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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 2010 Entrants (in order of seeding): 
            South Hills (89-61)West Coast (78-72)Team Japan  (78-72)Wisconsin (75-75)   | 
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    			| Semifinals - Wisconsin vs South Hills; Team Japan vs West 
          Coast   Finals - Team Japan vs South Hills - Japan won the season series 
          7-5     Playoffs main page |  
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                    | Finals
                      
      
        
          | Game | Team Japan vs. South Hills |  
          | 1 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Team Japan | 4 | 6 | 2 | Box |  | South Hills | 2 | 10 | 0 |  | WP - G.Gonzalez (1-0)  LP - SH BP (0-1) HR: Jap: A.LaRoche (1) SH: A.Gonzalez (1)
 Team Japan leads 1-0
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          | 2 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Team Japan | 2 | 2 | 0 | Box |  | South Hills | 9 | 6 | 3 |  | WP - U.Jimenez (1-0)  LP - C.Buchholz (0-1) HR: SH: A.Lind (1)
 Series tied 1-1
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          | 3 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | South Hills | 3 | 9 | 0 | Box |  | Team Japan | 2 | 12 | 0 |  | WP - R.Nolasco (1-0)  LP - Jap BP (0-1) HR: SH: G.Sanchez (1), K.Johnson (1)
 South Hills leads 2-1
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          | 4 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | South Hills | 6 | 9 | 1 | Box |  | Team Japan | 3 | 13 | 0 |  | WP - F.Carmona (1-0)  LP - D.Braden (0-1) HR: SH: A.Rodriguez (1), G.Sanchez (2), A.Lind (2); Jap: I.Kinsler (1)
 South Hills leads 3-1
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          | 5 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | South Hills | 5 | 9 | 4 | Box |  | Team Japan | 6 | 11 | 0 |  | WP - J.Santana (1-0)  LP - J.De La Rosa (0-1) HR: SH: K.Johnson (2); Jap: D.Stubbs (1), V.Martinez (1), J.Reyes (1)
 South Hills leads 3-2
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          | 6 | | Extra Innings | R | H | E |  |  | Team Japan | 4 | 15 | 0 | Box |  | South Hills | 3 | 10 | 1 |  | WP - G.Gonzalez (2-0)  LP - SH BP (0-2) HR: none
 Series tied 3-3
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          | 7 | | Extra Innings | R | H | E |  |  | Team Japan | 6 | 12 | 0 | Box |  | South Hills | 5 | 15 | 3 |  | WP - C.Buchholz (1-1)  LP - U.Jimenez (1-1) HR: Jap: A.LaRoche (2); SH: A.Ramirez (1), A.Torres (1), A.Gonzalez (1), J.McDonald (1)
 Team Japan wins series 4-3
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          | Game | Semifinal One | Semifinal Two |  
          | 1 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Wisconsin | 8 | 13 | 4 | Box |  | South Hills | 3 | 8 | 0 |  | WP - A.Wainwright (1-0)  LP - U.Jimenez (0-1) HR: Wis: P.Fielder (1), B.Upton (1), A.Ramirez (1), A.Hill (1)
 Wisconsin leads 1-0
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 | | Extra Innings | R | H | E |  |  | Team Japan | 3 | 5 | 2 | Box |  | West Coast | 2 | 5 | 0 |  | WP - G.Gonzalez (1-0)  LP - R.Halladay (0-1) HR: Jap: B.Posey (1)
 Team Japan leads 1-0
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          | 2 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Wisconsin | 1 | 5 | 0 | Box |  | South Hills | 4 | 10 | 0 |  | WP - R.Nolasco (1-0)  LP - Wis BP (0-1) HR: Wis: R.Zimmerman (1), A.Ramirez (2); SH: A.Lind (1), J.Nix (1)
 Series tied 1-1
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 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Team Japan | 4 | 8 | 1 | Box |  | West Coast | 3 | 14 | 0 |  | WP - C.Buchholz (1-0)  LP - WC BP (0-1) HR: Jap: D.Stubbs (1), J.Reyes (1), A.Jones (1); WC: R.Raburn (1)
 Team Japan leads 2-0
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          | 3 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | South Hills | 6 | 12 | 1 | Box |  | Wisconsin | 7 | 15 | 1 |  | WP - B.Enright (1-0)  LP - F.Carmona (0-1) HR: SH: A.Lind (2); Wis: A.Hill 2 (3)
 Wisconsin leads 2-1
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 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | West Coast | 4 | 9 | 1 | Box |  | Team Japan | 7 | 9 | 1 |  | WP - H.Bailey (1-0)  LP - Z.Greinke (0-1) HR: WC: A.Dunn 2 (2), J.Bautista (1); Jap: M.LaPorta (1), A.LaRoche (1), A.Jones (2)
 Team Japan leads 3-0
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          | 4 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | South Hills | 9 | 11 | 3 | Box |  | Wisconsin | 6 | 10 | 0 |  | WP - SH BP (1-0)  LP - B.Morrow (0-1) HR: SH: A.Rodriguez 2 (2), A.Lind (2), J.Nix (2); Wis: R.Zimmerman (2), A.Soriano (1)
 Series tied 2-2
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 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | West Coast | 2 | 9 | 0 | Box |  | Team Japan | 7 | 12 | 0 |  | WP - Jap BP (1-0)  LP - WC BP (0-2) HR: Jap: D.Stubbs 3 (4), A.LaRoche (2)
 Team Japan wins series 4-0
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          | 5 | | Extra Innings | R | H | E |  |  | South Hills | 6 | 11 | 0 | Box |  | Wisconsin | 5 | 12 | 0 |  | WP - W.Rodriguez (1-0)  LP - H.Kuroda (0-1) HR: SH: A.Lind (3), J.Nix (3); Wis: A.Soriano (2), A.Ramirez (3)
 South Hills leads 3-2
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          | 6 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Wisconsin | 5 | 11 | 0 | Box |  | South Hills | 3 | 7 | 0 |  | WP - A.Wainwright (2-0)  LP - U.Jimenez (0-2) HR: Wis: A.Ramirez (4); SH: A.Ramirez (1), K.Johnson (1)
 Series tied 3-3
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          | 7 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Wisconsin | 7 | 12 | 4 | Box |  | South Hills | 12 | 10 | 0 |  | WP - Y.Gallardo (1-1)  LP - R.Dempster (0-1) HR: Wis: T.Wigginton (1), B.Upton (2), A.Hill (4), C.Pennington (1); SH: A.Rodriguez 2 (4), J.Nix 2 (5)
 South Hills wins series 4-3
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