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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 2021 Entrants (in order of seeding): 
          
            - The Big Unit (87-63)
 
            - Aksarben (83-67)
 
            - Altoona (82-68)
 
            - Cincinnati (77-73)
 
           
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           Semifinals - Cincinnati vs. The Big Unit; Altoona vs. Aksarben 
            
		  The Big Unit won 4 games to 1
		   Aksarben won 4 games to 2
             
          Finals - Aksarben vs. The Big Unit 
		  Season series: Tied 3-3 
          2021 Gore Cup Winner - The Big Unit won 4 games to 1 
            
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                    Finals
                    
                      
      
        
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          Aksarben vs. The Big Unit | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Aksarben | 4 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | The Big Unit | 5 | 8 | 0 |  WP - C.Flexen (1-0)  LP - Aks BP (0-1) HR: Aks: T.Anderson (1), J.Bell (1), W.Adames (1); TBU: M.Muncy 2 (2) The Big Unit leads 1-0 |   
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Aksarben | 4 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | The Big Unit | 5 | 6 | 2 |  WP - A.Wainwright (1-0)  LP - Aks BP (0-2) HR: TBU: J.Votto (1) The Big Unit leads 2-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | The Big Unit | 10 | 14 | 0 | Box  |  | Aksarben | 5 | 13 | 0 |  WP - TBU BP (1-0)  LP - S.Manaea (0-1) HR: TBU: M.Muncy 2 (4), E.Haase (1), W.Myers (1); Aks: A.Riley (1) The Big Unit leads 3-0 |   
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | The Big Unit | 4 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Aksarben | 5 | 13 | 2 |  WP - Aks BP (1-2)  LP - C.Rodon (0-1) HR: Aks: A.Riley (2) The Big Unit leads 3-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | The Big Unit | 7 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Aksarben | 6 | 7 | 3 |  WP - TBU BP (2-0)  LP - Aks BP (1-3) HR: TBU: P.Goldschmidt (1), J.Votto 2 (3); Aks: J.Martinez (1), A.Riley (3) The Big Unit wins series 4-1 |   
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                    Semifinals
                    
                      
      
        
          | Game | 
          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Cincinnati | 2 | 5 | 3 | Box  |  | The Big Unit | 3 | 7 | 0 |  WP - C.Flexen (1-0)  LP - Cin BP (0-1) HR: Cin: M.Cabrera (1); TBU: K.Bryant (1) The Big Unit leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Altoona | 0 | 5 | 0 | Box  |  | Aksarben | 1 | 8 | 2 |  WP - W.Buehler (1-0)  LP - Alt BP (0-1) HR: Alt: A.Hays (1) Aksarben leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Cincinnati | 3 | 11 | 2 | Box  |  | The Big Unit | 9 | 9 | 0 |  WP - A.Wainwright (1-0)  LP - Cin BP (0-2) HR: TBU: K.Bryant (2), P.Goldschmidt (1), J.Votto (1), W.Myers 2 (2) The Big Unit leads 2-0 |      | 
          
          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Altoona | 4 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Aksarben | 5 | 7 | 3 |  WP - Z.Greinke (1-0)  LP - E.Lauer (0-1) HR: Alt: T.France (1); Aks: T.Anderson (1), A.Riley (1) Aksarben leads 2-0 |      | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | The Big Unit | 6 | 11 | 2 | Box  |  | Cincinnati | 7 | 10 | 0 |  WP - Cin BP (1-2)  LP - TBU BP (0-1) HR: TBU: M.Muncy (1), E.Haase (1); Cin: S.Ohtani 2 (2), M.Cabrera (2) The Big Unit leads 2-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Aksarben | 4 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Altoona | 6 | 11 | 0 |  WP - F.Peralta (1-0)  LP - S.Manaea (0-1) HR: Aks: J.Martinez (1), J.Realmuto (1); Alt: A.Hays (2), M.Chapman (1), J.Lowrie (1) Aksarben leads 2-1 |      | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | The Big Unit | 4 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Cincinnati | 3 | 5 | 2 |  WP - C.Rodon (1-0)  LP - L.Gil (0-1) HR: TBU: M.Muncy (2); Cin: S.Ohtani (3), R.Arozarena (1) The Big Unit leads 3-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Aksarben | 3 | 7 | 2 | Box  |  | Altoona | 5 | 12 | 0 |  WP - Z.Gallen (1-0)  LP - Z.Davies (0-1) HR: Alt: F.Tatis (1), J.Ramirez (1), G.Sanchez (1) Series tied 2-2 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | The Big Unit | 5 | 7 | 1 | Box  |  | Cincinnati | 3 | 7 | 0 |  WP - N.Eovaldi (1-0)  LP - J.Gray (0-1) HR: TBU: M.Muncy (3); Cin: W.Contreras (1) The Big Unit wins series 4-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Aksarben | 5 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Altoona | 3 | 9 | 0 |  WP - K.Bubic (1-0)  LP - S.Gray (0-1) HR: Aks: A.Verdugo (1), J.Martinez (2); Alt: A.Hays (3), J.Ramirez (2) Aksarben leads 3-2 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Altoona | 3 | 14 | 1 | Box  |  | Aksarben | 5 | 9 | 0 |  WP - W.Buehler (2-0)  LP - F.Montas (0-1) HR: Alt: F.Tatis (2); Aks: J.Martinez (3) Aksarben wins series 4-2 |      | 
         
        
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