|   | 
    
    	
			
				
				
| 
 | 
Don't forget to vote, Guest - Login
 | 
 
 
				 | 
			 
    		
    			
          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 2024 Entrants (in order of seeding): 
          
            - Knoxville (87-63)
 
            - Avalon Hill (80-71)
 
            - Loose (77-73)
 
            - Monopoly (76-74)
 
           
             | 
    			
    			 
                  
    			 | 
    		 
    		
    			| 
           Semifinals - Monopoly vs. Knoxville; Loose vs. Avalon Hill 
            
		  Knoxville won 4 games to 2
		   Avalon Hill won 4 games to 3
             
          Finals - Avalon Hill vs. Knoxville 
		  Season series: Tied 3-3 
          2024 Gore Cup Winner - Knoxville won 4 games to 3 
            
          Playoffs main page 
    			 | 
    		 
    		
    			
    			
                  
                    
                    
                    Finals
                    
                      
      
        
          | Game | 
          Avalon Hill vs. Knoxville | 
         
        
          | 
           1  | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Avalon Hill | 6 | 9 | 1 | Box  |  | Knoxville | 5 | 10 | 0 |  WP - M.King (1-0)  LP - B.Woo (0-1) HR: AH: J.India (1), C.Keith (1); Knox: G.Henderson (1), M.Yoshida (1), B.Rooker (1) Avalon Hill leads 1-0 |   
            | 
         
        
          | 
           2  | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Avalon Hill | 2 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Knoxville | 3 | 9 | 0 |  WP - B.Ober (1-0)  LP - R.Blanco (0-1) HR: AH: C.Keith (2); Knox: G.Henderson (2), S.Espinal (1) Series tied 1-1 |   
            | 
         
        
          | 
           3  | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Knoxville | 2 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Avalon Hill | 0 | 7 | 1 |  WP - N.Cortes (1-0)  LP - J.Steele (0-1) HR: Knox: P.Alonso (1); AH: Y.Diaz (1) Knoxville leads 2-1 |   
            | 
         
        
          | 
           4  | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Knoxville | 3 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Avalon Hill | 4 | 12 | 0 |  WP - R.Lopez (1-0)  LP - Knox BP (0-1) HR: Knox: B.Rooker 2 (3), S.Espinal (2); AH: J.India (2), J.Bleday (1) Series tied 2-2 |   
            | 
         
        
          | 
           5  | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Knoxville | 4 | 8 | 1 | Box  |  | Avalon Hill | 0 | 2 | 1 |  WP - B.Snell (1-0)  LP - D.Herz (0-1) HR: Knox: B.Rooker (4); AH: P.Goldschmidt (1) Knoxville leads 3-2 |   
            | 
         
        
          | 
           6  | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Avalon Hill | 4 | 17 | 0 | Box  |  | Knoxville | 1 | 12 | 2 |  WP - M.King (2-0)  LP - Knox BP (0-2) HR: AH: J.Bleday (2) Series tied 3-3 |   
            | 
         
        
          | 
           7  | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Avalon Hill | 2 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Knoxville | 4 | 11 | 0 |  WP - B.Ober (2-0)  LP - R.Blanco (0-2) HR: Knox: B.Rooker (5) Knoxville wins series 4-3 |   
            | 
         
        
          |   | 
            | 
         
       
                      
                     
                      
                    Semifinals
                    
                      
      
        
          | Game | 
          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
          | 
           1  | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Monopoly | 3 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | Knoxville | 2 | 5 | 2 |  WP - Mon BP (1-0)  LP - B.Snell (0-1) HR: Mon: A.Santander (1) Monopoly leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Loose | 2 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Avalon Hill | 3 | 13 | 0 |  WP - M.King (1-0)  LP - Loo BP (0-1) HR: Loo: T.Turner (1), C.Rafaela (1) Avalon Hill leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
          | 
           2  | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Monopoly | 4 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Knoxville | 1 | 10 | 2 |  WP - B.Miller (1-0)  LP - B.Woo (0-1) HR: none Monopoly leads 2-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Loose | 6 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Avalon Hill | 4 | 8 | 0 |  WP - Loo BP (1-1)  LP - R.Blanco (0-1) HR: Loo: M.Olson (1), J.Pederson (1), K.Higashioka (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
         
        
          | 
           3  | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Knoxville | 5 | 3 | 0 | Box  |  | Monopoly | 2 | 9 | 3 |  WP - B.Ober (1-0)  LP - J.Irvin (0-1) HR: Knox: J.Soler 2 (2); Mon: Y.Alvarez (1) Monopoly leads 2-1 |      | 
          
          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Avalon Hill | 1 | 7 | 1 | Box  |  | Loose | 2 | 9 | 0 |  WP - Loo BP (2-1)  LP - AH BP (0-1) HR: Loo: J.Chisholm (1), J.Pederson (2) Loose leads 2-1 |      | 
         
        
          | 
           4  | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Knoxville | 5 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Monopoly | 1 | 6 | 2 |  WP - N.Cortes (1-0)  LP - M.Lorenzen (0-1) HR: Knox: J.Soler (3), B.Rooker (1), P.Alonso (1) Series tied 2-2 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Avalon Hill | 1 | 4 | 0 | Box  |  | Loose | 5 | 10 | 1 |  WP - D.Peterson (1-0)  LP - R.Lopez (0-1) HR: AH: C.Keith (1); Loo: M.Olson (2) Loose leads 3-1 |      | 
         
        
          | 
           5  | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Knoxville | 6 | 15 | 0 | Box  |  | Monopoly | 3 | 7 | 2 |  WP - Knox BP (1-0)  LP - K.Gibson (0-1) HR: Knox: G.Henderson (1), M.Yoshida (1); Mon: J.Duran (1) Knoxville leads 3-2 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Avalon Hill | 7 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Loose | 2 | 6 | 2 |  WP - J.Springs (1-0)  LP - G.Canning (0-1) HR: AH: M.Toglia (1), Y.Diaz (1); Loo: T.Turner (2) Loose leads 3-2 |      | 
         
        
          | 
           6  | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Monopoly | 1 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Knoxville | 6 | 13 | 1 |  WP - B.Snell (1-1)  LP - G.Crochet (0-1) HR: Knox: M.Yoshida (2) Knoxville wins series 4-2 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Loose | 5 | 12 | 2 | Box  |  | Avalon Hill | 6 | 11 | 1 |  WP - M.King (2-0)  LP - Loo BP (2-2) HR: Loo: G.Urshela (1), M.Garcia (1), K.Higashioka (2); AH: M.Toglia (2), C.Keith (2) Series tied 3-3 |      | 
         
        
          | 
           7  | 
          
             | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Loose | 3 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Avalon Hill | 5 | 11 | 1 |  WP - AH BP (1-1)  LP - M.Fried (0-1) HR: Loo: C.Carroll (1), M.Amaya (1); AH: J.Chourio 2 (2) Avalon Hill wins series 4-3 |      | 
         
        
          |   | 
            | 
            | 
         
       
                      
                     
                           | 
		
		
                    
                    | 
                   
                 
                 | 
    		 
    		
    			| 
                   
                  | 
    		 
    		
    			| 
    			
    			 | 
    		 
    		
    			
    			 
  
  
    			 | 
    		 
    	 
     |