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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 2014 Entrants (in order of seeding):

Chicago (86-64)
Amsterdam (81-69)
Cincinnati (80-70)
Northern (80-70)

Semifinals - Northern vs. Chicago; Cincinnati vs. Amsterdam

Chicago won 4 games to 2

Cincinnati won 4 games to 2

Finals - Cincinnati vs. Chicago

Season series: Cincinnati 4-2

2014 Gore Cup Winner - Cincinnati won 4 games to 1

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Finals

Game

Cincinnati vs. Chicago

1

	R	H	E
Cincinnati	2	4	2	Box
Chicago	5	10	0	Box
WP - F.Hernandez (1-0) LP - Z.Greinke (0-1) HR: Cin: J.Mercer (1); Chi: T.Flowers 2 (2), M.Dominguez (1) Chicago leads 1-0

2

Extra Innings	R	H	E
Cincinnati	5	9	0	Box
Chicago	4	8	0	Box
WP - J.Weaver (1-0) LP - Chi BP (0-1) HR: Cin: J.Ellsbury 2 (2), W.Ramos (1); Chi: L.Duda (1), Z.Walters (1) Series tied 1-1

3

	R	H	E
Chicago	4	4	0	Box
Cincinnati	5	9	3	Box
WP - C.Tillman (1-0) LP - Y.Darvish (0-1) HR: none Cincinnati leads 2-1

4

	R	H	E
Chicago	2	10	0	Box
Cincinnati	8	13	2	Box
WP - K.Lohse (1-0) LP - J.Shields (0-1) HR: Cin: J.Ellsbury (3), T.Frazier (1) Cincinnati leads 3-1

5

	R	H	E
Chicago	3	5	1	Box
Cincinnati	5	5	0	Box
WP - J.Lackey (1-0) LP - Y.Gallardo (0-1) HR: Chi: T.Flowers (3); Cin: T.Frazier (2) Cincinnati wins series 4-1

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Semifinals

Game

Semifinal One

Semifinal Two

1

	R	H	E
Northern	6	11	0	Box
Chicago	3	6	1	Box
WP - J.Cosart (1-0) LP - F.Hernandez (0-1) HR: Nor: J.Hardy (1); Chi: C.Blackmon (1), T.Flowers (1) Northern leads 1-0

	R	H	E
Cincinnati	2	3	0	Box
Amsterdam	3	10	1	Box
WP - C.Sale (1-0) LP - Cin BP (0-1) HR: Cin: N.Cruz (1) Amsterdam leads 1-0

2

	R	H	E
Northern	0	6	1	Box
Chicago	5	4	0	Box
WP - J.Samardzija (1-0) LP - H.Ryu (0-1) HR: none Series tied 1-1

Extra Innings	R	H	E
Cincinnati	3	9	0	Box
Amsterdam	2	11	0	Box
WP - J.Weaver (1-0) LP - Ams BP (0-1) HR: Cin: M.Carpenter (1), W.Ramos (1) Series tied 1-1

3

	R	H	E
Chicago	2	8	0	Box
Northern	3	5	2	Box
WP - V.Worley (1-0) LP - Y.Darvish (0-1) HR: Nor: B.Hamilton (1) Northern leads 2-1

	R	H	E
Amsterdam	4	10	1	Box
Cincinnati	3	13	0	Box
WP - J.Arrieta (1-0) LP - C.Tillman (0-1) HR: Ams: M.Brantley (1), C.Gillaspie (1) Amsterdam leads 2-1

4

	R	H	E
Chicago	4	8	1	Box
Northern	0	7	0	Box
WP - J.Shields (1-0) LP - T.Koehler (0-1) HR: Chi: H.Kendrick (1), M.Adams (1) Series tied 2-2

	R	H	E
Amsterdam	5	9	0	Box
Cincinnati	13	17	2	Box
WP - Cin BP (1-1) LP - Ams BP (0-2) HR: Ams: L.Cain (1), L.Chisenhall (1); Cin: J.Ellsbury (1), E.Gattis (1), N.Cruz 2 (3), A.Gonzalez (1), J.Morneau (1), T.Frazier (1) Series tied 2-2

5

	R	H	E
Chicago	4	12	1	Box
Northern	1	5	1	Box
WP - Y.Gallardo (1-0) LP - Nor BP (0-1) HR: Chi: M.Dominguez (1) Chicago leads 3-2

	R	H	E
Amsterdam	3	8	0	Box
Cincinnati	5	8	4	Box
WP - J.Lackey (1-0) LP - Ams BP (0-3) HR: Cin: A.Gonzalez 2 (3) Cincinnati leads 3-2

6

	R	H	E
Northern	2	6	0	Box
Chicago	4	7	2	Box
WP - F.Hernandez (1-1) LP - J.Cosart (1-1) HR: none Chicago wins series 4-2

Extra Innings	R	H	E
Cincinnati	4	14	0	Box
Amsterdam	3	8	2	Box
WP - Z.Greinke (1-0) LP - Ams BP (0-4) HR: Cin: J.Ellsbury (2), J.Mercer (1); Ams: J.Harrison (1), C.Utley (1) Cincinnati wins series 4-2

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