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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 2022 Entrants (in order of seeding): 
          
            - Hipster (86-64)
 
            - Wayne (85-65)
 
            - Upper West Side (78-72)
 
            - New York (72-78)
 
           
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           Semifinals - New York vs. Hipster; Upper West Side vs. Wayne 
            
		  New York won 4 games to 1
		   Upper West Side won 4 games to 2
             
          Finals - New York vs. Upper West Side 
		  Season series: New York won 8-4 
          2022 Gore Cup Winner - New York won 4 games to 3 
            
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                    Finals
                    
                      
      
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | New York | 5 | 9 | 4 | Box  |  | Upper West Side | 7 | 9 | 0 |  WP - J.Berrios (1-0)  LP - Z.Gallen (0-1) HR: NY: W.Adames (1), Y.Grandal (1); UWS: J.Ramirez (1), M.Trout (1), A.Vaughn (1), C.Walker 2 (2) Upper West Side leads 1-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | New York | 4 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Upper West Side | 3 | 6 | 1 |  WP - A.Manoah (1-0)  LP - UWS BP (0-1) HR: NY: B.Buxton (1), A.Kirk (1); UWS: C.Walker (3) Series tied 1-1 |   
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Upper West Side | 2 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | New York | 3 | 7 | 0 |  WP - A.Nola (1-0)  LP - UWS BP (0-2) HR: UWS: A.Vaughn (2), A.Hays (1); NY: B.Marsh (1) New York leads 2-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Upper West Side | 7 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | New York | 4 | 9 | 2 |  WP - T.McKenzie (1-0)  LP - J.Springs (0-1) HR: UWS: J.Ramirez (2), A.Vaughn (3); NY: W.Adames (2) Series tied 2-2 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Upper West Side | 4 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | New York | 2 | 7 | 2 |  WP - S.Strider (1-0)  LP - NY BP (0-1) HR: UWS: J.Ramirez (3); NY: W.Merrifield (1) Upper West Side leads 3-2 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | New York | 1 | 5 | 0 | Box  |  | Upper West Side | 0 | 10 | 1 |  WP - Z.Gallen (1-1)  LP - UWS BP (0-3) HR: UWS: L.Arraez (1) Series tied 3-3 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | New York | 3 | 5 | 0 | Box  |  | Upper West Side | 1 | 8 | 0 |  WP - A.Manoah (2-0)  LP - UWS BP (0-4) HR: NY: W.Merrifield (2) New York wins series 4-3 |   
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                    Semifinals
                    
                      
      
        
          | Game | 
          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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           1  | 
          
          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | New York | 2 | 11 | 3 | Box  |  | Hipster | 3 | 7 | 0 |  WP - B.Woodruff (1-0)  LP - NY BP (0-1) HR: NY: J.Adell 2 (2) Hipster leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Upper West Side | 3 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Wayne | 6 | 9 | 1 |  WP - G.Kirby (1-0)  LP - J.Berrios (0-1) HR: UWS: M.Trout (1), A.Hays (1); Way: B.Witt Jr. (1) Wayne leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | New York | 1 | 4 | 0 | Box  |  | Hipster | 0 | 5 | 0 |  WP - A.Manoah (1-0)  LP - Hip BP (0-1) HR: NY: A.Rizzo (1); Hip: H.Castro (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Upper West Side | 3 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Wayne | 6 | 9 | 1 |  WP - Way BP (1-0)  LP - J.Ryan (0-1) HR: none Wayne leads 2-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Hipster | 2 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | New York | 6 | 5 | 0 |  WP - J.deGrom (1-0)  LP - F.Montas (0-1) HR: none New York leads 2-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Wayne | 5 | 6 | 2 | Box  |  | Upper West Side | 6 | 9 | 1 |  WP - UWS BP (1-0)  LP - B.Singer (0-1) HR: Way: S.Ohtani (1), B.Witt Jr. (2), J.India (1); UWS: A.Vaughn (1) Wayne leads 2-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Hipster | 1 | 2 | 0 | Box  |  | New York | 2 | 7 | 0 |  WP - NY BP (1-1)  LP - Hip BP (0-2) HR: none New York leads 3-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Wayne | 4 | 11 | 1 | Box  |  | Upper West Side | 8 | 9 | 2 |  WP - T.McKenzie (1-0)  LP - J.Gray (0-1) HR: Way: B.Bichette (1), S.Ohtani (2), E.Jimenez (1); UWS: M.Trout (2), C.Carroll (1) Series tied 2-2 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Hipster | 4 | 12 | 0 | Box  |  | New York | 5 | 5 | 4 |  WP - NY BP (2-1)  LP - J.Lyles (0-1) HR: Hip: Y.Moncada (1) New York wins series 4-1 |      | 
          
          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Wayne | 2 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Upper West Side | 3 | 11 | 0 |  WP - S.Strider (1-0)  LP - Way BP (1-1) HR: UWS: M.Trout (3), A.Hays (2) Upper West Side leads 3-2 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Upper West Side | 5 | 10 | 1 | Box  |  | Wayne | 4 | 8 | 0 |  WP - J.Berrios (1-1)  LP - G.Kirby (1-1) HR: Way: C.Morel (1), B.Bichette (2) Upper West Side wins series 4-2 |      | 
         
        
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