0-1) HR: Soc: W.Betemit (1), J.Bruce 3 (3); VS: D.Young (2)
 Sochi, Russia 2014 leads 2-1
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 | | Extra Innings | R | H | E |  |  | Shenandoah Valley | 2 | 8 | 0 | Box |  | Aston | 3 | 10 | 0 |  | WP - T.Hudson (1-0)  LP - SV BP (0-2) HR: SV: A.Lind (1), J.Drew (1); Ast: N.Swisher (2)
 Aston leads 2-1
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          | 4 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Sochi, Russia 2014 | 8 | 11 | 1 | Box |  | Vegas Strip | 5 | 14 | 3 |  | WP - C.Kershaw (1-0)  LP - U.Jimenez (0-1) HR: Soc: J.Morneau (1); VS: A.Rodriguez 2 (2)
 Sochi, Russia 2014 leads 3-1
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 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Shenandoah Valley | 7 | 11 | 0 | Box |  | Aston | 2 | 6 | 0 |  | WP - R.Nolasco (1-0)  LP - J.Garland (0-1) HR: SV: R.Zimmerman (1), R.Howard (1), A.Lind (2), V.Guerrero (1); Ast: M.Holliday (1)
 Series tied 2-2
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          | 5 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Sochi, Russia 2014 | 6 | 11 | 0 | Box |  | Vegas Strip | 8 | 12 | 0 |  | WP - VS BP (1-1)  LP - Soc BP (0-1) HR: Soc: D.Uggla (1), W.Betemit (2); VS: A.Gonzalez (1), D.Young (3), Y.Betancourt (2)
 Sochi, Russia 2014 leads 3-2
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 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Shenandoah Valley | 4 | 11 | 0 | Box |  | Aston | 3 | 9 | 0 |  | WP - SV BP (1-2)  LP - Ast BP (0-2) HR: SV: R.Cano (1), M.Kotsay (1)
 Shenandoah Valley leads 3-2
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          | 6 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Vegas Strip | 2 | 10 | 1 | Box |  | Sochi, Russia 2014 | 3 | 5 | 0 |  | WP - F.Hernandez (1-1)  LP - VS BP (1-2) HR: VS: J.Lowrie (1); Soc: W.Betemit (3), M.Morse (1)
 Sochi, Russia 2014 wins series 4-2
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 | | Extra Innings | R | H | E |  |  | Aston | 4 | 14 | 2 | Box |  | Shenandoah Valley | 3 | 9 | 0 |  | WP - R.Halladay (2-0)  LP - SV BP (1-3) HR: Ast: K.Johnson (1), C.Ross (1); SV: V.Guerrero (2)
 Series tied 3-3
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          | 7 |  | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Aston | 1 | 12 | 1 | Box |  | Shenandoah Valley | 4 | 8 | 0 |  | WP - T.Hanson (2-0)  LP - C.Lee (0-1) HR: SV: A.Lind (3)
 Shenandoah Valley wins series 4-3
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