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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 2015 Entrants (in order of seeding): 
          
            - Seattle (89-61)
 
            - New Fairfield (81-69)
 
            - Leucadia (80-70)
 
            - Alcatraz (67-83)
 
           
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           Semifinals - Alcatraz vs. Seattle; Leucadia vs. New Fairfield 
            
		  Seattle won 4 games to 3
		   Leucadia won 4 games to 0
             
          Finals - Leucadia vs. Seattle 
		  Season series: Seattle won 4-2 
          2015 Gore Cup Winner - Leucadia won 4 games to 2 
            
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                    Finals
                    
                      
      
        
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          Leucadia vs. Seattle | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Leucadia | 2 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Seattle | 1 | 10 | 2 |  WP - Z.Greinke (1-0)  LP - S.Strasburg (0-1) HR: Leu: J.Realmuto (1) Leucadia leads 1-0 |   
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Leucadia | 4 | 7 | 1 | Box  |  | Seattle | 5 | 10 | 1 |  WP - Sea BP (1-0)  LP - C.Sale (0-1) HR: Sea: J.Bautista (1), F.Freeman (1) Series tied 1-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Seattle | 8 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Leucadia | 3 | 6 | 1 |  WP - F.Hernandez (1-0)  LP - N.Karns (0-1) HR: Sea: J.Bautista (2); Leu: K.Morales (1) Seattle leads 2-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Seattle | 5 | 6 | 2 | Box  |  | Leucadia | 7 | 11 | 0 |  WP - Leu BP (1-0)  LP - J.Odorizzi (0-1) HR: Sea: B.Harper 2 (2); Leu: C.Davis 2 (2), J.Realmuto (2) Series tied 2-2 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Seattle | 5 | 8 | 1 | Box  |  | Leucadia | 6 | 9 | 0 |  WP - Leu BP (2-0)  LP - Sea BP (1-1) HR: Sea: M.Conforto (1), G.Springer (1) Leucadia leads 3-2 |   
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Leucadia | 1 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Seattle | 0 | 11 | 0 |  WP - Z.Greinke (2-0)  LP - Sea BP (1-2) HR: Sea: B.Harper (3) Leucadia wins series 4-2 |   
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                    Semifinals
                    
                      
      
        
          | Game | 
          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Alcatraz | 5 | 11 | 2 | Box  |  | Seattle | 4 | 9 | 0 |  WP - Alc BP (1-0)  LP - S.Strasburg (0-1) HR: Alc: A.Jones (1); Sea: B.Harper (1) Alcatraz leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Leucadia | 9 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | New Fairfield | 2 | 10 | 2 |  WP - Z.Greinke (1-0)  LP - S.Gray (0-1) HR: Leu: C.Davis 2 (2), B.Lawrie (1) Leucadia leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Alcatraz | 5 | 13 | 0 | Box  |  | Seattle | 4 | 7 | 0 |  WP - Alc BP (2-0)  LP - Sea BP (0-1) HR: Alc: A.Jones (2), N.Cruz (1); Sea: J.Bautista (1) Alcatraz leads 2-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Leucadia | 4 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | New Fairfield | 2 | 16 | 1 |  WP - C.Sale (1-0)  LP - NF BP (0-1) HR: Leu: C.Davis (3), J.Realmuto (1) Leucadia leads 2-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Seattle | 8 | 16 | 0 | Box  |  | Alcatraz | 4 | 10 | 0 |  WP - J.Zimmermann (1-0)  LP - M.Tanaka (0-1) HR: Sea: K.Schwarber (1), R.Zimmerman (1), M.Conforto (1); Alc: J.Bour (1) Alcatraz leads 2-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | New Fairfield | 3 | 9 | 2 | Box  |  | Leucadia | 8 | 7 | 0 |  WP - N.Karns (1-0)  LP - F.Liriano (0-1) HR: Leu: C.Granderson (1), K.Seager (1), K.Morales (1) Leucadia leads 3-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Seattle | 3 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Alcatraz | 0 | 11 | 3 |  WP - J.Odorizzi (1-0)  LP - Alc BP (2-1) HR: Sea: M.Conforto (2) Series tied 2-2 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | New Fairfield | 1 | 3 | 2 | Box  |  | Leucadia | 12 | 14 | 0 |  WP - G.Richards (1-0)  LP - S.Kazmir (0-1) HR: Leu: C.Davis 2 (5), D.Murphy (1) Leucadia wins series 4-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Seattle | 6 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Alcatraz | 5 | 8 | 0 |  WP - Sea BP (1-1)  LP - C.Heston (0-1) HR: Alc: C.Robinson (1), N.Cruz (2) Seattle leads 3-2 |      | 
          
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Alcatraz | 6 | 9 | 1 | Box  |  | Seattle | 4 | 6 | 1 |  WP - C.Archer (1-0)  LP - S.Strasburg (0-2) HR: Alc: A.Jones (3), N.Cruz (3), D.Peralta (1), M.Montero (1); Sea: B.Belt 2 (2) Series tied 3-3 |      | 
          
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Alcatraz | 3 | 14 | 0 | Box  |  | Seattle | 5 | 9 | 2 |  WP - F.Hernandez (1-0)  LP - D.Haren (0-1) HR: Sea: K.Schwarber 2 (3) Seattle wins series 4-3 |      | 
          
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