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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 2014 Entrants (in order of seeding): 
          
            - Cooperstown (87-63)
 
            - Chicago (80-70)
 
            - Baseball (74-76)
 
            - Cincinnati (72-78)
 
           
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           Semifinals - Cincinnati vs. Cooperstown; Baseball vs. Chicago 
            
		  Cooperstown won 4 games to 0
		   Chicago won 4 games to 1
             
          Finals - Chicago vs. Cooperstown 
		  Season series: Split 3-3 
          2014 Gore Cup Winner - Cooperstown won 4 games to 1 
            
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                    Finals
                    
                      
      
        
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          Chicago vs. Cooperstown | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Chicago | 2 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Cooperstown | 3 | 9 | 2 |  WP - A.Wood (1-0)  LP - C.Sale (0-1) HR: Chi: J.Reyes (1), V.Martinez (1) Cooperstown leads 1-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Chicago | 2 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Cooperstown | 0 | 8 | 0 |  WP - F.Hernandez (1-0)  LP - Coop BP (0-1) HR: Chi: B.Gardner (1), O.Arcia (1); Coop: C.Dickerson (1) Series tied 1-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Cooperstown | 4 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Chicago | 1 | 7 | 0 |  WP - M.Pineda (1-0)  LP - D.Smyly (0-1) HR: Coop: M.Kemp (1), D.Pedroia (1) Cooperstown leads 2-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Cooperstown | 5 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Chicago | 4 | 8 | 1 |  WP - D.Duffy (1-0)  LP - Chi BP (0-1) HR: Coop: F.Freeman (1), M.Kemp 2 (3); Chi: B.Gardner (2), V.Martinez (2) Cooperstown leads 3-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Cooperstown | 6 | 10 | 3 | Box  |  | Chicago | 4 | 13 | 1 |  WP - S.Gray (1-0)  LP - Chi BP (0-2) HR: Coop: C.Dickerson (2), Z.Cozart (1), M.Dominguez (1); Chi: B.Gardner (3), A.Pujols (1) Cooperstown wins series 4-1 |   
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          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Cincinnati | 3 | 9 | 4 | Box  |  | Cooperstown | 4 | 8 | 4 |  WP - A.Wood (1-0)  LP - Cin BP (0-1) HR: Cin: M.Brantley (1), S.Marte (1); Coop: W.Rosario (1) Cooperstown leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Baseball | 6 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Chicago | 7 | 15 | 2 |  WP - Chi BP (1-0)  LP - Base BP (0-1) HR: Chi: E.Longoria (1), O.Arcia (1) Chicago leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Cincinnati | 3 | 8 | 2 | Box  |  | Cooperstown | 5 | 10 | 0 |  WP - Coop BP (1-0)  LP - K.Lohse (0-1) HR: Cin: M.Brantley (2); Coop: M.McKenry (1) Cooperstown leads 2-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Baseball | 3 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Chicago | 2 | 12 | 2 |  WP - G.Gonzalez (1-0)  LP - Chi BP (1-1) HR: Chi: A.Pujols (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Cooperstown | 6 | 13 | 0 | Box  |  | Cincinnati | 0 | 9 | 2 |  WP - J.Quintana (1-0)  LP - Cin BP (0-2) HR: Coop: C.Dickerson (1), G.Springer (1) Cooperstown leads 3-0 |      | 
          
          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Chicago | 6 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | Baseball | 5 | 12 | 2 |  WP - Chi BP (2-1)  LP - H.Kuroda (0-1) HR: none Chicago leads 2-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Cooperstown | 8 | 10 | 2 | Box  |  | Cincinnati | 4 | 12 | 0 |  WP - D.Duffy (1-0)  LP - J.Lackey (0-1) HR: Coop: M.McKenry (2), S.Castro (1); Cin: G.Parra (1) Cooperstown wins series 4-0 |      | 
          
          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Chicago | 5 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Baseball | 4 | 7 | 2 |  WP - H.Iwakuma (1-0)  LP - C.Wilson (0-1) HR: Base: C.Yelich (1), C.Gomez (1), C.Davis (1) Chicago leads 3-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Chicago | 5 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Baseball | 4 | 11 | 1 |  WP - J.Locke (1-0)  LP - Base BP (0-2) HR: Chi: B.Gardner (1), R.Cano (1); Base: C.Gomez (2) Chicago wins series 4-1 |      | 
         
        
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