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    			| Second-Place ShowdownIn 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 2011 Entrants (in order of seeding): 
            Detroit (87-63)Riverdale (86-64)Lake Harriet (80-70)Bloomington (76-74)   | 
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    			| Semifinals - Bloomington vs Detroit; Lake Harriet vs Riverdale   Finals - Riverdale vs Detroit - Detroit won the season series 4-2   Playoffs main page |  
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                    | Finals
                      
      
        
          | Game | Riverdale vs. Detroit |  
          | 1 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Riverdale | 2 | 12 | 1 | Box |  | Detroit | 4 | 8 | 0 |  | WP - C.Lee (1-0)  LP - D.Fister (0-1) HR: none
 Detroit leads 1-0
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          | 2 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Riverdale | 8 | 14 | 2 | Box |  | Detroit | 7 | 12 | 0 |  | WP - Riv BP (1-0)  LP - Z.Greinke (0-1) HR: Riv: D.Uggla (1), P.Fielder (1), M.Stanton (1), R.Howard (1); Det: D.Ortiz (1), J.Saltalamacchia (1)
 Series tied 1-1
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          | 3 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Detroit | 5 | 11 | 1 | Box |  | Riverdale | 8 | 9 | 1 |  | WP - B.Norris (1-0)  LP - J.Jurrjens (0-1) HR: Det: C.Utley 2 (2); Riv: J.Hardy 2 (2), C.Gonzalez (1), R.Howard (2)
 Riverdale leads 2-1
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          | 4 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Detroit | 2 | 6 | 0 | Box |  | Riverdale | 4 | 13 | 1 |  | WP - S.Baker (1-0)  LP - Det BP (0-1) HR: Det: E.Aybar (1); Riv: M.Stanton 2 (3)
 Riverdale leads 3-1
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          | 5 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Detroit | 7 | 14 | 1 | Box |  | Riverdale | 9 | 18 | 1 |  | WP - D.Willis (1-0)  LP - T.Stauffer (0-1) HR: Det: B.Boesch (1), C.Santana (1); Riv: M.Stanton (4), R.Howard 2 (4)
 Riverdale wins series 4-1
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          | Game | Semifinal One | Semifinal Two |  
          | 1 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Bloomington | 2 | 8 | 3 | Box |  | Detroit | 9 | 12 | 0 |  | WP - C.Lee (1-0)  LP - T.Lincecum (0-1) HR: none
 Detroit leads 1-0
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 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Lake Harriet | 2 | 8 | 0 | Box |  | Riverdale | 7 | 6 | 1 |  | WP - D.Fister (1-0)  LP - M.Buehrle (0-1) HR: Riv: D.Uggla (1), R.Howard (1)
 Riverdale leads 1-0
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          | 2 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Bloomington | 3 | 9 | 1 | Box |  | Detroit | 5 | 5 | 0 |  | WP - Z.Greinke (1-0)  LP - C.Lewis (0-1) HR: Blm: K.Johnson (1); Det: J.Hamilton (1)
 Detroit leads 2-0
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 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Lake Harriet | 2 | 8 | 0 | Box |  | Riverdale | 6 | 12 | 1 |  | WP - W.Rodriguez (1-0)  LP - J.Guthrie (0-1) HR: Riv: D.Wright (1), A.De Aza (1)
 Riverdale leads 2-0
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          | 3 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Detroit | 5 | 10 | 1 | Box |  | Bloomington | 7 | 10 | 2 |  | WP - H.Bailey (1-0)  LP - J.Jurrjens (0-1) HR: Blm: M.Kemp (1)
 Detroit leads 2-1
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 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Riverdale | 5 | 11 | 1 | Box |  | Lake Harriet | 4 | 9 | 0 |  | WP - Riv BP (1-0)  LP - LH BP (0-1) HR: Riv: D.Uggla (2), O.Infante (1), M.Stanton 2 (2)
 Riverdale leads 3-0
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          | 4 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Detroit | 3 | 4 | 0 | Box |  | Bloomington | 4 | 7 | 0 |  | WP - Blm BP (1-0)  LP - J.Zimmermann (0-1) HR: Det: C.Santana (1); Blm: S.Victorino (1), S.Castro (1)
 Series tied 2-2
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 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Riverdale | 7 | 10 | 0 | Box |  | Lake Harriet | 5 | 7 | 0 |  | WP - Riv BP (2-0)  LP - J.Cueto (0-1) HR: Riv: P.Fielder (1); LH: N.Markakis (1), J.Bruce (1)
 Riverdale wins series 4-0
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          | 5 | | Extra Innings | R | H | E |  |  | Detroit | 3 | 10 | 0 | Box |  | Bloomington | 4 | 5 | 1 |  | WP - Blm BP (2-0)  LP - T.Stauffer (0-1) HR: Det: D.Ortiz (1)
 Bloomington leads 3-2
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          | 6 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Bloomington | 2 | 10 | 0 | Box |  | Detroit | 6 | 9 | 0 |  | WP - C.Lee (2-0)  LP - T.Lincecum (0-2) HR: Blm: M.Kemp (2), P.Bourjos (1), M.Reynolds (1)
 Series tied 3-3
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          | 7 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Bloomington | 7 | 11 | 0 | Box |  | Detroit | 8 | 7 | 0 |  | WP - Det BP (1-0)  LP - C.Lewis (0-2) HR: Blm: S.Victorino (2), M.Kemp (3); Det: J.Hamilton (1), D.Ortiz (2)
 Detroit wins series 4-3
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