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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 2023 Entrants (in order of seeding): 
          
            - He-Man!!! (84-66)
 
            - Groundhog Central (84-66)
 
            - Ty's (81-69)
 
            - The Thing (73-77)
 
           
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           Semifinals - The Thing vs. He-Man!!!; Ty's vs. Groundhog Central 
            
		  The Thing won 4 games to 2
		   Groundhog Central won 4 games to 2
             
          Finals - The Thing vs. Groundhog Central 
		  Season series: Groundhog Central won 8-4 
          2023 Gore Cup Winner - Groundhog Central won 4 games to 1 
            
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                    Finals
                    
                      
      
        
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          The Thing vs. Groundhog Central | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | The Thing | 3 | 8 | 3 | Box  |  | Groundhog Central | 4 | 6 | 1 |  WP - P.Lopez (1-0)  LP - L.Webb (0-1) HR: TT: G.Cooper (1) Groundhog Central leads 1-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | The Thing | 2 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Groundhog Central | 9 | 18 | 0 |  WP - K.Maeda (1-0)  LP - Z.Wheeler (0-1) HR: GC: K.Schwarber 2 (2), R.Mountcastle (1), K.Ruiz (1), K.Hayes (1) Groundhog Central leads 2-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Groundhog Central | 4 | 8 | 3 | Box  |  | The Thing | 3 | 3 | 0 |  WP - GC BP (1-0)  LP - TT BP (0-1) HR: GC: C.Bellinger (1), K.Schwarber (3) Groundhog Central leads 3-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Groundhog Central | 4 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | The Thing | 7 | 5 | 4 |  WP - P.Blackburn (1-0)  LP - R.Suarez (0-1) HR: GC: C.Bellinger (2); TT: J.Rodriguez 2 (2), M.Chapman (1) Groundhog Central leads 3-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Groundhog Central | 5 | 9 | 1 | Box  |  | The Thing | 3 | 11 | 0 |  WP - J.Sears (1-0)  LP - TT BP (0-2) HR: GC: G.Torres (1), C.Seager (1), L.Gurriel (1) Groundhog Central wins series 4-1 |   
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                    Semifinals
                    
                      
      
        
          | Game | 
          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | The Thing | 3 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | He-Man!!! | 4 | 8 | 0 |  WP - K.Hendricks (1-0)  LP - TT BP (0-1) HR: TT: A.Verdugo (1), G.Cooper (1); HM: S.Ohtani (1), I.Happ (1), A.Garcia (1) He-Man!!! leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Ty's | 4 | 14 | 0 | Box  |  | Groundhog Central | 5 | 5 | 0 |  WP - C.Kershaw (1-0)  LP - L.Giolito (0-1) HR: Ty: R.Acuna (1), T.France (1) Groundhog Central leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | The Thing | 6 | 4 | 2 | Box  |  | He-Man!!! | 5 | 5 | 1 |  WP - TT BP (1-1)  LP - M.Kelly (0-1) HR: TT: K.Farmer (1), J.McNeil (1); HM: J.Davis (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Ty's | 2 | 5 | 1 | Box  |  | Groundhog Central | 6 | 10 | 2 |  WP - P.Lopez (1-0)  LP - M.Lorenzen (0-1) HR: GC: C.Seager (1) Groundhog Central leads 2-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | He-Man!!! | 6 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | The Thing | 7 | 8 | 2 |  WP - TT BP (2-1)  LP - P.Corbin (0-1) HR: HM: J.Candelario (1), S.Ohtani (2), W.Contreras (1); TT: M.Harris II 2 (2) The Thing leads 2-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Groundhog Central | 3 | 10 | 2 | Box  |  | Ty's | 6 | 10 | 1 |  WP - Ty BP (1-0)  LP - C.Quantrill (0-1) HR: Ty: J.Altuve (1) Groundhog Central leads 2-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | He-Man!!! | 4 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | The Thing | 9 | 11 | 0 |  WP - TT BP (3-1)  LP - C.Sale (0-1) HR: HM: R.Grichuk (1); TT: M.Harris II (3), J.McNeil (2) The Thing leads 3-1 |      | 
          
          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Groundhog Central | 7 | 10 | 1 | Box  |  | Ty's | 6 | 6 | 0 |  WP - K.Maeda (1-0)  LP - H.Brown (0-1) HR: Ty: R.Acuna (2), T.Turner (1) Groundhog Central leads 3-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | He-Man!!! | 8 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | The Thing | 4 | 4 | 0 |  WP - A.Gomber (1-0)  LP - A.Cobb (0-1) HR: HM: A.Judge (1), J.Chisholm (1); TT: J.McNeil (3) The Thing leads 3-2 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Groundhog Central | 6 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Ty's | 7 | 9 | 0 |  WP - Ty BP (2-0)  LP - GC BP (0-1) HR: GC: C.Bellinger (1), C.Seager (2), K.Hayes (1); Ty: N.Arenado (1), K.Tucker (1) Groundhog Central leads 3-2 |      | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | The Thing | 5 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Zissou | 4 | 10 | 2 |  WP - L.Webb (1-0)  LP - K.Hendricks (1-1) HR: TT: A.Verdugo (2), R.McGuire (1); HM: A.Garcia (2) The Thing wins series 4-2 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Ty's | 3 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | Groundhog Central | 10 | 12 | 0 |  WP - C.Kershaw (2-0)  LP - L.Giolito (0-2) HR: GC: C.Bellinger (2), S.Murphy (1) Groundhog Central wins series 4-2 |      | 
         
        
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