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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 2009 Entrants (in order of seeding): 
            Guadalajara, Mexico (88-62)Raging (79-71)Blaine (77-73)White Bear (62-88)   | 
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    			| Semifinals - White Bear vs.Guadalajara, Mexico; Blaine vs Raging   2009 Finals - Raging vs Guadalajara; Guadalajara won the season 
          series 7-5   Playoffs main page |  
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                    | Finals
                      
      
        
          | Game | Raging vs. Guadalajara |  
          | 1 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Raging | 2 | 6 | 1 | Box |  | Guadalajara, Mexico 2011 | 5 | 9 | 0 |  | WP - F.Hernandez (1-0)  LP - C.Carpenter (0-1) HR: none
 Guadalajara, Mexico 2011 leads 1-0
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          | 2 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Raging | 3 | 5 | 0 | Box |  | Guadalajara, Mexico 2011 | 12 | 9 | 0 |  | WP - C.Lee (1-0)  LP - W.Rodriguez (0-1) HR: Rag: B.Butler (1), M.Izturis (1); Guad: K.Morales (1), V.Martinez (1)
 Guadalajara, Mexico 2011 leads 2-0
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          | 3 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Guadalajara, Mexico 2011 | 4 | 8 | 0 | Box |  | Raging | 0 | 11 | 4 |  | WP - J.Sanchez (1-0)  LP - Rag BP (0-1) HR: Guad: K.Morales (2), B.Phillips (1)
 Guadalajara, Mexico 2011 leads 3-0
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          | 4 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Guadalajara, Mexico 2011 | 5 | 9 | 0 | Box |  | Raging | 4 | 9 | 0 |  | WP - C.Buchholz (1-0)  LP - J.Johnson (0-1) HR: Rag: D.Span (1), C.Lee (1)
 Guadalajara, Mexico 2011 wins series 4-0
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          | Game | Semifinal One | Semifinal Two |  
          | 1 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | White Bear | 1 | 8 | 4 | Box |  | Guadalajara, Mexico 2011 | 8 | 8 | 1 |  | WP - F.Hernandez (1-0)  LP - L.French (0-1) HR: WB: M.Holliday (1); Guad: E.Longoria (1), V.Martinez (1)
 Guadalajara, Mexico 2011 leads 1-0
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 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Blaine | 6 | 7 | 1 | Box |  | Raging | 3 | 14 | 0 |  | WP - K.Correia (1-0)  LP - C.Carpenter (0-1) HR: Bla: R.Ibanez 2 (2)
 Blaine leads 1-0
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          | 2 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | White Bear | 4 | 5 | 0 | Box |  | Guadalajara, Mexico 2011 | 6 | 14 | 1 |  | WP - J.Jurrjens (1-0)  LP - C.Billingsley (0-1) HR: WB: M.Holliday (2), A.Rowand (1); Guad: B.Phillips (1)
 Guadalajara, Mexico 2011 leads 2-0
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 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Blaine | 1 | 6 | 0 | Box |  | Raging | 5 | 10 | 0 |  | WP - W.Rodriguez (1-0)  LP - C.Hamels (0-1) HR: none
 Series tied 1-1
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          | 3 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Guadalajara, Mexico 2011 | 5 | 9 | 0 | Box |  | White Bear | 6 | 6 | 4 |  | WP - WB BP (1-0)  LP - J.Sanchez (0-1) HR: Guad: J.Rollins (1); WB: H.Kendrick (1)
 Guadalajara, Mexico 2011 leads 2-1
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 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Raging | 6 | 10 | 0 | Box |  | Blaine | 2 | 5 | 2 |  | WP - T.Lilly (1-0)  LP - K.Lohse (0-1) HR: Rag: C.Lee (1)
 Raging leads 2-1
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          | 4 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Guadalajara, Mexico 2011 | 4 | 9 | 0 | Box |  | White Bear | 2 | 5 | 4 |  | WP - C.Buchholz (1-0)  LP - WB BP (1-1) HR: Guad: K.Morales (1)
 Guadalajara, Mexico 2011 leads 3-1
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 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Raging | 5 | 9 | 0 | Box |  | Blaine | 6 | 10 | 2 |  | WP - Bla BP (1-0)  LP - Rag BP (0-1) HR: Bla: O.Hudson 2 (2), R.Zimmerman (1)
 Series tied 2-2
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          | 5 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Guadalajara, Mexico 2011 | 7 | 9 | 0 | Box |  | White Bear | 1 | 6 | 5 |  | WP - J.Vazquez (1-0)  LP - D.Davis (0-1) HR: Guad: V.Martinez (2), F.Gutierrez (1)
 Guadalajara, Mexico 2011 wins series 4-1
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 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Raging | 6 | 9 | 0 | Box |  | Blaine | 4 | 8 | 0 |  | WP - R.Dempster (1-0)  LP - P.Pitcher (0-1) HR: Rag: B.Butler (1); Bla: R.Furcal (1)
 Raging leads 3-2
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          | 6 |  | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Blaine | 2 | 10 | 0 | Box |  | Raging | 7 | 8 | 0 |  | WP - C.Carpenter (1-1)  LP - G.Perkins (0-1) HR: Rag: K.Youkilis (1)
 Raging wins series 4-2
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