Benchwarmer Baseball - The Al Gore Cup

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 2007 Entrants (in order of seeding):

Motley (90-60) - Last season's league champ.

Perth (81-69) - Gave NJ the closest race they ever had, but fell short at the end.

Oklahoma (75-75) - Stayed tight on Jundland's tail, but couldn't overtake them. Bottom Feeder champ last season.

Medford (70-80) - Best finish ever, after two cellar-dwelling seasons.

Finals

Game

Oklahoma vs. Motley

Extra Innings	R	H	E
Oklahoma	5	10	2	Box
Motley	6	8	1	Box
WP - Haren (1-0) LP - Vazquez (0-1) HR - Ok: Kinsler (1) Motley leads 1-0

	R	H	E
Oklahoma	11	18	1	Box
Motley	7	9	0	Box
WP - Ok BP (1-0) LP - Beckett (0-1) HR - Ok: Granderson (1), Jones (1), Pena (1), Kent 2 (2); Mot: Ramirez (1), Holliday (1), Thome (1) Series tied 1-1

*Extra Innings*	R	H	E
Motley	4	14	1	Box
Oklahoma	5	6	0	Box
WP - Meche (0-1) LP - Rogers (0-1) HR - Mot: Ramirez (2), Holliday (2); Ok: Pena (2) Oklahoma leads 2-1

	R	H	E
Motley	7	8	0	Box
Oklahoma	9	14	0	Box
WP - OK BP (2-0) LP - Schilling (0-1) HR - Mot: Thome (2); Ok: Granderson (2), Jones (2), Kinsler (2), Molina (1) Oklahoma leads 3-1

Extra Innings	R	H	E
Motley	9	13	2	Box
Oklahoma	10	11	1	Box
WP - Ok BP (3-0) LP - Mussina (0-1) HR - Ok: Pena 2 (4) Oklahoma wins 4-1

Semifinals

Game

Semifinal One

Semifinal Two

	R	H	E
Medford	5	8	0	Box
Motley	6	15	0	Box
WP - Mot BP (1-0) LP - Pettitte (0-1) HR - Med: Hafner 2 (2); Mot: Lowell (1) Motley leads 1-0

	R	H	E
Oklahoma	5	13	0	Box
Perth	8	9	1	Box
WP - Smoltz (1-0) LP - Harang (0-1) HR - Ok: Pena (1), Molina (1); Per: Ramirez (1) Perth leads 1-0

	R	H	E
Medford	3	12	0	Box
Motley	4	12	3	Box
WP - Beckett (1-0) LP - Hughes (0-1) HR - Mot: Martinez (1) Motley leads 2-0

	R	H	E
Oklahoma	0	8	3	Box
Perth	4	9	0	Box
WP - Garland (1-0) LP - Meche (0-1) HR - Per: Hawpe (1) Perth leads 2-0

	R	H	E
Motley	7	10	2	Box
Medford	11	13	0	Box
WP - Med BP (1-0) LP - Rogers (0-1) HR - Mot: Ramirez (1) Motley leads 2-1

	R	H	E
Perth	6	15	1	Box
Oklahoma	5	10	0	Box
WP - Lackey (1-0) LP - Ok BP (0-1) HR - Per: Sanchez (1), Hawpe (2), Lopez (1), Johjima (1); Ok: Hunter (1) Perth leads 3-0

	R	H	E
Motley	7	11	0	Box
Medford	3	12	0	Box
WP - Mussina (1-0) LP - Robertson (0-1) HR - Mot: Holiday (1), Thome (1), Lowell (2) Motley leads 3-1

	R	H	E
Perth	3	6	0	Box
Oklahoma	5	12	2	Box
WP - Vazquez (1-0) LP - Jennings (0-1) HR - Ok: Guillen (1) Perth leads 3-1

Extra Innings	R	H	E
Motley	6	7	0	Box
Medford	5	15	0	Box
WP - Olsen (1-0) LP - Hill (0-1) HR: Med: Young (1) Motley wins 4-1

	R	H	E
Perth	2	6	1	Box
Oklahoma	6	8	1	Box
WP - Washburn (1-0) LP - Zito (0-1) HR - Ok: Jones (1) Perth leads 3-2

Extra Innings	R	H	E
Oklahoma	7	11	0	Box
Perth	6	12	0	Box
WP - Harang (1-1) LP - Per BP (0-1) HR - Ok: Granderson (1), Pena 2 (3), Guillen (2); Per: Sanchez (2) Series tied 3-3

	R	H	E
Oklahoma	9	10	0	Box
Perth	6	15	0	Box
WP - OK BP (1-1) LP - Garland (1-1) HR - Ok: Granderson (2), Jones (2), Pena (4) Oklahoma wins 4-3