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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.
2009 Finals: Minneapolis (73-77) vs. Tennessee (78-72)
Season series: Tennessee won 9-3
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Finals
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Minneapolis vs. Tennessee |
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| Extra Innings | R | H | E | | | Minneapolis | 3 | 6 | 1 | Box | | Tennessee | 2 | 10 | 3 | WP - R.Harden (1-0) LP - C.Lee (0-1)
HR: none
Minneapolis leads 1-0 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Minneapolis | 4 | 11 | 1 | Box | | Tennessee | 5 | 15 | 0 | WP - J.Vazquez (1-0) LP - Min BP (0-1)
HR: Min: T.Tulowitzki (1), J.Bay (1); Ten: B.Abreu (1)
Series tied 1-1 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Tennessee | 3 | 5 | 2 | Box | | Minneapolis | 6 | 9 | 0 | WP - P.Maholm (1-0) LP - M.Garza (0-1)
HR: Ten: C.Kotchman (1); Min: T.Tulowitzki (2)
Minneapolis leads 2-1 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Tennessee | 3 | 7 | 0 | Box | | Minneapolis | 0 | 11 | 0 | WP - J.Sanchez (1-0) LP - Min BP (0-2)
HR: Ten: I.Stewart (1); Min: J.Mauer (1)
Series tied 2-2 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Minneapolis | 10 | 11 | 1 | Box | | Tennessee | 5 | 8 | 2 | WP - B.Zito (1-0) LP - C.Pavano (0-1)
HR: Min: D.Span (1), R.Cedeno (1)
Minneapolis wins series 3-2 |
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Semifinals
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Semifinal One |
Semifinal Two |
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| | R | H | E | | | Indianapolis | 5 | 11 | 0 | Box | | Tennessee | 6 | 10 | 3 | WP - J.Sanchez (1-0) LP - J.Peavy (0-1)
HR: Ind: T.Helton (1), B.Inge (1)
Tennessee leads 1-0 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Chennai | 1 | 6 | 1 | Box | | Minneapolis | 11 | 14 | 0 | WP - C.Kershaw (1-0) LP - M.Pelfrey (0-1)
HR: Min: J.Mauer (1), T.Tulowitzki (1), J.Bay (1)
Minneapolis leads 1-0 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Tennessee | 6 | 7 | 2 | Box | | Indianapolis | 5 | 12 | 0 | WP - C.Pavano (1-0) LP - D.Davis (0-1)
HR: Ten: H.Matsui (1), R.Branyan (1); Ind: B.Inge 2 (3)
Tennessee wins series 2-0 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Minneapolis | 6 | 8 | 0 | Box | | Chennai | 8 | 7 | 0 | WP - C.Carpenter (1-0) LP - S.Richmond (0-1)
HR: Min: T.Tulowitzki (2); Chen: A.Ethier (1), D.Ortiz (1), K.Morales (1)
Series tied 1-1 |
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| Extra Innings | R | H | E | | | Chennai | 2 | 10 | 0 | Box | | Minneapolis | 3 | 5 | 0 | WP - R.Harden (1-0) LP - Chen BP (0-1)
HR: Chen: M.Young (1); Min: J.Cust (1)
Minneapolis wins series 2-1 |
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Quarterfinals
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Quarterfinal One |
Quarterfinal Two |
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| | R | H | E | | | Magdalena | 5 | 10 | 3 | Box | | Tennessee | 6 | 10 | 1 | WP - C.Lee (1-0) LP - K.Slowey (0-1)
HR: Mag: D.Pedroia (1), N.McLouth (1); Ten: D.Jeter (1)
Tennessee leads 1-0 |
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| Extra Innings | R | H | E | | | Indianapolis | 6 | 10 | 1 | Box | | Vero Beach | 5 | 10 | 1 | WP - J.Weaver (1-0) LP - T.Lincecum (0-1)
HR: Ind: B.Inge (1)
Indianapolis leads 1-0 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Tennessee | 8 | 10 | 1 | Box | | Magdalena | 7 | 10 | 1 | WP - J.Vazquez (1-0) LP - S.Marshall (0-1)
HR: Mag: C.Lee (1), M.Cabrera (1)
Tennessee wins series 2-0 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Vero Beach | 5 | 13 | 0 | Box | | Indianapolis | 6 | 9 | 2 | WP - R.Wells (1-0) LP - N.Blackburn (0-1)
HR: VB: C.Quentin (1)
Indianapolis wins series 2-0 |
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Quarterfinal Three |
Quarterfinal Four |
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| | R | H | E | | | Highlands | 5 | 7 | 1 | Box | | Minneapolis | 6 | 10 | 1 | WP - Min BP (1-0) LP - C.Zambrano (0-1)
HR: High: R.Howard (1), T.Hafner (1), K.Kouzmanoff (1); Min: T.Tulowitzki (1)
Minneapolis leads 1-0 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Aksarben | 5 | 12 | 2 | Box | | Chennai | 4 | 7 | 4 | WP - M.Cain (1-0) LP - Chen BP (0-1)
HR: Aks: A.LaRoche (1); Chen: D.Ortiz (1)
Aksarben leads 1-0 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Minneapolis | 7 | 9 | 0 | Box | | Highlands | 1 | 5 | 4 | WP - C.Billingsley (1-0) LP - A.Burnett (0-1)
HR: Min: R.Cedeno (1)
Minneapolis wins series 2-0 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Chennai | 6 | 5 | 2 | Box | | Aksarben | 3 | 4 | 2 | WP - J.Niemann (1-0) LP - C.Hamels (0-1)
HR: Chen: A.Ethier (1)
Series tied 1-1 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Aksarben | 2 | 6 | 2 | Box | | Chennai | 7 | 13 | 0 | WP - J.Blanton (1-0) LP - Aks BP (0-1)
HR: Aks: R.Braun (1); Chen: M.Young (1)
Chennai wins series 2-1 |
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