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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 2022 Entrants (in order of seeding): 
          
            - Random (88-62)
 
            - Bloom County (84-66)
 
            - Blast (78-72)
 
            - The not so Grateful (78-72)
 
           
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           Semifinals - The not so Grateful vs. Random; Blast vs. Bloom County 
            
		  Random won 4 games to 1
		   Blast won 4 games to 2
             
          Finals - Blast vs. Random 
		  Season series: Random won 4-2 
          2022 Gore Cup Winner - Blast won 4 games to 3 
            
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                    Finals
                    
                      
      
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Blast | 3 | 6 | 1 | Box  |  | Random | 4 | 9 | 0 |  WP - N.Cortes (1-0)  LP - Bla BP (0-1) HR: Bla: M.Olson (1); Ran: F.Lindor (1), M.Carpenter (1) Random leads 1-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Blast | 5 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Random | 2 | 8 | 0 |  WP - M.Fried (1-0)  LP - J.Quintana (0-1) HR: none Series tied 1-1 |   
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Random | 2 | 8 | 1 | Box  |  | Blast | 3 | 13 | 0 |  WP - J.Montgomery (1-0)  LP - D.Smyly (0-1) HR: Ran: C.Walker (1), N.Castellanos (1) Blast leads 2-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Random | 3 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Blast | 2 | 4 | 4 |  WP - K.Wright (1-0)  LP - M.Wacha (0-1) HR: none Series tied 2-2 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Random | 6 | 13 | 0 | Box  |  | Blast | 4 | 8 | 0 |  WP - A.Voth (1-0)  LP - M.Kelly (0-1) HR: Ran: A.Pujols (1), J.Donaldson (1); Bla: B.Bichette 2 (2) Random leads 3-2 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Blast | 5 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Random | 2 | 6 | 3 |  WP - J.Verlander (1-0)  LP - N.Cortes (1-1) HR: Bla: M.Olson (2), J.Rojas (1); Ran: J.Baez (1) Series tied 3-3 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Blast | 4 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Random | 1 | 6 | 1 |  WP - M.Fried (2-0)  LP - J.Quintana (0-2) HR: Bla: M.Olson (3); Ran: J.Baez (2), F.Lindor (2) Blast wins series 4-3 |   
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                    Semifinals
                    
                      
      
        
          | Game | 
          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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           1  | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | The not so Grateful | 3 | 14 | 1 | Box  |  | Random | 0 | 8 | 0 |  WP - D.Cease (1-0)  LP - Ran BP (0-1) HR: TNSG: N.Hoerner (1) The not so Grateful leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Blast | 6 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Bloom County | 2 | 4 | 4 |  WP - J.Verlander (1-0)  LP - BC BP (0-1) HR: Bla: M.Chapman (1), F.Reyes (1) Blast leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | The not so Grateful | 4 | 9 | 3 | Box  |  | Random | 5 | 6 | 0 |  WP - J.Quintana (1-0)  LP - C.Bassitt (0-1) HR: TNSG: P.Alonso (1), K.Wong (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Blast | 4 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Bloom County | 2 | 5 | 0 |  WP - M.Fried (1-0)  LP - BC BP (0-2) HR: Bla: M.Olson (1) Blast leads 2-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Random | 7 | 12 | 0 | Box  |  | The not so Grateful | 4 | 8 | 2 |  WP - Ran BP (1-1)  LP - F.Montas (0-1) HR: Ran: J.Donaldson (1); TNSG: S.Haggerty (1) Random leads 2-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Bloom County | 3 | 6 | 1 | Box  |  | Blast | 2 | 4 | 0 |  WP - J.Musgrove (1-0)  LP - J.Montgomery (0-1) HR: Bla: M.Chapman (2), B.Bichette (1), M.Ozuna (1) Blast leads 2-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Random | 6 | 12 | 0 | Box  |  | The not so Grateful | 3 | 12 | 0 |  WP - K.Wright (1-0)  LP - TNSG BP (0-1) HR: Ran: F.Lindor (1), B.Reynolds 2 (2), J.Donaldson (2) Random leads 3-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Bloom County | 1 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Blast | 3 | 9 | 0 |  WP - M.Wacha (1-0)  LP - BC BP (0-3) HR: BC: L.Thomas (1); Bla: N.Lowe (1), M.Olson (2) Blast leads 3-1 |      | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Random | 4 | 10 | 2 | Box  |  | The not so Grateful | 3 | 4 | 2 |  WP - Ran BP (2-1)  LP - TNSG BP (0-2) HR: Ran: C.Walker (1) Random wins series 4-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Bloom County | 3 | 9 | 1 | Box  |  | Blast | 2 | 8 | 0 |  WP - J.Springs (1-0)  LP - Bla BP (0-1) HR: BC: J.Miranda (1); Bla: B.Bichette (2) Blast leads 3-2 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Blast | 5 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Bloom County | 3 | 13 | 0 |  WP - J.Verlander (2-0)  LP - T.Walker (0-1) HR: Bla: M.Chapman (3), M.Olson (3); BC: E.Andrus (1) Blast wins series 4-2 |      | 
         
        
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