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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 2006 Entrants (in order of seeding):

  • Alphaville (84-66) - Tied with Margaritaville but advanced here due to tiebreakers.  League Power Index: 7
  • Dinkytown (80-70) - Most wins in franchise history and first finish above 3rd.  Power Index: 4
  • San Francisco (77-74) - Late run to tie for first, they were defeated in a one-game playoff by Roseville to decide the division title.  Power Index: 8
  • Gorilla (69-81) - 12-game improvement over 2005.  Power Index: 12

Semifinals - Alphaville wins in 6 games, Dinkytown wins in 5.

 

Finals - Dinkytown vs. Alphaville.  Alphaville took the season series 4-2.

2006 Winner: Alphaville Buggles

 

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Finals

Game Dinkytown vs. Alphaville

1

  R H E  
Dinkytown 6 11 0

Box

Alphaville 5 7 0
WP - Dink BP (1-0)  LP - Glavine (0-1)

HR - none

Dinkytown leads 1-0

2

Extra Innings R H E  
Dinkytown 3 9 1

Box

Alphaville 4 9 0
WP - Williams (1-0)  LP - Verlander (0-1)

HR - Dink: Sizemore (1)

Series tied 1-1

3

  R H E  
Alphaville 10 13 0

Box

Dinkytown 3 10 0
WP - Arroyo (1-0)  LP - Sabathia (0-1)

HR - Alph: Glaus (1), Aurilia (1)

Alphaville leads 2-1

4

  R H E  
Alphaville 3 8 0

Box

Dinkytown 6 8 0
WP - Benson (1-0)  LP - Alph BP (0-1)

HR - Alph: Uggla (1), Broussard (1); Dink: Konerko 2 (2)

Series tied 2-2

5

  R H E  
Alphaville 9 14 0

Box

Dinkytown 7 21 0
WP - Wright (1-0)  LP - Dink BP (1-1)

HR - Alph: Uggla (2), Green (1), Aurilia (2), Blake (1); Dink: Young (1), Byrnes (1)

Alphaville leads 3-2

6

  R H E  
Dinkytown 2 5 0

Box

Alphaville 5 11 0
WP - Glavine (1-1)  LP - Mussina (0-1)

HR - Alph: Jones (1), Aurilia (3)

Alphaville wins 4-2

   


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Semifinals

Game Semifinal One Semifinal Two

1

  R H E  
Gorilla 1 6 0

Box

Alphaville 4 3 0
WP - Glavine (1-0)  LP - Trachsel (0-1)

HR - Gor: Beltran (1); Alph: Glaus (1)

Alphaville leads 1-0

  R H E  
San Francisco 3 6 3

Box

Dinkytown 6 6 1
WP - Mussina (1-0)  LP - Oswalt (0-1)

HR - none

Dinkytown leads 1-0

2

  R H E  
Gorilla 3 6 0

Box

Alphaville 4 5 0
WP - Williams (1-0)  LP - Peavy (0-1)

HR - Gor: Crawford (1); Alph: Jones (1)

Alphaville leads 2-0

Extra Innings R H E  
San Francisco 2 9 1

Box

Dinkytown 3 8 0
WP - Verlander (1-0)  LP - SF BP (0-1)

HR - SF: Garciaparra (1); Dink: Young (1)

Dinkytown leads 2-0

3

  R H E  
Alphaville 3 8 0

Box

Gorilla 4 11 1
WP - Perez (1-0)  LP - Arroyo (0-1)

HR - Alph: Broussard (1); Gor: Youkilis (1)

Alphaville leads 2-1

  R H E  
Dinkytown 9 16 0

Box

San Francisco 3 8 0
WP - Sabathia (1-0)  LP - Cain (0-1)

HR - Dink: Castillo 2 (2), Young (2)

Dinkytown leads 3-0

4

  R H E  
Alphaville 14 14 1

Box

Gorilla 10 12 1
WP - Alph BP (1-0)  LP - Chacon (0-1)

HR - Alph: Glaus (2), Jones 2 (3), Green (1); Gor: Crawford (2), Ensberg (1)

Alphaville leads 3-1

  R H E  
Dinkytown 3 8 3

Box

San Francisco 8 13 1
WP - Janssen (1-0)  LP - Benson (0-1)

HR - Dink: Konerko 2 (2); SF: Lopez (1)

Dinkytown leads 3-1

5

  R H E  
Alphaville 6 14 3

Box

Gorilla 12 13 2
WP - Patterson (1-0)  LP - Wright (0-1)

HR - Alph: Uggla (1), Glaus 2 (4), Jones (4): Gor: Ensberg (2), Gomes (1)

Alphaville leads 3-2

  R H E  
Dinkytown 8 13 0

Box

San Francisco 4 6 3
WP - Dink BP (1-0)  LP - Chacin (0-1)

HR - Dink: Konerko (3), Byrnes (1)

Dinkytown wins 4-1

6

  R H E  
Gorilla 3 6 3

Box

Alphaville 7 8 0
WP - Glavine (2-0)  LP - Trachsel (0-2)

HR - Gor: Greene (1); Alph: Glaus (5), Posada (1)

Alphaville wins 4-2

 
     



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