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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):
- Edgewater (84-66) - New ownership brought a 14-win improvement
in 2008.
- Mudville (82-68) - Division and conference winner last season.
- Heartland (81-69) - New owner missed out on 1st place by 1 game
- highest franchise finish ever.
- Sydney (69-81) - Gore Cup champ in 2007.
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Semifinals - Sydney vs. Edgewater; Heartland vs. Mudville
Finals - Heartland vs. Edgewater - Edgewater won the season series
4-2
2008 Gore Cup Winner - Edgewater in 6 Games
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Finals
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Heartland vs. Edgewater |
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| | R | H | E | | | Heartland | 4 | 8 | 0 | Box | | Edgewater | 2 | 9 | 0 | WP - C.Lee (1-0) LP - Edg BP (0-1)
HR: Hrt: R.Howard (1), T.Tulowitzki (1)
Heartland leads 1-0 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Heartland | 2 | 4 | 1 | Box | | Edgewater | 5 | 16 | 1 | WP - A.Pettitte (1-0) LP - Hrt BP (0-1)
HR: Edg: J.Hamilton (1)
Series tied 1-1 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Edgewater | 10 | 13 | 0 | Box | | Heartland | 6 | 9 | 0 | WP - C.Billingsley (1-0) LP - U.Jimenez (0-1)
HR: Edg: A.Rodriguez (1), P.Fielder (1); Hrt: J.Werth (1), R.Howard (2), X.Nady (1)
Edgewater leads 2-1 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Edgewater | 3 | 10 | 0 | Box | | Heartland | 9 | 12 | 2 | WP - E.Jackson (1-0) LP - T.Wellemeyer (0-1)
HR: Edg: A.Rodriguez (2); Hrt: J.Hardy 2 (2), A.Beltre (1)
Series tied 2-2 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Edgewater | 7 | 10 | 0 | Box | | Heartland | 3 | 10 | 2 | WP - K.Slowey (1-0) LP - G.Floyd (0-1)
HR: Edg: J.Hamilton (2), P.Fielder (2); Hrt: L.Milledge 2 (2)
Edgewater leads 3-2 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Heartland | 2 | 5 | 1 | Box | | Edgewater | 5 | 9 | 0 | WP - T.Wakefield (1-0) LP - Hrt BP (0-2)
HR: Hrt: L.Milledge (3), R.Howard (3); Edg: A.Rodriguez (3), J.Hamilton (3), P.Fielder (3)
Edgewater wins series 4-2 |
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Semifinals
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Semifinal One |
Semifinal Two |
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| Extra Innings | R | H | E | | | Sydney | 7 | 10 | 3 | Box | | Edgewater | 6 | 4 | 1 | WP - Syd BP (1-0) LP - Slowey (0-1)
HR: Syd: Ludwick (1), Young (1); Edg: Fielder (1)
Sydney leads 1-0 |
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| Extra Innings | R | H | E | | | Heartland | 6 | 14 | 0 | Box | | Mudville | 5 | 6 | 0 | WP - Hrt BP (1-0) LP - Halladay (0-1)
HR: Hrt: Tulowitzki (1); Mud: Youkilis (1)
Heartland leads 1-0 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Sydney | 0 | 6 | 2 | Box | | Edgewater | 2 | 7 | 0 | WP - A.Pettitte (1-0) LP - Syd BP (1-1)
HR: Syd: Ludwick (2); Edg: Beltran (1)
Series tied 1-1 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Heartland | 4 | 8 | 1 | Box | | Mudville | 3 | 8 | 0 | WP - P.Maholm (1-0) LP - S.Kazmir (0-1)
HR: Hrt: Howard (1); Mud: Utley (1)
Heartland leads 2-0 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Edgewater | 7 | 10 | 0 | Box | | Sydney | 3 | 9 | 1 | WP - C.Billingsley (1-0) LP - C.Carpenter (0-1)
HR: Edg: C.Beltran (1); Syd: I.Rodriguez (1)
Edgewater leads 2-1 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Mudville | 7 | 13 | 1 | Box | | Heartland | 8 | 10 | 0 | WP - Hrt BP (2-0) LP - J.Guthrie (0-1)
HR: Mud: C.Dickerson (1)
Heartland leads 3-0 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Edgewater | 7 | 10 | 0 | Box | | Sydney | 5 | 13 | 3 | WP - T.Wellemeyer (1-0) LP - J.Johnson (0-1)
HR: Edg: C.Beltran (2), A.Rodriguez (1); Syd: R.Ludwick (3), R.Garko (1), N.Swisher (1)
Edgewater leads 3-1 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Mudville | 6 | 12 | 1 | Box | | Heartland | 4 | 11 | 2 | WP - J.Lackey (1-0) LP - Hrt BP (2-1)
HR: Mud: M.Kemp (1), B.Hawpe (1), K.Youkilis (2); Hrt: J.Hardy (1), X.Nady (1), T.Tulowitzki (2)
Heartland leads 3-1 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Edgewater | 6 | 11 | 1 | Box | | Sydney | 4 | 9 | 0 | WP - B.Moehler (1-0) LP - J.Garland (0-1)
HR: Edg: P.Fielder 2 (3); Syd: S.Drew (1), I.Rodriguez (2), N.Swisher (2)
Edgewater wins series 4-1 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Mudville | 13 | 13 | 0 | Box | | Heartland | 7 | 10 | 2 | WP - Mud BP (1-0) LP - G.Floyd (0-1)
HR: Mud: M.Kemp (2), M.Teixeira (1), C.Utley (2), K.Youkilis 2 (3); Hrt: L.Milledge (1), X.Nady (2)
Heartland leads 3-2 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Heartland | 5 | 9 | 0 | Box | | Mudville | 4 | 7 | 0 | WP - C.Lee (1-0) LP - Mud BP (1-1)
HR: Hrt: X.Nady (3), A.Miles (1); Mud: K.Youkilis (4)
Heartland wins series 4-2 |
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