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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): 
          
            - Eternal (83-67)
 
            - New York Empires (80-70)
 
            - Grand Island (76-74)
 
            - The Wreck (73-77)
 
           
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           Semifinals - The Wreck vs. Eternal; Grand Island vs. New York Empires 
            
		  The Wreck won 4 games to 3
		   Grand Island won 4 games to 1
             
          Finals - The Wreck vs. Grand Island 
		  Season series: The Wreck won 4-2 
          2023 Gore Cup Winner - Grand Island won 4 games to 2 
            
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                    Finals
                    
                      
      
        
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          The Wreck vs. Grand Island | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | The Wreck | 4 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Grand Island | 7 | 13 | 2 |  WP - GI BP (1-0)  LP - M.Wacha (0-1) HR: GI: C.Bellinger (1), K.Schwarber (1), J.Candelario (1), M.Brantley (1) Grand Island leads 1-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | The Wreck | 3 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Grand Island | 8 | 11 | 0 |  WP - L.Webb (1-0)  LP - F.Valdez (0-1) HR: GI: C.Bellinger (2) Grand Island leads 2-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Grand Island | 6 | 8 | 2 | Box  |  | The Wreck | 7 | 12 | 0 |  WP - TW BP (1-0)  LP - A.Civale (0-1) HR: GI: K.Schwarber (2), C.Correa (1), M.Brantley (2); TW: J.Suwinski (1), W.Contreras (1), C.Encarnacion-Strand (1) Grand Island leads 2-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Grand Island | 7 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | The Wreck | 4 | 9 | 2 |  WP - E.Rodriguez (1-0)  LP - J.Quintana (0-1) HR: GI: A.Rutschman (1), K.Schwarber (3), C.Taylor (1); TW: S.Kwan (1), G.Stanton (1) Grand Island leads 3-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Grand Island | 3 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | The Wreck | 4 | 7 | 2 |  WP - TW BP (2-0)  LP - J.Gray (0-1) HR: TW: T.Friedl (1), T.France (1) Grand Island leads 3-2 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | The Wreck | 4 | 9 | 3 | Box  |  | Grand Island | 5 | 13 | 0 |  WP - GI BP (2-0)  LP - TW BP (2-1) HR: TW: J.Martinez (1), W.Contreras (2); GI: C.Bellinger 2 (4) Grand Island wins series 4-2 |   
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          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | The Wreck | 5 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Eternal | 3 | 8 | 0 |  WP - M.Wacha (1-0)  LP - B.Snell (0-1) HR: TW: J.Turner (1), W.Contreras (1), C.Encarnacion-Strand (1); Etnl: S.Steer (1), K.Carpenter 2 (2) The Wreck leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Grand Island | 3 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | New York Empires | 1 | 7 | 0 |  WP - L.Castillo (1-0)  LP - H.Ryu (0-1) HR: GI: T.O'Neill (1) Grand Island leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | The Wreck | 2 | 5 | 2 | Box  |  | Eternal | 7 | 14 | 1 |  WP - G.Cole (1-0)  LP - F.Valdez (0-1) HR: TW: J.Turner (2); Etnl: R.Devers 2 (2), T.Casas (1), A.Duvall (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Grand Island | 4 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | New York Empires | 0 | 10 | 0 |  WP - L.Webb (1-0)  LP - R.Suarez (0-1) HR: GI: K.Schwarber (1); NYE: J.Heim (1) Grand Island leads 2-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Eternal | 3 | 7 | 2 | Box  |  | The Wreck | 6 | 10 | 0 |  WP - H.Brown (1-0)  LP - A.Houser (0-1) HR: Etnl: S.Steer (2); TW: T.Friedl (1), C.Morel (1) The Wreck leads 2-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | New York Empires | 5 | 10 | 1 | Box  |  | Grand Island | 3 | 7 | 0 |  WP - T.Bibee (1-0)  LP - A.Civale (0-1) HR: NYE: L.Raley (1), F.Tatis (1), G.Henderson (1); GI: K.Schwarber (2) Grand Island leads 2-1 |      | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Eternal | 2 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | The Wreck | 3 | 3 | 1 |  WP - J.Quintana (1-0)  LP - C.Javier (0-1) HR: Etnl: A.Duvall (2); TW: T.Friedl (2) The Wreck leads 3-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | New York Empires | 0 | 5 | 2 | Box  |  | Grand Island | 11 | 9 | 0 |  WP - E.Rodriguez (1-0)  LP - J.Sears (0-1) HR: NYE: R.Mountcastle (1); GI: A.Rutschman (1), K.Schwarber 2 (4), A.Bohm (1) Grand Island leads 3-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Eternal | 6 | 11 | 1 | Box  |  | The Wreck | 4 | 6 | 0 |  WP - Etnl BP (1-0)  LP - C.Sale (0-1) HR: Etnl: X.Bogaerts (1), K.Carpenter (3), A.Duvall (3) The Wreck leads 3-2 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | New York Empires | 5 | 4 | 3 | Box  |  | Grand Island | 6 | 14 | 2 |  WP - GI BP (1-0)  LP - B.Woo (0-1) HR: GI: K.Schwarber (5), A.Bohm (2), J.Candelario (1) Grand Island wins series 4-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | The Wreck | 2 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Eternal | 7 | 9 | 0 |  WP - B.Snell (1-1)  LP - M.Wacha (1-1) HR: Etnl: T.Casas (2) Series tied 3-3 |      | 
          
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | The Wreck | 2 | 6 | 2 | Box  |  | Eternal | 0 | 8 | 0 |  WP - F.Valdez (1-1)  LP - Etnl BP (1-1) HR: Etnl: J.Soler (1), B.Lowe (1) The Wreck wins series 4-3 |      | 
          
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