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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): 
          
            - Neutron (89-61)
 
            - Carolina (87-63)
 
            - Fort Worth (73-77)
 
            - Tie Me Wallaby (73-77)
 
           
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           Semifinals - Tie Me Wallaby vs. Neutron; Fort Worth vs. Carolina 
            
		  Tie Me Wallaby won 4 games to 0
		   Carolina won 4 games to 3
             
          Finals - Tie Me Wallaby vs. Carolina 
		  Season series: Carolina won 8-4 
          2023 Gore Cup Winner - Carolina won 4 games to 3 
            
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                    Finals
                    
                      
      
        
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          Tie Me Wallaby vs. Carolina | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Tie Me Wallaby | 2 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Carolina | 4 | 7 | 0 |  WP - G.Cole (1-0)  LP - TMW BP (0-1) HR: Car: N.Lowe (1) Carolina leads 1-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Tie Me Wallaby | 5 | 13 | 0 | Box  |  | Carolina | 4 | 9 | 0 |  WP - A.Abbott (1-0)  LP - A.Nola (0-1) HR: Car: R.Acuna (1) Series tied 1-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Carolina | 4 | 13 | 0 | Box  |  | Tie Me Wallaby | 2 | 5 | 0 |  WP - M.Scherzer (1-0)  LP - TMW BP (0-2) HR: Car: R.Acuna (2), J.Candelario (1); TMW: W.Contreras (1) Carolina leads 2-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Carolina | 2 | 4 | 0 | Box  |  | Tie Me Wallaby | 5 | 13 | 0 |  WP - TMW BP (1-2)  LP - Car BP (0-1) HR: TMW: A.Bohm (1), Y.Diaz (1) Series tied 2-2 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Carolina | 4 | 6 | 1 | Box  |  | Tie Me Wallaby | 2 | 9 | 0 |  WP - T.Bibee (1-0)  LP - A.Civale (0-1) HR: none Carolina leads 3-2 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Tie Me Wallaby | 10 | 16 | 0 | Box  |  | Carolina | 6 | 10 | 0 |  WP - TMW BP (2-2)  LP - Car BP (0-2) HR: TMW: Z.Gelof (1), L.Robert (1), M.Betts (1), A.Bohm (2), Y.Diaz (2), W.Contreras (2); Car: M.Harris II 2 (2), F.Lindor (1) Series tied 3-3 |   
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Tie Me Wallaby | 4 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Carolina | 5 | 10 | 4 |  WP - Car BP (1-2)  LP - TMW BP (2-3) HR: Car: R.Acuna (3), L.Rengifo (1) Carolina wins series 4-3 |   
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                    Semifinals
                    
                      
      
        
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          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Tie Me Wallaby | 5 | 13 | 2 | Box  |  | Neutron | 3 | 8 | 0 |  WP - J.Steele (1-0)  LP - Neu BP (0-1) HR: TMW: Z.Gelof (1), L.Robert (1), A.Bohm (1) Tie Me Wallaby leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Fort Worth | 5 | 14 | 0 | Box  |  | Carolina | 4 | 6 | 0 |  WP - FW BP (1-0)  LP - Car BP (0-1) HR: FW: M.Muncy (1), G.Henderson (1) Fort Worth leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Tie Me Wallaby | 4 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Neutron | 1 | 6 | 1 |  WP - A.Abbott (1-0)  LP - G.Ashcraft (0-1) HR: Neu: A.Judge (1), I.Happ (1) Tie Me Wallaby leads 2-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Fort Worth | 5 | 7 | 1 | Box  |  | Carolina | 3 | 6 | 0 |  WP - K.Senga (1-0)  LP - A.Nola (0-1) HR: FW: J.Abreu (1); Car: F.Lindor (1), F.Alvarez (1) Fort Worth leads 2-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Neutron | 1 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Tie Me Wallaby | 5 | 12 | 0 |  WP - S.Lugo (1-0)  LP - C.Morton (0-1) HR: Neu: A.Judge (2); TMW: A.Bohm (2), W.Contreras (1) Tie Me Wallaby leads 3-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Carolina | 5 | 5 | 0 | Box  |  | Fort Worth | 2 | 8 | 2 |  WP - M.Scherzer (1-0)  LP - T.Anderson (0-1) HR: Car: F.Lindor (2), J.Candelario (1); FW: J.Abreu (2) Fort Worth leads 2-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Neutron | 4 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Tie Me Wallaby | 5 | 8 | 0 |  WP - D.Dunning (1-0)  LP - Neu BP (0-2) HR: Neu: A.Rutschman (1); TMW: P.Alonso (1), A.Bohm (3) Tie Me Wallaby wins series 4-0 |      | 
          
          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Carolina | 1 | 4 | 1 | Box  |  | Fort Worth | 0 | 4 | 0 |  WP - F.Peralta (1-0)  LP - FW BP (1-1) HR: none Series tied 2-2 |      | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Carolina | 6 | 5 | 1 | Box  |  | Fort Worth | 5 | 10 | 1 |  WP - T.Bibee (1-0)  LP - J.Paxton (0-1) HR: Car: J.Candelario (2); FW: M.Yoshida (1), G.Henderson (2) Carolina leads 3-2 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Fort Worth | 5 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Carolina | 3 | 11 | 0 |  WP - A.Houser (1-0)  LP - G.Cole (0-1) HR: FW: A.Duvall (1), B.Harper (1) Series tied 3-3 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Fort Worth | 5 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Carolina | 7 | 12 | 3 |  WP - Car BP (1-1)  LP - S.Bieber (0-1) HR: FW: L.Wade (1), G.Henderson (3), J.Abreu (3); Car: M.Harris II (1), M.Canha (1) Carolina wins series 4-3 |      | 
         
        
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