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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): 
          
            - Benchwarmer (93-57)
 
            - NYC (81-69)
 
            - Men Injecting Men - (77-73)
 
            - Yari's (65-85)
 
           
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           Semifinals - Yari's vs. Benchwarmer; Men Injecting Men - vs. NYC 
            
		  Yari's won 4 games to 0
		   Men Injecting Men - won 4 games to 1
             
          Finals - Yari's vs. Men Injecting Men - 
		  Season series: Men Injecting Men - won 5-1 
          2023 Gore Cup Winner - Men Injecting Men - won 4 games to 2 
            
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                    Finals
                    
                      
      
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Yari's | 4 | 10 | 4 | Box  |  | Men Injecting Men - | 6 | 9 | 1 |  WP - J.Verlander (1-0)  LP - Z.Wheeler (0-1) HR: Yar: A.Rosario (1), X.Bogaerts (1), N.Jones (1); MIM: K.Tucker (1), J.Burger (1) Men Injecting Men - leads 1-0 |   
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Yari's | 3 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Men Injecting Men - | 4 | 9 | 0 |  WP - G.Rodriguez (1-0)  LP - B.Woo (0-1) HR: MIM: J.Bell (1) Men Injecting Men - leads 2-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Men Injecting Men - | 4 | 7 | 2 | Box  |  | Yari's | 9 | 10 | 1 |  WP - L.Allen (1-0)  LP - R.Detmers (0-1) HR: MIM: J.Bell 2 (3); Yar: A.Rosario (2), X.Bogaerts (2), Y.Diaz (1) Men Injecting Men - leads 2-1 |   
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Men Injecting Men - | 5 | 7 | 2 | Box  |  | Yari's | 4 | 9 | 0 |  WP - MIM BP (1-0)  LP - C.Ragans (0-1) HR: MIM: M.Massey (1) Men Injecting Men - leads 3-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Men Injecting Men - | 6 | 9 | 2 | Box  |  | Yari's | 9 | 14 | 0 |  WP - Yar BP (1-0)  LP - M.Gore (0-1) HR: MIM: M.Betts (1), J.Ramirez 2 (2), M.Massey (2); Yar: A.Rosario (3), R.McMahon (1) Men Injecting Men - leads 3-2 |   
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Yari's | 1 | 5 | 0 | Box  |  | Men Injecting Men - | 2 | 6 | 5 |  WP - J.Verlander (2-0)  LP - Yar BP (1-1) HR: none Men Injecting Men - wins series 4-2 |   
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                    Semifinals
                    
                      
      
        
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          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Yari's | 4 | 13 | 3 | Box  |  | Benchwarmer | 3 | 10 | 0 |  WP - Z.Wheeler (1-0)  LP - G.Cole (0-1) HR: Yar: N.Jones (1); BW: E.Julien (1) Yari's leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Men Injecting Men - | 11 | 12 | 2 | Box  |  | NYC | 6 | 9 | 0 |  WP - J.Verlander (1-0)  LP - G.Canning (0-1) HR: MIM: J.Soto 2 (2), J.Ramirez (1), J.Burger (1), J.Realmuto (1); NYC: O.Albies (1), R.Devers (1) Men Injecting Men - leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Yari's | 6 | 8 | 2 | Box  |  | Benchwarmer | 5 | 8 | 0 |  WP - Yar BP (1-0)  LP - M.Keller (0-1) HR: Yar: R.O'Hearn (1) Yari's leads 2-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Men Injecting Men - | 4 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | NYC | 3 | 8 | 0 |  WP - G.Rodriguez (1-0)  LP - K.Gausman (0-1) HR: MIM: M.Massey (1); NYC: S.Frelick (1) Men Injecting Men - leads 2-0 |      | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Benchwarmer | 5 | 7 | 1 | Box  |  | Yari's | 6 | 7 | 1 |  WP - Yar BP (2-0)  LP - Y.Kikuchi (0-1) HR: Yar: T.Hernandez (1), N.Jones (2), L.Taveras (1) Yari's leads 3-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | NYC | 3 | 2 | 0 | Box  |  | Men Injecting Men - | 6 | 14 | 0 |  WP - J.Wicks (1-0)  LP - J.Berrios (0-1) HR: MIM: J.Burger (2) Men Injecting Men - leads 3-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Benchwarmer | 1 | 4 | 0 | Box  |  | Yari's | 5 | 4 | 2 |  WP - M.Manning (1-0)  LP - W.Miley (0-1) HR: Yar: Y.Diaz 2 (2) Yari's wins series 4-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | NYC | 4 | 7 | 1 | Box  |  | Men Injecting Men - | 3 | 6 | 0 |  WP - J.Urias (1-0)  LP - R.Detmers (0-1) HR: NYC: R.Arozarena (1), W.Adames (1); MIM: J.Ramirez (2) Men Injecting Men - leads 3-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | NYC | 4 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | Men Injecting Men - | 6 | 6 | 2 |  WP - M.Gore (1-0)  LP - B.Miller (0-1) HR: NYC: R.Devers (2), L.Wade (1); MIM: M.Betts 2 (2), J.Burger (3) Men Injecting Men - wins series 4-1 |      | 
         
        
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