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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 2023 Entrants (in order of seeding): 
          
            - NYC2ATL (85-65)
 
            - Herrickville (85-65)
 
            - Outer Banks (78-72)
 
            - Put Your Hand Inside (76-74)
 
           
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           Semifinals - Put Your Hand Inside vs. NYC2ATL; Outer Banks vs. Herrickville 
            
		  NYC2ATL won 4 games to 0
		   Herrickville won 4 games to 3
             
          Finals - Herrickville vs. NYC2ATL 
		  Season series: NYC2ATL won 4-2 
          2023 Gore Cup Winner - Herrickville won 4 games to 2 
            
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                    Finals
                    
                      
      
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Herrickville | 4 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | NYC2ATL | 9 | 11 | 1 |  WP - J.Musgrove (1-0)  LP - J.Montgomery (0-1) HR: NYC: C.McCormick (1) NYC2ATL leads 1-0 |   
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Herrickville | 5 | 9 | 2 | Box  |  | NYC2ATL | 4 | 10 | 1 |  WP - K.Bradish (1-0)  LP - K.Gausman (0-1) HR: Herr: O.Albies (1); NYC: S.Torkelson (1) Series tied 1-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | NYC2ATL | 5 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Herrickville | 8 | 14 | 1 |  WP - M.Fried (1-0)  LP - L.Castillo (0-1) HR: NYC: S.Torkelson (2), M.Melendez (1); Herr: T.Turner (1), O.Albies (2), Y.Diaz (1) Herrickville leads 2-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | NYC2ATL | 3 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Herrickville | 1 | 7 | 0 |  WP - S.Matz (1-0)  LP - Herr BP (0-1) HR: NYC: J.Ramirez 2 (2); Herr: T.Casas (1) Series tied 2-2 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | NYC2ATL | 4 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Herrickville | 5 | 12 | 2 |  WP - Herr BP (1-1)  LP - NYC BP (0-1) HR: NYC: W.Adames (1); Herr: T.Turner (2), A.Bregman (1), L.Robert (1) Herrickville leads 3-2 |   
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Herrickville | 6 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | NYC2ATL | 5 | 12 | 0 |  WP - J.Montgomery (1-1)  LP - C.Morton (0-1) HR: Herr: L.Robert (2); NYC: S.Torkelson (3), N.Velazquez (1) Herrickville wins series 4-2 |   
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                    Semifinals
                    
                      
      
        
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          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Put Your Hand Inside | 1 | 4 | 2 | Box  |  | NYC2ATL | 7 | 11 | 0 |  WP - J.Musgrove (1-0)  LP - J.Quintana (0-1) HR: PYHI: J.Candelario (1); NYC: A.Santander 2 (2), W.Adames (1) NYC2ATL leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Outer Banks | 3 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Herrickville | 4 | 9 | 0 |  WP - Herr BP (1-0)  LP - S.Ohtani (0-1) HR: OB: A.Rutschman (1) Herrickville leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Put Your Hand Inside | 1 | 4 | 0 | Box  |  | NYC2ATL | 2 | 11 | 0 |  WP - C.Ragans (1-0)  LP - PYHI BP (0-1) HR: NYC: L.Nootbaar 2 (2) NYC2ATL leads 2-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Outer Banks | 3 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Herrickville | 4 | 8 | 2 |  WP - K.Bradish (1-0)  LP - OB BP (0-1) HR: Herr: A.Bregman (1), Y.Diaz (1), L.Robert (1) Herrickville leads 2-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | NYC2ATL | 4 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Put Your Hand Inside | 3 | 6 | 1 |  WP - K.Gausman (1-0)  LP - J.Steele (0-1) HR: NYC: N.Velazquez (1); PYHI: L.Gurriel (1) NYC2ATL leads 3-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Herrickville | 5 | 7 | 3 | Box  |  | Outer Banks | 4 | 7 | 0 |  WP - M.Fried (1-0)  LP - T.Toussaint (0-1) HR: none Herrickville leads 3-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | NYC2ATL | 5 | 8 | 1 | Box  |  | Put Your Hand Inside | 2 | 6 | 0 |  WP - L.Castillo (1-0)  LP - M.Manning (0-1) HR: NYC: T.Pham (1), M.Melendez (1); PYHI: I.Happ (1) NYC2ATL wins series 4-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Herrickville | 1 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Outer Banks | 5 | 13 | 1 |  WP - K.Maeda (1-0)  LP - Herr BP (1-1) HR: OB: F.Tatis (1), S.Ohtani (1), G.Stanton (1) Herrickville leads 3-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Herrickville | 4 | 7 | 2 | Box  |  | Outer Banks | 6 | 9 | 2 |  WP - OB BP (1-1)  LP - Herr BP (1-2) HR: OB: F.Tatis (2), J.Soto (1), S.Ohtani (2) Herrickville leads 3-2 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Outer Banks | 6 | 12 | 1 | Box  |  | Herrickville | 3 | 8 | 0 |  WP - OB BP (2-1)  LP - J.Montgomery (0-1) HR: OB: N.Arenado (1); Herr: T.Turner (1), T.Casas (1), Y.Diaz (2) Series tied 3-3 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Outer Banks | 1 | 5 | 0 | Box  |  | Herrickville | 6 | 12 | 0 |  WP - K.Bradish (2-0)  LP - Y.Kikuchi (0-1) HR: Herr: Y.Diaz (3) Herrickville wins series 4-3 |      | 
         
        
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