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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 2026 Entrants (in order of seeding):

WKRP (81-69)
Nasty Boys (80-70)
Bottom (80-70)
Small Market (74-76)

Semifinals - Small Market vs. WKRP; Bottom vs. Nasty Boys

Small Market won 4 games to 1

Bottom won 4 games to 1

Finals - Small Market vs. Bottom

Season series: Bottom won 4-2

2026 Gore Cup Winner - Bottom won 4 games to 2

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Finals

Game

Small Market vs. Bottom

1

	R	H	E
Small Market	3	7	0	Box
Bottom	5	6	1	Box
WP - Z.Wheeler (1-0) LP - S.Gray (0-1) HR: Bot: D.Hamilton (1) Bottom leads 1-0

2

	R	H	E
Small Market	2	9	1	Box
Bottom	6	9	0	Box
WP - T.Melton (1-0) LP - J.Bennett (0-1) HR: Bot: F.Tatis (1), W.Contreras (1) Bottom leads 2-0

3

Extra Innings	R	H	E
Bottom	1	5	0	Box
Small Market	0	6	0	Box
WP - M.King (1-0) LP - SM BP (0-1) HR: SM: D.Lile (1) Bottom leads 3-0

4

	R	H	E
Bottom	3	13	0	Box
Small Market	6	5	1	Box
WP - B.Ober (1-0) LP - M.Perez (0-1) HR: Bot: T.Peters (1); SM: D.Lile 2 (3) Bottom leads 3-1

5

	R	H	E
Bottom	3	6	0	Box
Small Market	6	8	1	Box
WP - SM BP (1-1) LP - F.Griffin (0-1) HR: SM: G.Moreno (1) Bottom leads 3-2

6

Extra Innings	R	H	E
Small Market	2	9	1	Box
Bottom	3	4	1	Box
WP - Z.Wheeler (2-0) LP - SM BP (1-2) HR: Bot: L.Keaschall (1) Bottom wins series 4-2

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Semifinals

Game

Semifinal One

Semifinal Two

1

Extra Innings	R	H	E
Small Market	4	9	2	Box
WKRP	5	10	0	Box
WP - C.Sanchez (1-0) LP - SM BP (0-1) HR: SM: T.Edman (1), J.Lee 2 (2); WKRP: A.Riley (1), A.Kirk (1) WKRP leads 1-0

	R	H	E
Bottom	1	5	0	Box
Nasty Boys	6	14	0	Box
WP - N.Cameron (1-0) LP - Z.Wheeler (0-1) HR: NB: J.Caballero (1), M.Busch (1), A.Wells (1), J.Chourio (1) Nasty Boys leads 1-0

2

	R	H	E
Small Market	11	17	0	Box
WKRP	0	7	0	Box
WP - J.Bennett (1-0) LP - G.Williams (0-1) HR: SM: T.Edman (2), D.Lile (1) Series tied 1-1

	R	H	E
Bottom	5	11	0	Box
Nasty Boys	3	6	5	Box
WP - T.Melton (1-0) LP - P.Lambert (0-1) HR: Bot: T.Peters (1); NB: T.Johnston (1) Series tied 1-1

3

	R	H	E
WKRP	4	8	0	Box
Small Market	5	8	1	Box
WP - SM BP (1-1) LP - WKRP BP (0-1) HR: WKRP: J.Sanoja (1); SM: L.Arraez (1) Small Market leads 2-1

	R	H	E
Nasty Boys	2	5	2	Box
Bottom	6	8	0	Box
WP - M.King (1-0) LP - M.Wacha (0-1) HR: Bot: V.Pasquantino (1) Bottom leads 2-1

4

	R	H	E
WKRP	4	8	0	Box
Small Market	5	10	1	Box
WP - SM BP (2-1) LP - E.Hancock (0-1) HR: SM: J.Lee (3), K.Okamoto (1) Small Market leads 3-1

	R	H	E
Nasty Boys	3	7	2	Box
Bottom	5	6	1	Box
WP - Bot BP (1-0) LP - M.Liberatore (0-1) HR: NB: A.Wells (2) Bottom leads 3-1

5

	R	H	E
WKRP	3	6	0	Box
Small Market	6	14	0	Box
WP - B.Snell (1-0) LP - W.Warren (0-1) HR: WKRP: T.Stephenson (1), J.Triolo (1); SM: T.Edman (3) Small Market wins series 4-1

	R	H	E
Nasty Boys	2	8	2	Box
Bottom	3	10	0	Box
WP - F.Griffin (1-0) LP - NB BP (0-1) HR: NB: J.Caglianone (1); Bot: F.Tatis (1) Bottom wins series 4-1

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