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    			| The Best of the WorstThe Bottom Feeder Open - playing for pride and a few bucks.   A small taste of post season baseball as the third and fourth place 
          teams get a chance to play a few more games.  Teams are ranked 
          1-8, based on season record and play a 3-game quarterfinal series.  
          Winners are re-seeded and play a 3-game semifinal.   The two remaining teams square off in a best-of-five finals. | 
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    			| The winner receives a bonus of 500,000 Benchwarmer Bucks.  
          The runner-up gets 250,000.   2017 Finals: Cleveland vs. Cincinnati Season series: Cleveland won 7-5   2017 Winner - Cleveland won 3 games to 2   Playoffs main page |  
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          | Game | Cleveland vs. Cincinnati |  
          | 1 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Cleveland | 5 | 3 | 0 | Box |  | Cincinnati | 4 | 10 | 3 |  | WP - Cle BP (1-0)  LP - J.Happ (0-1) HR: none
 Cleveland leads 1-0
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          | 2 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Cleveland | 9 | 13 | 2 | Box |  | Cincinnati | 11 | 13 | 0 |  | WP - L.Lynn (1-0)  LP - D.Bundy (0-1) HR: Cle: A.McCutchen 3 (3), R.Odor (1); Cin: I.Happ (1), A.Rizzo 2 (2)
 Series tied 1-1
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          | 3 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Cincinnati | 4 | 7 | 3 | Box |  | Cleveland | 10 | 11 | 1 |  | WP - D.Lamet (1-0)  LP - M.Stroman (0-1) HR: Cin: N.Mazara (1); Cle: R.Odor 2 (3)
 Cleveland leads 2-1
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          | 4 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Cincinnati | 7 | 9 | 0 | Box |  | Cleveland | 6 | 17 | 1 |  | WP - D.Price (1-0)  LP - J.Urena (0-1) HR: Cin: N.Mazara (2), A.Rizzo (3); Cle: M.Machado 2 (2), R.Odor (4), T.Anderson (1)
 Series tied 2-2
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          | 5 | | Extra Innings | R | H | E |  |  | Cleveland | 4 | 7 | 0 | Box |  | Cincinnati | 3 | 8 | 2 |  | WP - D.Straily (1-0)  LP - H.Bailey (0-1) HR: Cin: A.Pollock (1)
 Cleveland wins series 3-2
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    Playoffs main page Semifinals
                      
      
        
          | Game | Semifinal One | Semifinal Two |  
          | 1 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Dharma | 3 | 6 | 4 | Box |  | Cincinnati | 7 | 12 | 2 |  | WP - M.Stroman (1-0)  LP - Dhar BP (0-1) HR: Dhar: D.Freese (1); Cin: D.Peralta (1)
 Cincinnati leads 1-0
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 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Cleveland | 13 | 8 | 0 | Box |  | San Andreas | 3 | 2 | 4 |  | WP - Cle BP (1-0)  LP - SA BP (0-1) HR: Cle: M.Machado 3 (3), M.Trout (1), R.Odor 2 (2), M.Carpenter (1)
 Cleveland leads 1-0
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          | 2 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Cincinnati | 3 | 8 | 0 | Box |  | Dharma | 2 | 8 | 1 |  | WP - R.Stephenson (1-0)  LP - F.Liriano (0-1) HR: none
 Cincinnati wins series 2-0
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 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | San Andreas | 3 | 7 | 3 | Box |  | Cleveland | 6 | 7 | 0 |  | WP - D.Straily (1-0)  LP - D.Duffy (0-1) HR: SA: C.Taylor (1); Cle: M.Trout (2), T.Anderson (1)
 Cleveland wins series 2-0
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    Playoffs main page Quarterfinals
                      
        
          | Game | Quarterfinal One | Quarterfinal Two |  
          | 1 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Bodega Bay | 4 | 8 | 2 | Box |  | Cincinnati | 6 | 8 | 4 |  | WP - J.Happ (1-0)  LP - BB BP (0-1) HR: BB: R.Hoskins (1)
 Cincinnati leads 1-0
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 | | Extra Innings | R | H | E |  |  | Dharma | 4 | 9 | 2 | Box |  | Suicide | 3 | 7 | 0 |  | WP - J.Verlander (1-0)  LP - Su BP (0-1) HR: Dhar: M.Cabrera (1), S.Souza (1)
 Dharma leads 1-0
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          | 2 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Cincinnati | 7 | 9 | 1 | Box |  | Bodega Bay | 4 | 9 | 2 |  | WP - L.Lynn (1-0)  LP - A.Cobb (0-1) HR: Cin: W.Contreras (1); BB: T.Beckham (1), R.Devers (1)
 Cincinnati wins series 2-0
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 | | Extra Innings | R | H | E |  |  | Suicide | 6 | 8 | 0 | Box |  | Dharma | 7 | 10 | 1 |  | WP - Dhar BP (1-0)  LP - C.Morton (0-1) HR: Su: M.Moustakas (1); Dhar: W.Myers (1), D.Freese (1)
 Dharma wins series 2-0
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          | Game | Quarterfinal Three | Quarterfinal Four |  
          | 1 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Sydney | 7 | 8 | 3 | Box |  | San Andreas | 6 | 7 | 2 |  | WP - Syd BP (1-0)  LP - M.Fulmer (0-1) HR: Syd: J.Baez (1); SA: D.Dietrich (1), M.Ozuna (1)
 Sydney leads 1-0
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 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Cleveland | 3 | 14 | 0 | Box |  | Olde English | 6 | 13 | 1 |  | WP - A.Cashner (1-0)  LP - J.Berrios (0-1) HR: Cle: T.Anderson (1)
 Olde English leads 1-0
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          | 2 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | San Andreas | 8 | 8 | 2 | Box |  | Sydney | 3 | 7 | 4 |  | WP - A.Nola (1-0)  LP - J.Lackey (0-1) HR: SA: M.Ozuna (2), M.Brantley (1), W.Merrifield (1), C.Taylor (1)
 Series tied 1-1
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 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Olde English | 1 | 8 | 0 | Box |  | Cleveland | 5 | 10 | 0 |  | WP - D.Bundy (1-0)  LP - OE BP (0-1) HR: OE: M.Betts (1), F.Freeman (1); Cle: M.Machado (1), M.Trout (1), M.Wieters (1)
 Series tied 1-1
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          | 3 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Sydney | 5 | 10 | 3 | Box |  | San Andreas | 7 | 13 | 0 |  | WP - T.Blach (1-0)  LP - L.McCullers (0-1) HR: Syd: J.Baez (2), C.Yelich (1), K.Seager (1), Z.Cozart (1); SA: T.Mancini (1)
 San Andreas wins series 2-1
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 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Cleveland | 6 | 13 | 0 | Box |  | Olde English | 5 | 7 | 1 |  | WP - Cle BP (1-0)  LP - C.Hamels (0-1) HR: OE: M.Betts (2), L.Duda (1)
 Cleveland wins series 2-1
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