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    			The Best of the Worst
          The 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. 
            
          2023 Finals: California vs. Pine Knot 
          Season series: Pine Knot won 5-1 
            
          2023 Winner - California won 3 games to 1 
            
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                    Finals 
                    
                      
      
        
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          California vs. Pine Knot | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | California | 7 | 9 | 1 | Box  |  | Pine Knot | 6 | 9 | 2 |  WP - Cal BP (1-0)  LP - K.Gausman (0-1) HR: Cal: J.Martinez 2 (2), B.Reynolds (1); PK: P.Goldschmidt (1), A.Bohm (1) California leads 1-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | California | 3 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Pine Knot | 5 | 8 | 0 |  WP - K.Senga (1-0)  LP - A.Nola (0-1) HR: Cal: B.Reynolds (2); PK: A.Bohm (2) Series tied 1-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Pine Knot | 1 | 2 | 2 | Box  |  | California | 8 | 11 | 2 |  WP - Z.Eflin (1-0)  LP - B.Miller (0-1) HR: Cal: H.Kim (1), K.Carpenter (1), B.Rooker (1) California leads 2-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Pine Knot | 3 | 10 | 1 | Box  |  | California | 5 | 6 | 2 |  WP - M.Lorenzen (1-0)  LP - PK BP (0-1) HR: PK: J.Segura (1); Cal: D.Swanson (1), B.Rooker (2) California wins series 3-1 |   
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                    Semifinals
                    
                      
      
        
          | Game | 
          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | California | 2 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | The | 5 | 6 | 1 |  WP - Zep BP (1-0)  LP - M.Lorenzen (0-1) HR: none The leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Pine Knot | 4 | 5 | 0 | Box  |  | Slap | 11 | 9 | 0 |  WP - E.Perez (1-0)  LP - PK BP (0-1) HR: PK: J.Rodriguez (1); Slap: Y.Moncada (1), J.Abreu 2 (2), K.Schwarber (1), J.Sanchez (1) Slap leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | The | 2 | 4 | 2 | Box  |  | California | 6 | 10 | 0 |  WP - A.Gomber (1-0)  LP - H.Brown (0-1) HR: Cal: C.Morel (1), D.Swanson (1), L.Wade (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
          
          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Slap | 3 | 12 | 0 | Box  |  | Pine Knot | 4 | 11 | 2 |  WP - A.Civale (1-0)  LP - Slap BP (0-1) HR: Slap: I.Happ 2 (2); PK: B.Belt (1), D.Jansen (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | California | 3 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | The | 2 | 9 | 2 |  WP - C.Morton (1-0)  LP - Zep BP (1-1) HR: Cal: C.Morel (2) California wins series 2-1 |      | 
          
          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Pine Knot | 3 | 8 | 2 | Box  |  | Slap | 2 | 6 | 1 |  WP - K.Gausman (1-0)  LP - Slap BP (0-2) HR: PK: J.Rodriguez (2) Pine Knot wins series 2-1 |      | 
         
        
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                    Quarterfinals
                    
                      
        
          | Game | 
          Quarterfinal One | 
          Quarterfinal Two | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Kentucky | 7 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | The | 4 | 12 | 0 |  WP - B.Snell (1-0)  LP - Z.Gallen (0-1) HR: Ken: A.Garcia (1), T.Hernandez (1); Zep: C.Bellinger (1) Kentucky leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | California | 2 | 8 | 2 | Box  |  | Atlanta | 5 | 6 | 0 |  WP - F.Valdez (1-0)  LP - C.Morton (0-1) HR: none Atlanta leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | The | 6 | 7 | 1 | Box  |  | Kentucky | 3 | 9 | 0 |  WP - J.Montgomery (1-0)  LP - T.Wells (0-1) HR: Zep: F.Tatis (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Atlanta | 4 | 4 | 0 | Box  |  | California | 8 | 12 | 0 |  WP - Cal BP (1-0)  LP - B.Garrett (0-1) HR: Atl: W.Smith (1); Cal: H.Kim (1), J.Lowe (1), B.Reynolds (1), H.Davis (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Kentucky | 3 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | The | 4 | 9 | 0 |  WP - J.France (1-0)  LP - O.Bido (0-1) HR: Ken: N.Lowe (1), A.Garcia (2), T.Hernandez (2); Zep: E.De La Cruz (1) The wins series 2-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | California | 3 | 11 | 1 | Box  |  | Atlanta | 2 | 14 | 1 |  WP - Z.Eflin (1-0)  LP - Atl BP (0-1) HR: Atl: B.Stott (1) California wins series 2-1 |      | 
         
        
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          Quarterfinal Three | 
          Quarterfinal Four | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Knee Deep | 4 | 10 | 1 | Box  |  | Slap | 6 | 11 | 3 |  WP - C.Bassitt (1-0)  LP - H.Ryu (0-1) HR: KD: C.Encarnacion-Strand (1), C.Vazquez (1); Slap: D.LeMahieu (1), K.Schwarber (1) Slap leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Honking | 4 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Pine Knot | 5 | 6 | 0 |  WP - PK BP (1-0)  LP - Z.Wheeler (0-1) HR: Honk: C.Walker (1); PK: B.Belt (1), D.Jansen (1) Pine Knot leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Slap | 6 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | Knee Deep | 4 | 7 | 2 |  WP - T.Bibee (1-0)  LP - J.Luzardo (0-1) HR: Slap: J.Duran (1) Slap wins series 2-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Pine Knot | 5 | 7 | 2 | Box  |  | Honking | 3 | 4 | 4 |  WP - PK BP (2-0)  LP - L.Gilbert (0-1) HR: none Pine Knot wins series 2-0 |      | 
         
        
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