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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 2018 Entrants (in order of seeding): 
          
            - Bloom County (87-63)
 
            - Billy's (74-76)
 
            - Cal (73-77)
 
            - Random (70-80)
 
           
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           Semifinals - Random vs. Bloom County; Cal vs. Billy's 
            
		  Bloom County won 4 games to 2
		   Cal won 4 games to 2
             
          Finals - Cal vs. Bloom County 
		  Season series: Tied 3-3 
          2018 Gore Cup Winner - Bloom County won 4 games to 0 
            
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                    Finals
                    
                      
      
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Cal | 1 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Bloom County | 5 | 9 | 0 |  WP - B.Snell (1-0)  LP - Cal BP (0-1) HR: BC: J.Cave (1), P.DeJong (1) Bloom County leads 1-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Cal | 2 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Bloom County | 6 | 10 | 0 |  WP - D.Price (1-0)  LP - M.Clevinger (0-1) HR: Cal: C.Santana (1); BC: A.Bregman (1), P.DeJong (2), A.Romine (1) Bloom County leads 2-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Bloom County | 8 | 4 | 2 | Box  |  | Cal | 3 | 4 | 0 |  WP - J.Happ (1-0)  LP - S.Matz (0-1) HR: BC: J.Peraza (1), D.Palka (1) Bloom County leads 3-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Bloom County | 8 | 12 | 1 | Box  |  | Cal | 4 | 8 | 1 |  WP - J.Musgrove (1-0)  LP - A.Senzatela (0-1) HR: BC: A.Bregman (2), A.Romine (2) Bloom County wins series 4-0 |   
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          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Random | 7 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Bloom County | 5 | 14 | 5 |  WP - J.Verlander (1-0)  LP - B.Snell (0-1) HR: Ran: M.Brantley (1); BC: T.White (1), D.Palka (1) Random leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Cal | 1 | 5 | 0 | Box  |  | Billy's | 9 | 12 | 0 |  WP - J.Teheran (1-0)  LP - G.Marquez (0-1) HR: Bill: C.Cron (1) Billy's leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Random | 3 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Bloom County | 5 | 9 | 0 |  WP - D.Price (1-0)  LP - Ran BP (0-1) HR: Ran: M.Ozuna (1), R.Chirinos (1); BC: T.White 2 (3) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Cal | 7 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Billy's | 3 | 9 | 0 |  WP - M.Clevinger (1-0)  LP - W.LeBlanc (0-1) HR: Cal: J.Upton (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Bloom County | 5 | 9 | 1 | Box  |  | Random | 4 | 8 | 0 |  WP - J.Happ (1-0)  LP - Ran BP (0-2) HR: BC: K.Davis (1), F.Freeman (1), R.O'Hearn (1), D.Palka (2); Ran: J.Baez (1), M.Ozuna (2) Bloom County leads 2-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Billy's | 3 | 5 | 1 | Box  |  | Cal | 4 | 3 | 0 |  WP - S.Matz (1-0)  LP - C.Sabathia (0-1) HR: Bill: J.Kipnis (1); Cal: J.Upton (2) Cal leads 2-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Bloom County | 9 | 15 | 0 | Box  |  | Random | 4 | 9 | 1 |  WP - J.Musgrove (1-0)  LP - F.Pena (0-1) HR: BC: A.Bregman (1), K.Davis 2 (3), F.Freeman (2); Ran: J.Baez (2), R.Chirinos (2) Bloom County leads 3-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Billy's | 4 | 7 | 1 | Box  |  | Cal | 8 | 9 | 1 |  WP - A.Senzatela (1-0)  LP - J.Odorizzi (0-1) HR: Cal: G.Springer (1), M.Machado (1), C.Yelich (1), J.Schoop (1) Cal leads 3-1 |      | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Bloom County | 7 | 6 | 2 | Box  |  | Random | 8 | 14 | 0 |  WP - Ran BP (1-2)  LP - J.Shields (0-1) HR: BC: K.Davis 2 (5); Ran: A.Hicks (1), J.Baez (3), R.Cano (1) Bloom County leads 3-2 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Billy's | 3 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Cal | 2 | 6 | 0 |  WP - S.Strasburg (1-0)  LP - Cal BP (0-1) HR: none Cal leads 3-2 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Random | 3 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Bloom County | 4 | 5 | 0 |  WP - B.Snell (1-1)  LP - J.Verlander (1-1) HR: Ran: J.Baez (4); BC: K.Davis (6) Bloom County wins series 4-2 |      | 
          
          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Cal | 4 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | Billy's | 3 | 7 | 5 |  WP - G.Marquez (1-1)  LP - Bill BP (0-1) HR: Cal: C.Yelich (2); Bill: D.Swanson 2 (2) Cal wins series 4-2 |      | 
         
        
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