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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): 
          
            - Golden (81-69)
 
            - Lexington (77-73)
 
            - WKRP (76-74)
 
            - Dave Concepcion (73-77)
 
           
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           Semifinals - Dave Concepcion vs. Golden; WKRP vs. Lexington 
            
		  Golden won 4 games to 2
		   WKRP won 4 games to 2
             
          Finals - WKRP vs. Golden 
		  Season series: Tied 3-3 
          2023 Gore Cup Winner - Golden won 4 games to 0 
            
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                    Finals
                    
                      
      
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | WKRP | 3 | 5 | 0 | Box  |  | Golden | 6 | 11 | 0 |  WP - GG BP (1-0)  LP - C.Bassitt (0-1) HR: WKRP: A.Riley (1), J.McNeil (1) Golden leads 1-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | WKRP | 2 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Golden | 6 | 10 | 0 |  WP - L.Allen (1-0)  LP - T.Walker (0-1) HR: GG: C.Walker (1), W.Contreras (1), D.Swanson (1) Golden leads 2-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Golden | 7 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | WKRP | 2 | 4 | 1 |  WP - K.Waldichuk (1-0)  LP - S.Alcantara (0-1) HR: GG: R.Acuna (1), Y.Alvarez (1), M.Chapman (1), D.Swanson (2) Golden leads 3-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Golden | 5 | 13 | 0 | Box  |  | WKRP | 4 | 9 | 3 |  WP - L.Medina (1-0)  LP - G.Williams (0-1) HR: GG: J.Soler (1); WKRP: T.Stephenson (1) Golden wins series 4-0 |   
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                    Semifinals
                    
                      
      
        
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          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Dave Concepcion | 6 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Golden | 5 | 10 | 2 |  WP - J.Assad (1-0)  LP - A.Civale (0-1) HR: GG: R.Acuna 2 (2), D.Swanson (1) Dave Concepcion leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | WKRP | 2 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | Lexington | 5 | 9 | 0 |  WP - K.Gausman (1-0)  LP - WKRP BP (0-1) HR: WKRP: G.Arias (1); Lex: C.Bethancourt (1) Lexington leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Dave Concepcion | 2 | 11 | 2 | Box  |  | Golden | 7 | 9 | 1 |  WP - L.Allen (1-0)  LP - K.Hendricks (0-1) HR: DC: A.Gimenez (1); GG: R.Acuna (3), C.Taylor (1), C.Walker (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | WKRP | 4 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Lexington | 9 | 15 | 0 |  WP - P.Lopez (1-0)  LP - T.Walker (0-1) HR: WKRP: G.Arias (2); Lex: M.Ozuna (1), J.Gallo 2 (2) Lexington leads 2-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Golden | 6 | 12 | 0 | Box  |  | Dave Concepcion | 3 | 10 | 1 |  WP - K.Waldichuk (1-0)  LP - DC BP (0-1) HR: GG: Y.Alvarez (1), E.Suarez (1), W.Contreras (1); DC: C.Wong (1) Golden leads 2-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Lexington | 2 | 3 | 0 | Box  |  | WKRP | 3 | 6 | 0 |  WP - S.Alcantara (1-0)  LP - F.Peralta (0-1) HR: none Lexington leads 2-1 |      | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Golden | 6 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Dave Concepcion | 5 | 5 | 2 |  WP - GG BP (1-0)  LP - DC BP (0-2) HR: GG: K.Tucker (1), J.Soler (1), W.Contreras (2); DC: N.Arenado (1) Golden leads 3-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Lexington | 0 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | WKRP | 6 | 11 | 1 |  WP - G.Williams (1-0)  LP - J.Montgomery (0-1) HR: Lex: J.Chisholm (1); WKRP: Y.Diaz (1), A.Riley (1), A.Judge (1) Series tied 2-2 |      | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Golden | 4 | 5 | 0 | Box  |  | Dave Concepcion | 5 | 7 | 2 |  WP - DC BP (1-2)  LP - GG BP (1-1) HR: GG: J.Soler 2 (3); DC: M.Betts 2 (2), J.Burger (1), C.Wong (2) Golden leads 3-2 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Lexington | 3 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | WKRP | 7 | 11 | 0 |  WP - C.Sanchez (1-0)  LP - K.Gibson (0-1) HR: Lex: J.Chisholm (2), A.McCutchen (1); WKRP: A.Judge (2) WKRP leads 3-2 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Dave Concepcion | 5 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | Golden | 7 | 9 | 2 |  WP - A.Civale (1-1)  LP - P.Corbin (0-1) HR: DC: A.Gimenez (2), N.Arenado (2), B.Buxton (1); GG: M.Kepler (1), C.Walker (2) Golden wins series 4-2 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | WKRP | 5 | 9 | 1 | Box  |  | Lexington | 3 | 8 | 4 |  WP - J.Musgrove (1-0)  LP - K.Gausman (1-1) HR: WKRP: J.Naylor (1); Lex: F.Lindor (1) WKRP wins series 4-2 |      | 
         
        
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