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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 2008 Entrants (in order of seeding):
- Hornsby's (86-64) - Last year's Bottom Feeder champion.
- Pitt (77-73) - Improved from 4th place in 2007
- Labatt's (74-76) - 1 more win in 2008; 1 higher place in 2008.
- Ocean (69-81) - Dropped off from division champ last season.
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Semifinals - Ocean vs. Hornsby's; Labatt's vs. Pitt
Finals - Pitt vs. Hornsby's - Season series was a tie 6-6
2008 Gore Cup Winner - Hornsby's in 5 Games
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Finals
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Pitt vs. Hornsby's |
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| | R | H | E | | | Pitt | 1 | 8 | 0 | Box | | Hornsby's | 12 | 15 | 1 | WP - J.Santana (1-0) LP - R.Dempster (0-1)
HR: Pitt: B.Upton (1), K.Johjima (1); Horn: J.Reyes (1), M.Mora 2 (2), J.Cantu (1)
Hornsby's leads 1-0 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Pitt | 10 | 15 | 0 | Box | | Hornsby's | 5 | 9 | 2 | WP - E.Santana (1-0) LP - T.Lincecum (0-1)
HR: Pitt: D.Young (1), P.Burrell (1), E.Longoria (1), T.Tulowitzki (1); Horn: R.Ludwick (1)
Series tied 1-1 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Hornsby's | 8 | 8 | 0 | Box | | Pitt | 3 | 4 | 2 | WP - O.Perez (1-0) LP - J.Sanchez (0-1)
HR: Horn: M.Mora (3), C.Delgado (1), R.Ludwick (2); Pitt: E.Encarnacion (1)
Hornsby's leads 2-1 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Hornsby's | 6 | 8 | 0 | Box | | Pitt | 5 | 7 | 0 | WP - Horn BP (1-0) LP - Z.Greinke (0-1)
HR: Horn: M.Olivo (1)
Hornsby's leads 3-1 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Hornsby's | 5 | 12 | 0 | Box | | Pitt | 4 | 11 | 2 | WP - U.Jimenez (1-0) LP - Pitt BP (0-1)
HR: Horn: M.Mora (4), H.Pence (1); Pitt: M.Teixeira (1)
Hornsby's wins series 4-1 |
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Semifinals
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Semifinal One |
Semifinal Two |
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| | R | H | E | | | Ocean | 3 | 9 | 2 | Box | | Hornsby's | 4 | 12 | 0 | WP - Santana (1-0) LP - Oc BP (0-1)
HR: none
Hornsby's leads 1-0 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Labatt's | 6 | 10 | 1 | Box | | Pitt | 3 | 6 | 0 | WP - Haren (1-0) LP - Dempster (0-1)
HR: Lab: Hunter (1), Utley (1), Butler (1); Pitt: Young (1)
Labatt's leads 1-0 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Ocean | 4 | 7 | 3 | Box | | Hornsby's | 3 | 15 | 0 | WP - B.Zito (1-0) LP - Horn BP (0-1)
HR: Oc: Crisp (1), Fielder (1); Horn: Cantu (1)
Series tied 1-1 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Labatt's | 2 | 7 | 2 | Box | | Pitt | 10 | 11 | 1 | WP - E.Santana (1-0) LP - M.Buehrle (0-1)
HR: Lab: Thome (1); Pitt: Burrell (1), Soriano (1), Longoria (1)
Series tied 1-1 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Hornsby's | 8 | 6 | 0 | Box | | Ocean | 3 | 6 | 2 | WP - T.Lincecum (1-0) LP - A.Cook (0-1)
HR: Horn: H.Pence (1); Oc: D.Uggla (1)
Hornsby's leads 2-1 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Pitt | 9 | 15 | 0 | Box | | Labatt's | 5 | 6 | 0 | WP - Pitt BP (1-0) LP - K.Kendrick (0-1)
HR: Pitt: A.Soriano 3 (4); Lab: C.Barmes (1)
Pitt leads 2-1 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Hornsby's | 3 | 10 | 0 | Box | | Ocean | 4 | 8 | 0 | WP - G.Floyd (1-0) LP - Horn BP (0-2)
HR: Horn: J.Gerut (1); Oc: P.Fielder (2), D.Uggla (2)
Series tied 2-2 |
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| Extra Innings | R | H | E | | | Pitt | 9 | 12 | 2 | Box | | Labatt's | 10 | 12 | 1 | WP - Lab BP (1-0) LP - Z.Greinke (0-1)
HR: Pitt: D.Young (2), E.Encarnacion (1), E.Longoria (2), C.Iannetta (1); Lab: B.Butler (2), B.Buscher (1)
Series tied 2-2 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Hornsby's | 7 | 5 | 0 | Box | | Ocean | 3 | 6 | 3 | WP - Horn BP (1-2) LP - R.Wolf (0-1)
HR: none
Hornsby's leads 3-2 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Pitt | 4 | 5 | 0 | Box | | Labatt's | 3 | 5 | 2 | WP - J.Lester (1-0) LP - C.Carpenter (0-1)
HR: none
Pitt leads 3-2 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Ocean | 3 | 6 | 2 | Box | | Hornsby's | 9 | 15 | 2 | WP - J.Santana (2-0) LP - Oc BP (0-2)
HR: Oc: D.Uggla (3); Horn: J.Reyes (1), R.Ludwick (1), J.Cantu (2)
Hornsby's wins series 4-2 |
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| Extra Innings | R | H | E | | | Labatt's | 7 | 13 | 2 | Box | | Pitt | 6 | 12 | 0 | WP - D.Haren (2-0) LP - Pitt BP (1-1)
HR: Lab: T.Hunter (2), J.Thome (1), B.Molina (1); Pitt: P.Burrell (2)
Series tied 3-3 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Labatt's | 4 | 11 | 0 | Box | | Pitt | 9 | 11 | 0 | WP - E.Santana (2-0) LP - M.Buehrle (0-2)
HR: Lab: B.Butler 2 (4), I.Rodriguez (1); Pitt: A.Soriano (2), E.Encarnacion (2)
Pitt wins series 4-3 |
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