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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 2009 Entrants (in order of seeding):
- Detroit (87-63) - Defending Gore Cup Champ
- Vancouver, BC, Canada (86-64) - 2nd appearance here
- Mumbai (78-72) - Moved up from 3rd place in 2008
- Maryland (71-79) - Fell from a division champion to 2nd place
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Semifinals - Maryland vs.Detroit; Mumbai vs Vancouver, BC, Canada
Finals - Maryland vs Mumbai; Maryland won season series 4-2
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Finals
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Maryland vs. Mumbai |
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| R | H | E | | Maryland | 7 | 11 | 1 | Box | Mumbai | 2 | 9 | 0 | WP - J.Jurrjens (1-0) LP - C.Sabathia (0-1) HR: Md: N.Markakis (1); Mum: C.Barmes (1) Maryland leads 1-0 |
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| R | H | E | | Maryland | 11 | 15 | 0 | Box | Mumbai | 6 | 9 | 2 | WP - R.Ohlendorf (1-0) LP - J.Beckett (0-1) HR: Md: B.Roberts (1), N.Markakis (2), D.Ortiz (1), L.Scott (1), K.Kouzmanoff (1); Mum: D.Pedroia (1), H.Pence (1) Maryland leads 2-0 |
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| R | H | E | | Mumbai | 10 | 12 | 2 | Box | Maryland | 4 | 6 | 0 | WP - U.Jimenez (1-0) LP - J.Pineiro (0-1) HR: Mum: D.Pedroia 2 (3); Md: D.Ortiz (2) Maryland leads 2-1 |
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| R | H | E | | Mumbai | 1 | 8 | 1 | Box | Maryland | 5 | 7 | 1 | WP - J.Guthrie (1-0) LP - C.Volstad (0-1) HR: none Maryland leads 3-1 |
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Extra Innings | R | H | E | | Mumbai | 6 | 12 | 3 | Box | Maryland | 7 | 10 | 2 | WP - K.Correia (1-0) LP - M.Pelfrey (0-1) HR: Mum: A.Ethier (1); Md: L.Overbay (1) Maryland wins series 4-1 |
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Semifinals
Game |
Semifinal One |
Semifinal Two |
1 |
| R | H | E | | Maryland | 5 | 7 | 1 | Box | Detroit | 2 | 7 | 3 | WP - J.Jurrjens (1-0) LP - J.Verlander (0-1) HR: Md: D.Ortiz (1); Det: J.Loney (1) Maryland leads 1-0 | |
| R | H | E | | Mumbai | 2 | 5 | 0 | Box | Vancouver, BC, Canada 2010 | 5 | 10 | 2 | WP - C.Kershaw (1-0) LP - C.Sabathia (0-1) HR: Van: A.Huff (1) Vancouver, BC, Canada 2010 leads 1-0 | |
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Extra Innings | R | H | E | | Maryland | 4 | 3 | 0 | Box | Detroit | 3 | 8 | 1 | WP - K.Millwood (1-0) LP - J.Niemann (0-1) HR: Md: G.Jones (1); Det: R.Branyan (1) Maryland leads 2-0 | |
| R | H | E | | Mumbai | 7 | 10 | 2 | Box | Vancouver, BC, Canada 2010 | 1 | 10 | 1 | WP - J.Beckett (1-0) LP - F.Hernandez (0-1) HR: Mum: A.Rodriguez (1), A.Ethier (1), R.Ludwick (1) Series tied 1-1 | |
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| R | H | E | | Detroit | 3 | 7 | 1 | Box | Maryland | 6 | 9 | 1 | WP - J.Pineiro (1-0) LP - B.Anderson (0-1) HR: Md: N.Markakis (1), B.McCann (1) Maryland leads 3-0 | |
| R | H | E | | Vancouver, BC, Canada 2010 | 5 | 7 | 2 | Box | Mumbai | 6 | 9 | 0 | WP - Mum BP (1-0) LP - H.Kuroda (0-1) HR: Van: A.Jones (1), H.Ramirez (1); Mum: H.Pence (1) Mumbai leads 2-1 | |
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| R | H | E | | Detroit | 4 | 7 | 0 | Box | Maryland | 2 | 4 | 0 | WP - J.Shields (1-0) LP - J.Guthrie (0-1) HR: Det: C.Crawford (1) Maryland leads 3-1 | |
| R | H | E | | Vancouver, BC, Canada 2010 | 6 | 7 | 2 | Box | Mumbai | 4 | 7 | 0 | WP - A.Burnett (1-0) LP - C.Volstad (0-1) HR: Mum: B.Zobrist (1) Series tied 2-2 | |
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| R | H | E | | Detroit | 5 | 6 | 1 | Box | Maryland | 8 | 11 | 1 | WP - Md BP (1-0) LP - E.Jackson (0-1) HR: Det: R.Branyan (2), R.Barajas (1); Md: B.McCann (2), D.Ortiz 2 (3) Maryland wins series 4-1 | |
Extra Innings | R | H | E | | Vancouver, BC, Canada 2010 | 8 | 10 | 2 | Box | Mumbai | 7 | 12 | 3 | WP - Van BP (1-0) LP - M.Pelfrey (0-1) HR: Van: J.Morneau (1), J.Nix (1), J.Cust (1); Mum: C.Barmes (1) Vancouver, BC, Canada 2010 leads 3-2 | |
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| R | H | E | | Mumbai | 3 | 7 | 2 | Box | Vancouver, BC, Canada 2010 | 1 | 7 | 0 | WP - C.Sabathia (1-1) LP - C.Kershaw (1-1) HR: Mum: A.Ethier (2); Van: J.Rollins (1) Series tied 3-3 | |
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| R | H | E | | Mumbai | 9 | 13 | 0 | Box | Vancouver, BC, Canada 2010 | 7 | 15 | 3 | WP - J.Beckett (2-0) LP - F.Hernandez (0-2) HR: Mum: C.Barmes (2); Van: A.Jones (2), J.Morneau 2 (3) Mumbai wins series 4-3 | |
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