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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 2007 Entrants (in order of seeding):
- New Jersey (80-70) - Bottom Feeder champ in 2006, they move up a
notch in 2007.
- Trinidad (80-70) - Last season's Robinson Division winner
couldn't keep up with Buffalo this year.
- Sydney (79-71) - 4th-place finisher in the previous 2 seasons -
they relinquished the division lead to Gettysburg in Week 24.
- SO CAL (74-76) - Late season push moved them into 2nd place
after 3rd in 2006, 4th in 2005.
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Semifinals - SO CAL vs.New Jersey; Sydney vs Trinidad
Finals - SO CAL vs Sydney - SO CAL won the season series 7-5.
2007 Gore Cup Winner - Sydney in 7 Games
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Finals
| Game |
SO CAL vs. Sydney |
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1 |
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H |
E |
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| SO CAL |
5 |
8 |
0 |
Box |
| Sydney |
4 |
12 |
0 |
| WP - Oswalt (1-0)
LP - Smoltz (0-1) HR - SC: Zimmerman (1);
Syd: Thome (1), Uggla (1)
SO CAL leads 1-0 |
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2 |
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R |
H |
E |
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| SO CAL |
6 |
8 |
1 |
Box |
| Sydney |
4 |
6 |
0 |
| WP - Lackey (1-0)
LP - Matsuzaka (0-1) HR - SC: Teixeira
(1), Zimmerman (2), Hermida (1); Syd: Thome (2), Drew (1)
SO CAL leads 2-0 |
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R |
H |
E |
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| Sydney |
7 |
12 |
2 |
Box |
| SO CAL |
4 |
5 |
1 |
WP - Hudson (1-0)
LP - James (0-1)
HR - Syd: Delgado (1), Thome (3); SC: Young (1)SO CAL
leads 2-1 |
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H |
E |
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| Sydney |
8 |
11 |
0 |
Box |
| SO CAL |
4 |
13 |
3 |
| WP - Marquis (1-0)
LP - SC BP (0-1) HR - Syd: Beltran (1),
Delgado (2), Thome (4), Matsui (1); SC: Rolen (1)
Series tied 2-2 |
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H |
E |
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| Sydney |
6 |
11 |
2 |
Box |
| SO CAL |
3 |
12 |
2 |
WP - Looper (1-0)
LP - Lester (0-1)
HR - Syd: Delgado (3), Thome (5), Uggla (2)Sydney
leads 3-2 |
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6 |
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R |
H |
E |
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| SO CAL |
3 |
7 |
1 |
Box |
| Sydney |
1 |
8 |
0 |
| WP - Oswalt (2-0)
LP - Smoltz (0-2) HR - Syd: Delgado (4),
Matsui (2)
Series tied 3-3 |
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7 |
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R |
H |
E |
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| SO CAL |
5 |
7 |
2 |
Box |
| Sydney |
7 |
9 |
0 |
| WP - Matsuzaka (1-1)
LP - Lackey (1-1) HR - SC: Teixeira 2 (3);
Syd: Beltran (2), Drew (2)
Sydney
wins 4-3 |
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Semifinals
| Game |
Semifinal One |
Semifinal Two |
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1 |
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H |
E |
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| SO CAL |
7 |
12 |
0 |
Box |
| New Jersey |
2 |
8 |
2 |
| WP - Oswalt (1-0)
LP - Maine (0-1) HR - NJ: Lee (1)
SO CAL leads 1-0 |
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E |
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| Sydney |
4 |
15 |
2 |
Box |
| Trinidad |
3 |
6 |
1 |
| WP - Smoltz (1-0)
LP - Trin BP (0-1) HR - Syd: Young (1),
Uggla (1); Trin: Kotchman (1)
Sydney leads 1-0 |
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H |
E |
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| SO CAL |
4 |
7 |
4 |
Box |
| New Jersey |
3 |
6 |
2 |
| WP - Lackey (1-0)
LP - NJ BP (0-1) HR - SC: Hermidia (1);
NJ: Pujols (1)
SO CAL leads 2-0 |
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H |
E |
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| Sydney |
7 |
13 |
0 |
Box |
| Trinidad |
5 |
6 |
3 |
| WP - Syd BP (1-0)
LP - Haren (0-1) HR: Syd: Delgado (1),
Thome (1); Trin: Sanchez (1)
Sydney leads 2-0 |
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E |
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| New Jersey |
5 |
6 |
0 |
Box |
| SO CAL |
7 |
6 |
0 |
| WP - SC BP (1-0)
LP - DiNardo (0-1) HR - NJ: Lee (2), Drew
(1); SC: Young (1), Hermida (2)
SO CAL leads 3-0 |
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H |
E |
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| Trinidad |
5 |
11 |
1 |
Box |
| Sydney |
2 |
7 |
0 |
| WP - Bannister (1-0)
LP - Hudson (0-1) HR - Kouzmanoff (1);
Thome (2)
Sydney leads 2-1 |
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H |
E |
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| New Jersey |
8 |
14 |
0 |
Box |
| SO CAL |
7 |
9 |
2 |
| WP - NJ BP (1-1) LP -
Olsen (0-1) HR - NJ: Tejada (1); SC:
Young (2), Jones (1), Hermida (3), Olivo (1)
SO CAL leads 3-1 |
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E |
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| Trinidad |
5 |
12 |
0 |
Box |
| Sydney |
2 |
8 |
0 |
| WP - Hernandez (1-0)
LP - Marquis (0-1) HR - none
Series tied 2-2 |
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H |
E |
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| New Jersey |
9 |
9 |
3 |
Box |
| SO CAL |
5 |
5 |
4 |
| WP - NJ BP (2-1)
LP - Lester (0-1) HR - NJ: Duncan (1),
Posada 2 (2), Cano (1); SC: Olivo (2)
SO CAL leads 3-2 |
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E |
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| Trinidad |
3 |
10 |
0 |
Box |
| Sydney |
5 |
11 |
0 |
| WP - Syd BP (2-0)
LP - Shields (0-1) HR - Trin: Berkman (1);
Syd: Johjima (1)
Sydney leads 3-2 |
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R |
H |
E |
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| SO CAL |
5 |
10 |
1 |
Box |
| New Jersey |
3 |
8 |
0 |
| WP -
Oswalt (2-0) LP - Maine (0-2) HR -
SC: Jones (2); NJ: Lee (3)
SO CAL wins 4-2 |
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E |
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| Sydney |
5 |
11 |
0 |
Box |
| Trinidad |
2 |
6 |
0 |
| WP - Smoltz (2-0)
LP - Trin BP (0-2) HR - Syd: Beltran (1),
Matsui (1); Trin: Sanchez (2), Willingham (1)
Sydney wins 4-2 |
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