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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 2008 Entrants (in order of seeding):
- Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2010 (86-64) - 2nd place finish in
Speaker, but would have won 2 other divisions.
- Detroit (82-68) - Spirited fight with Belton for the 2nd spot.
- Vegas Strip (77-73) - Finished 2nd in a tight 3-way race.
- Plaza (75-75) - Ahead by 2 games after Week 24, lost title by 1
game.
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Semifinals - Plaza vs. Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2010; Vegas Strip vs.
Detroit
Finals - Plaza vs. Detroit - Detroit won the season series 7-5
2008 Gore Cup Winner - Detroit in 4 Games
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Finals
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Plaza vs. Detroit |
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| | R | H | E | | | Plaza | 2 | 8 | 4 | Box | | Detroit | 5 | 9 | 0 | WP - R.Nolasco (1-0) LP - Plaz BP (0-1)
HR: Plaz: C.Pena (1); Det: V.Wells (1)
Detroit leads 1-0 |
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| Extra Innings | R | H | E | | | Plaza | 3 | 8 | 3 | Box | | Detroit | 4 | 9 | 4 | WP - J.Shields (1-0) LP - Plaz BP (0-2)
HR: Det: B.Hawpe (1)
Detroit leads 2-0 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Detroit | 8 | 9 | 1 | Box | | Plaza | 4 | 5 | 7 | WP - A.Cook (1-0) LP - J.Vazquez (0-1)
HR: Plaz: B.Molina (1)
Detroit leads 3-0 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Detroit | 8 | 15 | 0 | Box | | Plaza | 2 | 8 | 0 | WP - P.Maholm (1-0) LP - R.Wolf (0-1)
HR: none
Detroit wins series 4-0 |
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Semifinals
| Game |
Semifinal One |
Semifinal Two |
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| | R | H | E | | | Plaza | 6 | 9 | 3 | Box | | Vancouver, BC, Canada 2010 | 3 | 6 | 3 | WP - Lincecum (1-0) LP - Burnett (0-1)
HR: Pla: Milledge (1); Van: Bruce (1)
Plaza leads 1-0 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Vegas Strip | 3 | 10 | 0 | Box | | Detroit | 6 | 13 | 0 | WP - Nolasco (1-0) LP - Dempster (0-1)
HR: Det: Cabrera (1), Swisher (1)
Detroit leads 1-0 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Plaza | 3 | 5 | 4 | Box | | Vancouver, BC, Canada 2010 | 10 | 12 | 0 | WP - Van BP (1-0) LP - M.Garza (0-1)
HR: Pla: Howard (1); Van: Ramirez (1), Bruce 2 (3)
Series tied 1-1 |
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| Extra Innings | R | H | E | | | Vegas Strip | 5 | 12 | 1 | Box | | Detroit | 6 | 10 | 2 | WP - J.Shields (1-0) LP - J.Guthrie (0-1)
HR: VS: Shoppach (1), Davis (1); Det: Cabrera (2)
Detroit leads 2-0 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Vancouver, BC, Canada 2010 | 7 | 11 | 2 | Box | | Plaza | 6 | 11 | 3 | WP - H.Kuroda (1-0) LP - J.Vazquez (0-1)
HR: Van: J.Bruce (4); Plaz: A.Soriano (1), C.Pena (1), M.Mora (1)
Vancouver, BC, Canada 2010 leads 2-1 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Detroit | 5 | 3 | 1 | Box | | Vegas Strip | 8 | 15 | 0 | WP - VS BP (1-0) LP - A.Cook (0-1)
HR: VS: C.Lee (1)
Detroit leads 2-1 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Vancouver, BC, Canada 2010 | 5 | 7 | 0 | Box | | Plaza | 8 | 6 | 2 | WP - Plaz BP (1-0) LP - J.Bergmann (0-1)
HR: none
Series tied 2-2 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Detroit | 2 | 10 | 0 | Box | | Vegas Strip | 6 | 8 | 0 | WP - W.Rodriguez (1-0) LP - P.Maholm (0-1)
HR: none
Series tied 2-2 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Vancouver, BC, Canada 2010 | 3 | 8 | 0 | Box | | Plaza | 7 | 7 | 7 | WP - D.Matsuzaka (1-0) LP - V.Padilla (0-1)
HR: Plaz: R.Howard (2), A.Beltre 2 (2)
Plaza leads 3-2 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Detroit | 9 | 12 | 1 | Box | | Vegas Strip | 6 | 9 | 0 | WP - Det BP (1-0) LP - J.Lackey (0-1)
HR: Det: M.Cabrera (3), M.Jacobs (1)
Detroit leads 3-2 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Plaza | 0 | 6 | 1 | Box | | Vancouver, BC, Canada 2010 | 1 | 5 | 3 | WP - A.Burnett (1-1) LP - Plaz BP (1-1)
HR: Van: H.Ramirez (2)
Series tied 3-3 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Vegas Strip | 6 | 13 | 2 | Box | | Detroit | 3 | 9 | 0 | WP - R.Dempster (1-1) LP - Det BP (1-1)
HR: VS: I.Kinsler (1), C.Davis (2), C.Lee (2)
Series tied 3-3 |
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| Extra Innings | R | H | E | | | Plaza | 6 | 6 | 2 | Box | | Vancouver, BC, Canada 2010 | 5 | 5 | 0 | WP - Plaz BP (2-1) LP - F.Hernandez (0-1)
HR: Plaz: M.Mora (2)
Plaza wins series 4-3 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Vegas Strip | 3 | 8 | 1 | Box | | Detroit | 5 | 7 | 2 | WP - J.Shields (2-0) LP - VS BP (1-1)
HR: VS: C.Hart (1); Det: B.Hawpe (1), N.Swisher (1)
Detroit wins series 4-3 |
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