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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): 
          
            - Abby (88-62)
 
            - Hey Man (83-67)
 
            - Atlanta (81-69)
 
            - Slap (72-78)
 
           
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           Semifinals - Slap vs. Abby; Atlanta vs. Hey Man 
            
		  Abby won 4 games to 1
		   Hey Man won 4 games to 1
             
          Finals - Hey Man vs. Abby 
		  Season series: Abby won 5-1 
          2021 Gore Cup Winner - Abby won 4 games to 1 
            
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                    Finals
                    
                      
      
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Hey Man | 2 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Abby | 3 | 6 | 0 |  WP - L.Giolito (1-0)  LP - HM BP (0-1) HR: HM: M.Cabrera (1); Ab: T.France (1), S.Perez (1) Abby leads 1-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Hey Man | 3 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Abby | 7 | 17 | 0 |  WP - B.Woodruff (1-0)  LP - L.Castillo (0-1) HR: HM: B.Rodgers (1); Ab: S.Perez (2), N.Castellanos (1), J.Realmuto (1) Abby leads 2-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Abby | 3 | 6 | 1 | Box  |  | Hey Man | 6 | 13 | 0 |  WP - K.Freeland (1-0)  LP - Ab BP (0-1) HR: Ab: S.Perez (3), F.Reyes (1); HM: A.Duvall (1), M.Cabrera (2), B.Rodgers (2) Abby leads 2-1 |   
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Abby | 4 | 11 | 4 | Box  |  | Hey Man | 3 | 8 | 0 |  WP - S.Alcantara (1-0)  LP - K.Kim (0-1) HR: Ab: T.France (2), J.Realmuto (2); HM: J.India (1), J.Baez (1), L.Gurriel (1) Abby leads 3-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Abby | 8 | 12 | 0 | Box  |  | Hey Man | 3 | 7 | 0 |  WP - S.McClanahan (1-0)  LP - HM BP (0-2) HR: Ab: T.Turner (1), S.Perez (4), T.O'Neill (1), F.Reyes (2); HM: J.Baez (2) Abby wins series 4-1 |   
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          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Slap | 7 | 5 | 3 | Box  |  | Abby | 6 | 13 | 0 |  WP - M.Fried (1-0)  LP - L.Giolito (0-1) HR: Slap: M.Zunino (1); Ab: S.Perez (1), J.Realmuto (1), E.Rosario (1) Slap leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Atlanta | 2 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Hey Man | 5 | 7 | 1 |  WP - T.Mahle (1-0)  LP - Atl BP (0-1) HR: Atl: J.Gallo (1), M.Haniger (1); HM: M.Cabrera (1) Hey Man leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Slap | 1 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Abby | 7 | 12 | 0 |  WP - B.Woodruff (1-0)  LP - T.Toussaint (0-1) HR: Ab: S.Perez (2) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Atlanta | 3 | 11 | 1 | Box  |  | Hey Man | 8 | 10 | 0 |  WP - L.Castillo (1-0)  LP - A.Gomber (0-1) HR: HM: J.Baez (1), A.Duvall (1), I.Happ (1) Hey Man leads 2-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Abby | 4 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Slap | 1 | 5 | 1 |  WP - T.McKenzie (1-0)  LP - J.Berrios (0-1) HR: Ab: T.O'Neill (1), F.Reyes (1) Abby leads 2-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Hey Man | 9 | 5 | 0 | Box  |  | Atlanta | 11 | 11 | 4 |  WP - Atl BP (1-1)  LP - K.Freeland (0-1) HR: HM: L.Gurriel (1), A.Duvall (2), B.Rodgers (1), I.Happ (2); Atl: H.Bader (1), J.Abreu (1), N.Arenado 2 (2), J.Walsh (1) Hey Man leads 2-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Abby | 4 | 4 | 0 | Box  |  | Slap | 3 | 9 | 0 |  WP - Ab BP (1-0)  LP - J.Means (0-1) HR: none Abby leads 3-1 |      | 
          
          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Hey Man | 4 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Atlanta | 3 | 7 | 0 |  WP - K.Kim (1-0)  LP - M.Stroman (0-1) HR: Atl: M.Haniger (2) Hey Man leads 3-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Abby | 7 | 7 | 2 | Box  |  | Slap | 6 | 14 | 0 |  WP - S.McClanahan (1-0)  LP - T.Gilbert (0-1) HR: Ab: T.Turner (1), S.Perez (3), N.Castellanos (1); Slap: W.Smith (1), A.Rosario 2 (2) Abby wins series 4-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Hey Man | 6 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Atlanta | 4 | 6 | 0 |  WP - S.Gray (1-0)  LP - M.Mikolas (0-1) HR: HM: J.India (1), I.Happ (3); Atl: O.Albies (1), J.Abreu (2), A.Riley (1) Hey Man wins series 4-1 |      | 
         
        
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