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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 2022 Entrants (in order of seeding): 
          
            - He-Man!!! (92-58)
 
            - Spackler (84-66)
 
            - Groundhog Central (75-75)
 
            - The Thing (68-82)
 
           
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           Semifinals - The Thing vs. He-Man!!!; Groundhog Central vs. Spackler 
            
		  He-Man!!! won 4 games to 3
		   Spackler won 4 games to 2
             
          Finals - Spackler vs. He-Man!!! 
		  Season series: He-Man!!! won 7-5 
          2022 Gore Cup Winner - He-Man!!! won 4 games to 1 
            
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                    Finals
                    
                      
      
        
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          Spackler vs. He-Man!!! | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Spackler | 2 | 6 | 1 | Box  |  | He-Man!!! | 6 | 8 | 0 |  WP - J.Urias (1-0)  LP - B.Woodruff (0-1) HR: HM: A.Judge (1), A.Pujols (1) He-Man!!! leads 1-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Spackler | 3 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | He-Man!!! | 4 | 4 | 0 |  WP - J.Quintana (1-0)  LP - S.McClanahan (0-1) HR: Spa: P.Alonso (1) He-Man!!! leads 2-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | He-Man!!! | 5 | 8 | 2 | Box  |  | Spackler | 3 | 10 | 0 |  WP - D.Smyly (1-0)  LP - Spa BP (0-1) HR: HM: A.Garcia (1), A.Judge 2 (3); Spa: E.Jimenez (1) He-Man!!! leads 3-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | He-Man!!! | 2 | 12 | 3 | Box  |  | Spackler | 3 | 4 | 0 |  WP - Y.Darvish (1-0)  LP - HM BP (0-1) HR: HM: G.Sheets (1), W.Contreras (1); Spa: P.Alonso (2) He-Man!!! leads 3-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | He-Man!!! | 7 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Spackler | 5 | 6 | 1 |  WP - HM BP (1-1)  LP - C.Burnes (0-1) HR: HM: A.Garcia (2), A.Judge (4), W.Contreras (2); Spa: X.Bogaerts (1), P.Alonso (3) He-Man!!! wins series 4-1 |   
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                    Semifinals
                    
                      
      
        
          | Game | 
          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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           1  | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | The Thing | 5 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | He-Man!!! | 1 | 7 | 0 |  WP - D.Rasmussen (1-0)  LP - HM BP (0-1) HR: TT: V.Grissom (1), M.Harris II (1); HM: A.Judge (1) The Thing leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Groundhog Central | 2 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Spackler | 8 | 9 | 0 |  WP - B.Woodruff (1-0)  LP - R.Suarez (0-1) HR: Spa: D.Varsho (1), P.Alonso (1), E.Jimenez (1), J.Davis (1), G.Sanchez (1) Spackler leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | The Thing | 2 | 3 | 1 | Box  |  | He-Man!!! | 8 | 7 | 2 |  WP - J.Quintana (1-0)  LP - L.Webb (0-1) HR: TT: R.Tellez (1); HM: J.Baez (1), G.Sheets (1), D.LeMahieu (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Groundhog Central | 5 | 9 | 2 | Box  |  | Spackler | 4 | 9 | 0 |  WP - M.Kopech (1-0)  LP - S.McClanahan (0-1) HR: GC: W.Adames (1), S.Murphy (1); Spa: A.Rizzo (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | He-Man!!! | 6 | 4 | 2 | Box  |  | The Thing | 5 | 3 | 0 |  WP - HM BP (1-1)  LP - K.Thompson (0-1) HR: HM: A.Judge (2), G.Sheets (2); TT: J.McNeil (1), M.Chapman (1) He-Man!!! leads 2-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Spackler | 4 | 5 | 0 | Box  |  | Groundhog Central | 3 | 7 | 2 |  WP - J.Verlander (1-0)  LP - N.Cortes (0-1) HR: Spa: X.Bogaerts (1), J.Davis (2); GC: J.India (1) Spackler leads 2-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | He-Man!!! | 5 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | The Thing | 3 | 12 | 1 |  WP - K.Wright (1-0)  LP - J.Urquidy (0-1) HR: TT: M.Chapman (2) He-Man!!! leads 3-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Spackler | 3 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Groundhog Central | 1 | 10 | 2 |  WP - Y.Darvish (1-0)  LP - GC BP (0-1) HR: Spa: D.Varsho (2) Spackler leads 3-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | He-Man!!! | 0 | 3 | 3 | Box  |  | The Thing | 4 | 9 | 1 |  WP - M.Mikolas (1-0)  LP - HM BP (1-2) HR: HM: J.Baez (2); TT: M.Harris II (2), R.Tellez (2) He-Man!!! leads 3-2 |      | 
          
          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Spackler | 3 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Groundhog Central | 4 | 3 | 0 |  WP - GC BP (1-1)  LP - C.Burnes (0-1) HR: Spa: D.Varsho (3); GC: J.Turner (1) Spackler leads 3-2 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | The Thing | 5 | 7 | 2 | Box  |  | He-Man!!! | 4 | 6 | 1 |  WP - D.Rasmussen (2-0)  LP - J.Urias (0-1) HR: TT: A.McCutchen (1); HM: I.Happ (1) Series tied 3-3 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Groundhog Central | 3 | 9 | 1 | Box  |  | Spackler | 5 | 10 | 0 |  WP - B.Woodruff (2-0)  LP - GC BP (1-2) HR: Spa: G.Sanchez (2) Spackler wins series 4-2 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | The Thing | 0 | 5 | 1 | Box  |  | He-Man!!! | 3 | 7 | 0 |  WP - J.Quintana (2-0)  LP - TT BP (0-1) HR: TT: R.Tellez (3), C.Morel (1); HM: A.Judge (3) He-Man!!! wins series 4-3 |      | 
          
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