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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): 
          
            - Wales  (88-62)
 
            - London (80-70)
 
            - Desert (80-70)
 
            - Fresh (69-81)
 
           
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           Semifinals - Fresh vs. Wales ; Desert vs. London 
            
		  Wales  won 4 games to 1
		   Desert won 4 games to 2
             
          Finals - Desert vs. Wales  
		  Season series: Wales  won 8-4 
          2023 Gore Cup Winner - Desert won 4 games to 1 
            
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                    Finals
                    
                      
      
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Desert | 1 | 8 | 3 | Box  |  | Wales  | 4 | 7 | 1 |  WP - G.Cole (1-0)  LP - C.Burnes (0-1) HR: none Wales  leads 1-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Desert | 7 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Wales  | 6 | 12 | 0 |  WP - B.Bello (1-0)  LP - R.Detmers (0-1) HR: Des: A.Santander 2 (2), I.Paredes (1); Wal: O.Gonzalez (1), E.Diaz (1) Series tied 1-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Wales  | 1 | 12 | 1 | Box  |  | Desert | 8 | 11 | 0 |  WP - H.Ryu (1-0)  LP - J.Gray (0-1) HR: Wal: E.De La Cruz (1); Des: S.Torkelson 2 (2), N.Arenado (1) Desert leads 2-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Wales  | 2 | 12 | 0 | Box  |  | Desert | 4 | 10 | 0 |  WP - J.Musgrove (1-0)  LP - T.Wells (0-1) HR: Wal: W.Merrifield (1); Des: M.Olson (1) Desert leads 3-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Wales  | 0 | 4 | 1 | Box  |  | Desert | 9 | 7 | 0 |  WP - J.Oviedo (1-0)  LP - Y.Darvish (0-1) HR: Des: A.Santander (3), S.Torkelson (3), I.Paredes (2) Desert wins series 4-1 |   
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          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Fresh | 2 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | Wales  | 4 | 10 | 0 |  WP - G.Cole (1-0)  LP - Fre BP (0-1) HR: Fre: M.Machado (1), L.Robert (1); Wal: J.Naylor 2 (2), R.McMahon (1) Wales  leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Desert | 4 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | London | 0 | 7 | 2 |  WP - C.Burnes (1-0)  LP - Lon BP (0-1) HR: Des: M.Olson 2 (2), N.Arenado (1); Lon: A.Riley (1) Desert leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Fresh | 3 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Wales  | 5 | 11 | 2 |  WP - R.Detmers (1-0)  LP - Fre BP (0-2) HR: Fre: M.Machado (2); Wal: J.Rodriguez 2 (2), P.Alonso (1) Wales  leads 2-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Desert | 5 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | London | 6 | 7 | 1 |  WP - Lon BP (1-1)  LP - B.Bello (0-1) HR: Des: M.Olson (3); Lon: T.Freeman (1), T.Hernandez (1), A.Riley (2) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Wales  | 6 | 11 | 3 | Box  |  | Fresh | 3 | 10 | 1 |  WP - J.Gray (1-0)  LP - C.Javier (0-1) HR: Wal: E.De La Cruz (1), J.Rodriguez (3), R.McMahon (2); Fre: M.Machado (3) Wales  leads 3-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | London | 3 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Desert | 2 | 5 | 0 |  WP - B.Ober (1-0)  LP - H.Ryu (0-1) HR: none London leads 2-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Wales  | 2 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Fresh | 3 | 5 | 2 |  WP - T.Walker (1-0)  LP - T.Wells (0-1) HR: Fre: E.Jimenez (1), L.Robert (2) Wales  leads 3-1 |      | 
          
          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | London | 5 | 9 | 1 | Box  |  | Desert | 6 | 9 | 0 |  WP - J.Musgrove (1-0)  LP - Y.Kikuchi (0-1) HR: Lon: J.Altuve (1), D.Smith (1) Series tied 2-2 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Wales  | 3 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Fresh | 1 | 8 | 0 |  WP - Y.Darvish (1-0)  LP - Fre BP (0-3) HR: Fre: L.Robert (3), Z.Gelof (1) Wales  wins series 4-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | London | 3 | 8 | 1 | Box  |  | Desert | 5 | 3 | 0 |  WP - J.Oviedo (1-0)  LP - A.Houser (0-1) HR: Lon: J.Altuve (2), A.Baddoo (1) Desert leads 3-2 |      | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Desert | 5 | 10 | 1 | Box  |  | London | 4 | 12 | 0 |  WP - C.Burnes (2-0)  LP - M.Scherzer (0-1) HR: Des: A.Garcia 2 (2); Lon: A.Baddoo (2) Desert wins series 4-2 |      | 
         
        
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