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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.
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The 2006 Entrants (in order of seeding):
- Four (84-66) - Faded down the stretch after
leading most of the year. League Power Index: 4
- Andover (81-69) - Way behind Philadelphia in the
Jack Buck Division. Power Index: 6
- WV (78-72) - Tied with Freedonia, but awarded 2nd
place due to better division record. Power Index: 8
- St. Paul (76-74) - Fought for first, but could
never really pull close. Power Index: 10
Semifinals - Four wins in 7 games, WV wins in 6.
Finals - WV vs. Four. Four took the season series 9-3.
2006 Winner: WV RiffRaff
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Finals
Game |
WV vs. Four |
1 |
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E |
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WV |
6 |
10 |
0 |
Box |
Four |
4 |
8 |
2 |
WP - Oswalt (1-0)
LP - Webb (0-1) HR - WV: Posada (1),
Gonzalez (1); Four: Hafner (1)
WV leads 1-0 |
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2 |
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R |
H |
E |
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WV |
3 |
10 |
2 |
Box |
Four |
6 |
9 |
0 |
WP - Haren (1-0)
LP - Cook (0-1) HR - WV: Gonzalez (2)
Series tied 1-1 |
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3 |
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R |
H |
E |
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Four |
3 |
6 |
4 |
Box |
WV |
7 |
10 |
1 |
WP - Lowe (1-0)
LP - Myers (0-1) HR - Four: Hafner (2);
WV: Lane (1)
WV leads 2-1 |
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4 |
Extra Innings |
R |
H |
E |
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Four |
5 |
11 |
6 |
Box |
WV |
6 |
8 |
2 |
WP - Duke (1-0)
LP - Bonderman (0-1) HR - Four: Granderson
(1), Bell (1); WV: Ortiz 2 (2), Gonzalez (2)
WV leads 3-1 |
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5 |
Extra Innings |
R |
H |
E |
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Four |
3 |
7 |
0 |
Box |
WV |
2 |
6 |
2 |
WP - Verlander (1-0)
LP - WV BP (0-1) HR - Four: Alou (1); Lane
(2)
WV leads 3-2 |
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6 |
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R |
H |
E |
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WV |
9 |
10 |
0 |
Box |
Four |
5 |
9 |
4 |
WP - WV BP (1-1)
LP - Webb (0-2) HR - WV: Ortiz (3), Dunn
(1), Encarnacion (1)
WV wins 4-2 |
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Semifinals
Game |
Semifinal One |
Semifinal Two |
1 |
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R |
H |
E |
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St. Paul |
8 |
12 |
0 |
Box |
Four |
0 |
3 |
6 |
WP - Santana (1-0)
LP - Webb (0-1) HR - St.P: Cabrera (1)
St. Paul leads 1-0 |
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Extra Innings |
R |
H |
E |
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WV |
4 |
6 |
0 |
Box |
Andover |
5 |
6 |
1 |
WP - Peavy (1-0)
LP - Oswalt (0-1) HR - none
Andover leads 1-0 |
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2 |
Extra Innings |
R |
H |
E |
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St. Paul |
4 |
9 |
0 |
Box |
Four |
5 |
8 |
1 |
WP - Haren (1-0)
LP - StP BP (0-1) HR - StP: Hunter (1),
Sexson (1); Four: Weeks (1), McCann (1)
Series tied 1-1 |
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H |
E |
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WV |
7 |
9 |
1 |
Box |
Andover |
4 |
11 |
2 |
WP - Cook (1-0)
LP - Arroyo (0-1) HR - WV: Ortiz (1); And:
Konerko (1)
Series tied 1-1 |
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3 |
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H |
E |
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Four |
5 |
6 |
0 |
Box |
St. Paul |
4 |
8 |
0 |
WP - Myers (1-0)
LP - Santos (0-1) HR - Four: Giles (1),
Gomes (1); StP: Estrada (1)
Four leads 2-1 |
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H |
E |
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Andover |
3 |
5 |
2 |
Box |
WV |
4 |
8 |
0 |
WP - Lowe (1-0)
LP - Schmidt (0-1) HR - And: Bay (1)
WV leads 2-1 |
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4 |
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R |
H |
E |
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Four |
7 |
10 |
0 |
Box |
St. Paul |
5 |
8 |
0 |
WP - Bonderman (1-0)
LP - Johnson (0-1) HR - Four: Jones (1),
Crosby (1), McCann (1); StP: Sexson (2), Hudson (1)
Four leads 3-1 |
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H |
E |
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Andover |
3 |
2 |
4 |
Box |
WV |
7 |
12 |
1 |
WP - WV BP (1-0)
LP - And BP (0-1) HR - And: Lopez (1); WV:
Rodriguez (1)
WV leads 3-1 |
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5 |
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R |
H |
E |
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Four |
9 |
11 |
4 |
Box |
St. Paul |
13 |
10 |
0 |
WP - StP BP (1-1)
LP - Verlander (0-1) HR - Four: Drew 2
(2), Martin (1), Jones (2); St.P: Hunter (1), Hudson (2)
Four leads 3-2 |
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R |
H |
E |
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Andover |
10 |
15 |
0 |
Box |
WV |
4 |
6 |
0 |
WP - Burnett (1-0)
LP - Ohka (0-1) HR - And: Bay (2), Konerko
(2), Hawpe (1)
WV leads 3-2 |
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6 |
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R |
H |
E |
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St. Paul |
6 |
4 |
1 |
Box |
Four |
3 |
9 |
0 |
WP - Santana (2-0)
LP - Webb (0-2) HR - Four: Hafner (1)
Series tied 3-3 |
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R |
H |
E |
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WV |
9 |
12 |
1 |
Box |
Andover |
4 |
6 |
4 |
WP - Oswalt (1-1)
LP - Peavy (1-1) HR - WV: Rodriguez 2 (3),
Ortiz (2), Dunn (1), Posada (1); And: Lopez (2), Hawpe (2)
WV wins 4-2 |
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R |
H |
E |
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St. Paul |
4 |
7 |
3 |
Box |
Four |
8 |
11 |
1 |
WP - Four BP (1-0)
LP - Beckett (0-1) HR - St.P: Hudson (3);
Four: Hafner (2), Alou (1)
Four wins 4-3 |
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