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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): 
          
            - Nokomis (87-63)
 
            - Danny's (87-64)
 
            - Jamaica (79-71)
 
            - McGwire and Sosa (77-73)
 
           
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           Semifinals - McGwire and Sosa vs. Nokomis; Jamaica vs. Danny's 
            
		  Nokomis won 4 games to 2
		   Danny's won 4 games to 2
             
          Finals - Danny's vs. Nokomis 
		  Season series: Nokomis won 4-2 
          2018 Gore Cup Winner - Danny's won 4 games to 1 
            
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                    Finals
                    
                      
      
        
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          Danny's vs. Nokomis | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Danny's | 4 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Nokomis | 2 | 7 | 0 |  WP - J.deGrom (1-0)  LP - M.Scherzer (0-1) HR: Dan: Y.Munoz (1); Nok: Y.Alonso (1), Y.Puig (1), A.Hedges (1) Danny's leads 1-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Danny's | 7 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Nokomis | 1 | 6 | 0 |  WP - W.Miley (1-0)  LP - D.Rodriguez (0-1) HR: Dan: A.Hicks (1), T.Story 2 (2) Danny's leads 2-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Nokomis | 7 | 7 | 1 | Box  |  | Danny's | 6 | 9 | 0 |  WP - C.Rodon (1-0)  LP - E.Jackson (0-1) HR: Nok: D.Dahl (1), J.Ramirez (1), T.White 2 (2); Dan: J.Aguilar (1) Danny's leads 2-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Nokomis | 2 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Danny's | 4 | 7 | 0 |  WP - F.Valdez (1-0)  LP - J.Berrios (0-1) HR: Nok: A.Rendon (1), A.Diaz (1); Dan: K.Calhoun (1), J.Aguilar (2) Danny's leads 3-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Nokomis | 4 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Danny's | 8 | 12 | 1 |  WP - Dan BP (1-0)  LP - R.Lopez (0-1) HR: Dan: K.Calhoun (2) Danny's wins series 4-1 |   
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                    Semifinals
                    
                      
      
        
          | Game | 
          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | McGwire and Sosa | 5 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Nokomis | 6 | 14 | 1 |  WP - M.Scherzer (1-0)  LP - MAS BP (0-1) HR: MAS: M.Semien (1), N.Arenado (1); Nok: M.Trout 2 (2) Nokomis leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Jamaica | 2 | 6 | 1 | Box  |  | Danny's | 5 | 5 | 0 |  WP - J.deGrom (1-0)  LP - Jam BP (0-1) HR: Dan: M.Brantley (1) Danny's leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | McGwire and Sosa | 1 | 5 | 0 | Box  |  | Nokomis | 6 | 7 | 0 |  WP - D.Rodriguez (1-0)  LP - M.Mikolas (0-1) HR: Nok: D.Dahl (1), T.White (1) Nokomis leads 2-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Jamaica | 3 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Danny's | 2 | 10 | 1 |  WP - A.Sanchez (1-0)  LP - Dan BP (0-1) HR: Jam: C.Culberson (1), D.Peralta (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Nokomis | 5 | 9 | 1 | Box  |  | McGwire and Sosa | 4 | 11 | 0 |  WP - C.Rodon (1-0)  LP - MAS BP (0-2) HR: Nok: T.White (2); MAS: S.Piscotty (1) Nokomis leads 3-0 |      | 
          
          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Danny's | 5 | 9 | 1 | Box  |  | Jamaica | 4 | 11 | 0 |  WP - Dan BP (1-1)  LP - J.Paxton (0-1) HR: Dan: K.Plawecki (1); Jam: A.Eaton (1) Danny's leads 2-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Nokomis | 5 | 13 | 2 | Box  |  | McGwire and Sosa | 7 | 6 | 0 |  WP - D.Keuchel (1-0)  LP - J.Berrios (0-1) HR: Nok: J.Ramirez (1); MAS: N.Arenado (2), E.Escobar (1) Nokomis leads 3-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Danny's | 7 | 13 | 2 | Box  |  | Jamaica | 8 | 15 | 2 |  WP - J.Lucchesi (1-0)  LP - M.Bumgarner (0-1) HR: Dan: T.Story (1), J.Bautista (1); Jam: A.Rizzo (1), D.Peralta (2), R.Healy (1) Series tied 2-2 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Nokomis | 2 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | McGwire and Sosa | 3 | 7 | 1 |  WP - Z.Greinke (1-0)  LP - Nok BP (0-1) HR: Nok: A.Rendon (1), J.Ramirez (2), J.Smoak (1); MAS: N.Arenado (3) Nokomis leads 3-2 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Danny's | 5 | 15 | 1 | Box  |  | Jamaica | 2 | 7 | 0 |  WP - F.Pena (1-0)  LP - Jam BP (0-2) HR: Dan: A.Hicks 3 (3); Jam: R.Healy (2) Danny's leads 3-2 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | McGwire and Sosa | 2 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Nokomis | 3 | 7 | 1 |  WP - M.Scherzer (2-0)  LP - MAS BP (0-3) HR: none Nokomis wins series 4-2 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Jamaica | 0 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | Danny's | 2 | 8 | 0 |  WP - J.deGrom (2-0)  LP - C.Buchholz (0-1) HR: Jam: D.Peralta (3), M.Olson (1); Dan: D.Mesoraco (1) Danny's wins series 4-2 |      | 
         
        
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