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    			The Best of the Worst
          The Bottom Feeder Open - playing for pride and a few bucks. 
            
          A small taste of post season baseball as the third and fourth place 
          teams get a chance to play a few more games.  Teams are ranked 
          1-8, based on season record and play a 3-game quarterfinal series.  
          Winners are re-seeded and play a 3-game semifinal. 
            
          The two remaining teams square off in a best-of-five finals. 
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           The winner receives a bonus of 500,000 Benchwarmer Bucks.  
          The runner-up gets 250,000. 
            
          2023 Finals: Strawberry Fields vs. Des Moines 
          Season series: Des Moines won 8-4 
            
          2023 Winner - Strawberry Fields won 3 games to 1 
            
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                    Finals 
                    
                      
      
        
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          Strawberry Fields vs. Des Moines | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Strawberry Fields | 3 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Des Moines | 1 | 8 | 0 |  WP - Z.Wheeler (1-0)  LP - DM BP (0-1) HR: SF: C.Abrams (1), G.Torres (1), A.Bregman (1), N.Jones (1) Strawberry Fields leads 1-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Strawberry Fields | 4 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Des Moines | 2 | 3 | 0 |  WP - M.Manning (1-0)  LP - DM BP (0-2) HR: SF: S.Torkelson (1), A.Garcia (1); DM: A.Verdugo (1) Strawberry Fields leads 2-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Des Moines | 6 | 9 | 1 | Box  |  | Strawberry Fields | 4 | 3 | 1 |  WP - DM BP (1-2)  LP - B.Garrett (0-1) HR: DM: J.Ramirez (1), A.Verdugo (2) Strawberry Fields leads 2-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Des Moines | 5 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Strawberry Fields | 8 | 10 | 0 |  WP - SF BP (1-0)  LP - K.Maeda (0-1) HR: DM: R.Lewis (1); SF: G.Torres (2) Strawberry Fields wins series 3-1 |   
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                    Semifinals
                    
                      
      
        
          | Game | 
          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | The Usual | 6 | 5 | 2 | Box  |  | Des Moines | 8 | 13 | 2 |  WP - DM BP (1-0)  LP - O.Bido (0-1) HR: TU: D.Schneider (1) Des Moines leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Little League | 2 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Strawberry Fields | 5 | 10 | 0 |  WP - B.Garrett (1-0)  LP - J.Gray (0-1) HR: SF: N.Jones 2 (2) Strawberry Fields leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Des Moines | 4 | 8 | 2 | Box  |  | The Usual | 3 | 9 | 1 |  WP - E.Rodriguez (1-0)  LP - C.Silseth (0-1) HR: DM: R.Lewis (1), C.Bellinger (1); TU: X.Bogaerts (1) Des Moines wins series 2-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Strawberry Fields | 5 | 10 | 1 | Box  |  | Little League | 4 | 7 | 0 |  WP - SF BP (1-0)  LP - J.Gray (0-1) HR: SF: G.Torres (1), S.Torkelson (1), L.Gurriel (1); LL: J.McNeil (1) Strawberry Fields wins series 2-0 |      | 
         
        
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                    Quarterfinals
                    
                      
        
          | Game | 
          Quarterfinal One | 
          Quarterfinal Two | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | The Usual | 3 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | Atomic | 4 | 8 | 0 |  WP - L.Castillo (1-0)  LP - L.Webb (0-1) HR: TU: X.Bogaerts (1), M.McLain (1), R.Arozarena (1) Atomic leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Friday Knight | 6 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Des Moines | 4 | 8 | 0 |  WP - K.Gausman (1-0)  LP - Y.Darvish (0-1) HR: FK: O.Arcia (1); DM: A.Verdugo (1), B.Belt (1), R.Jeffers (1) Friday Knight leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Atomic | 1 | 7 | 1 | Box  |  | The Usual | 2 | 6 | 0 |  WP - TU BP (1-0)  LP - Atom BP (0-1) HR: TU: W.Merrifield (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Des Moines | 5 | 8 | 1 | Box  |  | Friday Knight | 4 | 12 | 0 |  WP - P.Lopez (1-0)  LP - J.Quintana (0-1) HR: DM: F.Tatis (1), M.Chapman (1), E.Julien (1); FK: C.Vazquez (1), L.Peguero (1), Y.Gomes (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | The Usual | 5 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Atomic | 4 | 3 | 2 |  WP - TU BP (2-0)  LP - B.Bello (0-1) HR: TU: G.Moreno (1); Atom: T.O'Neill (1) The Usual wins series 2-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Friday Knight | 4 | 8 | 1 | Box  |  | Des Moines | 5 | 8 | 0 |  WP - DM BP (1-0)  LP - C.Quantrill (0-1) HR: DM: F.Tatis (2) Des Moines wins series 2-1 |      | 
         
        
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          | Game | 
          Quarterfinal Three | 
          Quarterfinal Four | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Little League | 6 | 4 | 2 | Box  |  | Boston | 1 | 5 | 3 |  WP - J.Verlander (1-0)  LP - B.Snell (0-1) HR: Bos: K.Schwarber (1), K.Farmer (1) Little League leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Old | 2 | 4 | 0 | Box  |  | Strawberry Fields | 5 | 9 | 0 |  WP - SF BP (1-0)  LP - H.Ryu (0-1) HR: Old: I.Paredes (1); SF: C.Abrams (1) Strawberry Fields leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Boston | 3 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Little League | 4 | 3 | 2 |  WP - M.Kelly (1-0)  LP - F.Valdez (0-1) HR: Bos: B.De La Cruz (1) Little League wins series 2-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Strawberry Fields | 0 | 5 | 0 | Box  |  | Old | 1 | 9 | 0 |  WP - M.Clevinger (1-0)  LP - SF BP (1-1) HR: none Series tied 1-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Old | 1 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Strawberry Fields | 6 | 8 | 1 |  WP - M.Manning (1-0)  LP - Old BP (0-1) HR: SF: C.Abrams (2), Y.Diaz (1), A.Garcia (1), J.Realmuto (1) Strawberry Fields wins series 2-1 |      | 
         
        
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