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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 2009 Entrants (in order of seeding):

  • Detroit (87-63) - Defending Gore Cup Champ
  • Vancouver, BC, Canada (86-64) - 2nd appearance here
  • Mumbai (78-72) - Moved up from 3rd place in 2008
  • Maryland (71-79) - Fell from a division champion to 2nd place

 

Semifinals - Maryland vs.Detroit; Mumbai vs Vancouver, BC, Canada

 

Finals - Maryland vs Mumbai; Maryland won season series 4-2

 

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Finals

Game Maryland vs. Mumbai

1

 RHE 
Maryland7111

Box

Mumbai290
WP - J.Jurrjens (1-0) LP - C.Sabathia (0-1)
HR: Md: N.Markakis (1); Mum: C.Barmes (1)
Maryland leads 1-0
 

2

 RHE 
Maryland11150

Box

Mumbai692
WP - R.Ohlendorf (1-0) LP - J.Beckett (0-1)
HR: Md: B.Roberts (1), N.Markakis (2), D.Ortiz (1), L.Scott (1), K.Kouzmanoff (1); Mum: D.Pedroia (1), H.Pence (1)
Maryland leads 2-0
 

3

 RHE 
Mumbai10122

Box

Maryland460
WP - U.Jimenez (1-0) LP - J.Pineiro (0-1)
HR: Mum: D.Pedroia 2 (3); Md: D.Ortiz (2)
Maryland leads 2-1
 

4

 RHE 
Mumbai181

Box

Maryland571
WP - J.Guthrie (1-0) LP - C.Volstad (0-1)
HR: none
Maryland leads 3-1
 

5

Extra InningsRHE 
Mumbai6123

Box

Maryland7102
WP - K.Correia (1-0) LP - M.Pelfrey (0-1)
HR: Mum: A.Ethier (1); Md: L.Overbay (1)
Maryland wins series 4-1
 

6

 

7

 
   

 

Semifinals

Game Semifinal One Semifinal Two

1

 RHE 
Maryland571

Box

Detroit273
WP - J.Jurrjens (1-0) LP - J.Verlander (0-1)
HR: Md: D.Ortiz (1); Det: J.Loney (1)
Maryland leads 1-0
 
 RHE 
Mumbai250

Box

Vancouver, BC, Canada 20105102
WP - C.Kershaw (1-0) LP - C.Sabathia (0-1)
HR: Van: A.Huff (1)
Vancouver, BC, Canada 2010 leads 1-0
 

2

Extra InningsRHE 
Maryland430

Box

Detroit381
WP - K.Millwood (1-0) LP - J.Niemann (0-1)
HR: Md: G.Jones (1); Det: R.Branyan (1)
Maryland leads 2-0
 
 RHE 
Mumbai7102

Box

Vancouver, BC, Canada 20101101
WP - J.Beckett (1-0) LP - F.Hernandez (0-1)
HR: Mum: A.Rodriguez (1), A.Ethier (1), R.Ludwick (1)
Series tied 1-1
 

3

 RHE 
Detroit371

Box

Maryland691
WP - J.Pineiro (1-0) LP - B.Anderson (0-1)
HR: Md: N.Markakis (1), B.McCann (1)
Maryland leads 3-0
 
 RHE 
Vancouver, BC, Canada 2010572

Box

Mumbai690
WP - Mum BP (1-0) LP - H.Kuroda (0-1)
HR: Van: A.Jones (1), H.Ramirez (1); Mum: H.Pence (1)
Mumbai leads 2-1
 

4

 RHE 
Detroit470

Box

Maryland240
WP - J.Shields (1-0) LP - J.Guthrie (0-1)
HR: Det: C.Crawford (1)
Maryland leads 3-1
 
 RHE 
Vancouver, BC, Canada 2010672

Box

Mumbai470
WP - A.Burnett (1-0) LP - C.Volstad (0-1)
HR: Mum: B.Zobrist (1)
Series tied 2-2
 

5

 RHE 
Detroit561

Box

Maryland8111
WP - Md BP (1-0) LP - E.Jackson (0-1)
HR: Det: R.Branyan (2), R.Barajas (1); Md: B.McCann (2), D.Ortiz 2 (3)
Maryland wins series 4-1
 
Extra InningsRHE 
Vancouver, BC, Canada 20108102

Box

Mumbai7123
WP - Van BP (1-0) LP - M.Pelfrey (0-1)
HR: Van: J.Morneau (1), J.Nix (1), J.Cust (1); Mum: C.Barmes (1)
Vancouver, BC, Canada 2010 leads 3-2
 

6

 
 RHE 
Mumbai372

Box

Vancouver, BC, Canada 2010170
WP - C.Sabathia (1-1) LP - C.Kershaw (1-1)
HR: Mum: A.Ethier (2); Van: J.Rollins (1)
Series tied 3-3
 

7

 
 RHE 
Mumbai9130

Box

Vancouver, BC, Canada 20107153
WP - J.Beckett (2-0) LP - F.Hernandez (0-2)
HR: Mum: C.Barmes (2); Van: A.Jones (2), J.Morneau 2 (3)
Mumbai wins series 4-3
 
     

 

 

 

 
 
 
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