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    			| The Best of the WorstThe 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.   2013 Finals: Des Moines (69-81) vs. Cincinnati (74-76) Season series: Split 3-3   Playoffs main page | 
    		
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                    | Finals 
                      
      
        
          | Game | Des Moines vs. Cincinnati |  
          | 1 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Des Moines | 1 | 5 | 1 | Box |  | Cincinnati | 3 | 8 | 0 |  | WP - C.Tillman (1-0)  LP - DM BP (0-1) HR: Cin: T.Frazier (1)
 Cincinnati leads 1-0
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          | 2 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Des Moines | 3 | 8 | 0 | Box |  | Cincinnati | 4 | 11 | 0 |  | WP - Cin BP (1-0)  LP - A.Wainwright (0-1) HR: DM: J.Morneau (1); Cin: J.Reddick 3 (3)
 Cincinnati leads 2-0
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          | 3 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Cincinnati | 4 | 6 | 0 | Box |  | Des Moines | 3 | 7 | 2 |  | WP - D.Holland (1-0)  LP - R.Nolasco (0-1) HR: none
 Cincinnati wins series 3-0
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          | Game | Semifinal One | Semifinal Two |  
          | 1 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Des Moines | 2 | 12 | 1 | Box |  | Belgium | 6 | 7 | 0 |  | WP - Z.Wheeler (1-0)  LP - T.Cahill (0-1) HR: none
 Belgium leads 1-0
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 | | Extra Innings | R | H | E |  |  | Cincinnati | 3 | 10 | 1 | Box |  | Alcatraz | 4 | 6 | 1 |  | WP - C.Wilson (1-0)  LP - J.Hellickson (0-1) HR: Cin: B.Zobrist (1)
 Alcatraz leads 1-0
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          | 2 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Belgium | 1 | 6 | 1 | Box |  | Des Moines | 6 | 6 | 0 |  | WP - W.Miley (1-0)  LP - K.Correia (0-1) HR: Bel: B.Dozier (1); DM: J.Morneau (1)
 Series tied 1-1
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 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Alcatraz | 0 | 10 | 4 | Box |  | Cincinnati | 6 | 6 | 0 |  | WP - B.Arroyo (1-0)  LP - J.Zimmermann (0-1) HR: Alc: W.Venable (1); Cin: A.Pierzynski (1)
 Series tied 1-1
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          | 3 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Des Moines | 2 | 10 | 1 | Box |  | Belgium | 1 | 8 | 0 |  | WP - J.Shields (1-0)  LP - M.Harvey (0-1) HR: Bel: M.Moreland (1), C.Carter (1)
 Des Moines wins series 2-1
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 | | Extra Innings | R | H | E |  |  | Cincinnati | 6 | 8 | 0 | Box |  | Alcatraz | 5 | 8 | 1 |  | WP - Cin BP (1-0)  LP - T.Lincecum (0-1) HR: Alc: A.Gordon (1)
 Cincinnati wins series 2-1
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          | Game | Quarterfinal One | Quarterfinal Two |  
          | 1 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Haight-Ashbury | 2 | 6 | 1 | Box |  | Belgium | 9 | 14 | 0 |  | WP - M.Harvey (1-0)  LP - M.Cain (0-1) HR: Bel: D.Span (1), C.Carter 2 (2), C.Yelich (1)
 Belgium leads 1-0
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 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Jamaican | 5 | 10 | 0 | Box |  | Alcatraz | 7 | 11 | 2 |  | WP - Alc BP (1-0)  LP - Jam BP (0-1) HR: Jam: R.Cano (1), B.Wallace (1); Alc: I.Desmond (1), B.Butler (1)
 Alcatraz leads 1-0
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          | 2 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Belgium | 4 | 5 | 1 | Box |  | Haight-Ashbury | 1 | 10 | 2 |  | WP - J.Fernandez (1-0)  LP - A.Griffin (0-1) HR: none
 Belgium wins series 2-0
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 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Alcatraz | 6 | 11 | 2 | Box |  | Jamaican | 3 | 6 | 0 |  | WP - M.Buehrle (1-0)  LP - Jam BP (0-2) HR: Alc: E.Hosmer (1), D.Ruf (1); Jam: W.Rosario (1)
 Alcatraz wins series 2-0
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          | Game | Quarterfinal Three | Quarterfinal Four |  
          | 1 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Des Moines | 7 | 10 | 0 | Box |  | Outer Banks | 1 | 4 | 0 |  | WP - J.Shields (1-0)  LP - P.Corbin (0-1) HR: DM: D.Stubbs (1)
 Des Moines leads 1-0
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 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Cincinnati | 4 | 12 | 1 | Box |  | Lombardi Street | 1 | 5 | 1 |  | WP - C.Tillman (1-0)  LP - J.Verlander (0-1) HR: none
 Cincinnati leads 1-0
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          | 2 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Outer Banks | 3 | 9 | 0 | Box |  | Des Moines | 5 | 5 | 1 |  | WP - A.Wainwright (1-0)  LP - J.Westbrook (0-1) HR: OB: A.Jones (1); DM: A.Jackson (1)
 Des Moines wins series 2-0
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 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Lombardi Street | 3 | 8 | 1 | Box |  | Cincinnati | 4 | 5 | 1 |  | WP - Y.Gallardo (1-0)  LP - M.Bumgarner (0-1) HR: LomS: R.Zimmerman (1)
 Cincinnati wins series 2-0
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