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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): 
          
            - Altoona (91-59)
 
            - Storm (78-72)
 
            - Cincinnati (76-74)
 
            - The Big Unit (74-76)
 
           
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           Semifinals - The Big Unit vs. Altoona; Cincinnati vs. Storm 
            
		  The Big Unit won 4 games to 1
		   Cincinnati won 4 games to 0
             
          Finals - The Big Unit vs. Cincinnati 
		  Season series: Cincinnati won 4-2 
          2023 Gore Cup Winner - Cincinnati won 4 games to 2 
            
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                    Finals
                    
                      
      
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | The Big Unit | 4 | 7 | 5 | Box  |  | Cincinnati | 5 | 8 | 2 |  WP - J.Steele (1-0)  LP - TBU BP (0-1) HR: TBU: L.Thomas (1), G.Torres (1), J.Candelario (1), R.Noda (1); Cin: T.Turner (1), C.Walker (1), L.Gurriel (1) Cincinnati leads 1-0 |   
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | The Big Unit | 1 | 4 | 0 | Box  |  | Cincinnati | 2 | 5 | 0 |  WP - A.Nola (1-0)  LP - TBU BP (0-2) HR: Cin: R.Arozarena (1) Cincinnati leads 2-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Cincinnati | 1 | 6 | 1 | Box  |  | The Big Unit | 4 | 8 | 0 |  WP - C.Sale (1-0)  LP - T.Walker (0-1) HR: none Cincinnati leads 2-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Cincinnati | 4 | 4 | 0 | Box  |  | The Big Unit | 6 | 11 | 0 |  WP - TBU BP (1-2)  LP - Cin BP (0-1) HR: Cin: R.Greene (1); TBU: L.Thomas (2), M.Muncy (1), P.DeJong (1) Series tied 2-2 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Cincinnati | 4 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | The Big Unit | 2 | 4 | 3 |  WP - Cin BP (1-1)  LP - G.Ashcraft (0-1) HR: Cin: S.Ohtani (1) Cincinnati leads 3-2 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | The Big Unit | 4 | 8 | 2 | Box  |  | Cincinnati | 8 | 11 | 3 |  WP - J.Steele (2-0)  LP - J.Assad (0-1) HR: Cin: T.Turner 2 (3), S.Ohtani (2) Cincinnati wins series 4-2 |   
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          Semifinal One | 
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | The Big Unit | 5 | 11 | 1 | Box  |  | Altoona | 4 | 11 | 0 |  WP - K.Hendricks (1-0)  LP - Z.Gallen (0-1) HR: TBU: G.Torres (1), R.Grichuk (1); Alt: J.Burger (1) The Big Unit leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Cincinnati | 7 | 12 | 0 | Box  |  | Storm | 5 | 10 | 0 |  WP - J.Steele (1-0)  LP - Sto BP (0-1) HR: Cin: S.Ohtani (1), C.Walker (1), N.Gorman (1), L.Gurriel (1), E.Suarez 2 (2); Sto: B.Witt Jr. (1), S.Murphy (1) Cincinnati leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | The Big Unit | 0 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Altoona | 2 | 9 | 0 |  WP - F.Peralta (1-0)  LP - TBU BP (0-1) HR: none Series tied 1-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Cincinnati | 7 | 12 | 0 | Box  |  | Storm | 5 | 8 | 1 |  WP - A.Nola (1-0)  LP - L.Gilbert (0-1) HR: Cin: L.Gurriel (2); Sto: B.Witt Jr. (2) Cincinnati leads 2-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Altoona | 3 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | The Big Unit | 4 | 8 | 0 |  WP - TBU BP (1-1)  LP - T.Skubal (0-1) HR: Alt: S.Torkelson 2 (2); TBU: M.Muncy (1) The Big Unit leads 2-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Storm | 4 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Cincinnati | 8 | 12 | 0 |  WP - Cin BP (1-0)  LP - B.Ober (0-1) HR: Cin: W.Contreras (1) Cincinnati leads 3-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Altoona | 4 | 11 | 1 | Box  |  | The Big Unit | 5 | 6 | 0 |  WP - A.Gomber (1-0)  LP - E.Rodriguez (0-1) HR: TBU: J.Heyward (1) The Big Unit leads 3-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Storm | 5 | 13 | 1 | Box  |  | Cincinnati | 6 | 6 | 0 |  WP - K.Maeda (1-0)  LP - J.Luzardo (0-1) HR: Sto: B.Witt Jr. (3) Cincinnati wins series 4-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Altoona | 3 | 9 | 2 | Box  |  | The Big Unit | 6 | 8 | 0 |  WP - J.Assad (1-0)  LP - Alt BP (0-1) HR: Alt: B.Nimmo (1), M.Wallner (1); TBU: G.Torres (2), P.Goldschmidt (1), J.Heyward (2) The Big Unit wins series 4-1 |      | 
          
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