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FuzzyRussianHat · 03-17-2025, 05:50 PM

The 18^th Baseball Grand Championship was hosted in Karachi, Pakistan. Earning the automatic bids were MLB’s San Diego and Montreal, CABA’s Guadalajara and Santo Domingo, EAB’s Niigata and Incheon, BSA’s Manaus and Barranquilla, EBF’s Rotterdam and Zagreb, EPB’s Minsk, OBA’s Port Moresby, APB’s Jakarta, CLB’s Zhengzhou, WAB’s Cotonou, SAB’s Pune, ABF’s Hyderabad, ALB’s Medina, and AAB’s Mogadishu. The at-large went to OBA runner-up Canberra.

San Diego was the defending champion and one of the few teams to make it back to the event the following year. The Seals had plenty of hype following their historic 119-43 record and World Series win. San Diego delivered upon that hype with a 14-5 finish, becoming the first team to repeat as Baseball Grand Champion.

It wasn’t a pushover for the Seals, who finished only one game ahead their World Series counterpart Montreal, Cotonou, and Rotterdam each at 13-6. Based on the tiebreakers, the Maples officially finished second with the Copperheads third and Ravens fourth. It was the third time that the top two spots came out of the same league (2010 with Philadelphia/San Diego and 2024 with EBF’s Dublin/Chisinau). San Diego was the eighth MLB team to win the BGC and the sixth from the American Association.

When you combined their regular season, playoffs, and Grand Championship tallies, San Diego finished with a record of 144-53 and a .731 win percentage. These were new wins and win percentage records by a BGC winner, passing 2020 Denver’s 140-54. When you combine that with earning back-to-back Grand Championships, the 2027 Seals might have the strongest case yet for the greatest professional baseball team of all time.

It was the Ravens who actually had the best run differential at +52, narrowly beating the Seals’ +46. Rotterdam had the most runs at 109, repeating as the fourth place finisher. They set a BGC record for team hits (171) and had the second-best slugging in BGC history at .538. It was Cotonou with the fewest runs allowed at 54. The Copperheads had also finished third back in 2010, matching the best finish by a WAB team (Bamako had also taken third in 2017).

Canberra and Hyderabad were next at 12-7 with the Horned Frogs officially fifth and the Centurions sixth on the head-to-head tiebreaker. Jakarta and Zagreb rounded out the winning teams at 10-9. The next five teams were each at 9-10; Barranquilla, Incheon, Medina, Minsk, and Santo Domingo. Mogadishu, Pune, and Zhengzhou each finished 8-11. Guadalajara was alone in 17^th at 7-12, followed by Manaus and Port Moresby at 6-13. EAB champ Niigata sat alone in last at 5-14.

The top awards both went to Rotterdam players with CF Kamil Bufka taking Tournament MVP. The 28-year old Czech in 19 starts had 21 hits, 18 runs, 5 doubles, 11 home runs, 19 RBI, 1.100 OPS, and 1.3 WAR.

Best Pitcher went to Rick Hoogeveen with the 29-year old Dutch lefty posting a 1.71 ERA in four starts, 1-0 record, 31.2 innings, 40 strikeouts, and 1.0 WAR. Hoogeveen didn’t have the run support that Canberra’s Tai-Chi Wang had, as Wang became the first pitcher with five wins in the event. The 26-year old Taiwanese righty was 5-0 with a 2.27 ERA in 39.2 innings with 40 strikeouts and 1.9 WAR.

Other notes: Mostly as an opener, Canberra’s Shaun Muir set the BGC record for games started by a pitcher with 10.

03-17-2025, 05:50 PM	#2154
FuzzyRussianHat Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2020 Posts: 2,892	2027 Baseball Grand Championship The 18^th Baseball Grand Championship was hosted in Karachi, Pakistan. Earning the automatic bids were MLB’s San Diego and Montreal, CABA’s Guadalajara and Santo Domingo, EAB’s Niigata and Incheon, BSA’s Manaus and Barranquilla, EBF’s Rotterdam and Zagreb, EPB’s Minsk, OBA’s Port Moresby, APB’s Jakarta, CLB’s Zhengzhou, WAB’s Cotonou, SAB’s Pune, ABF’s Hyderabad, ALB’s Medina, and AAB’s Mogadishu. The at-large went to OBA runner-up Canberra. San Diego was the defending champion and one of the few teams to make it back to the event the following year. The Seals had plenty of hype following their historic 119-43 record and World Series win. San Diego delivered upon that hype with a 14-5 finish, becoming the first team to repeat as Baseball Grand Champion. It wasn’t a pushover for the Seals, who finished only one game ahead their World Series counterpart Montreal, Cotonou, and Rotterdam each at 13-6. Based on the tiebreakers, the Maples officially finished second with the Copperheads third and Ravens fourth. It was the third time that the top two spots came out of the same league (2010 with Philadelphia/San Diego and 2024 with EBF’s Dublin/Chisinau). San Diego was the eighth MLB team to win the BGC and the sixth from the American Association. When you combined their regular season, playoffs, and Grand Championship tallies, San Diego finished with a record of 144-53 and a .731 win percentage. These were new wins and win percentage records by a BGC winner, passing 2020 Denver’s 140-54. When you combine that with earning back-to-back Grand Championships, the 2027 Seals might have the strongest case yet for the greatest professional baseball team of all time. It was the Ravens who actually had the best run differential at +52, narrowly beating the Seals’ +46. Rotterdam had the most runs at 109, repeating as the fourth place finisher. They set a BGC record for team hits (171) and had the second-best slugging in BGC history at .538. It was Cotonou with the fewest runs allowed at 54. The Copperheads had also finished third back in 2010, matching the best finish by a WAB team (Bamako had also taken third in 2017). Canberra and Hyderabad were next at 12-7 with the Horned Frogs officially fifth and the Centurions sixth on the head-to-head tiebreaker. Jakarta and Zagreb rounded out the winning teams at 10-9. The next five teams were each at 9-10; Barranquilla, Incheon, Medina, Minsk, and Santo Domingo. Mogadishu, Pune, and Zhengzhou each finished 8-11. Guadalajara was alone in 17^th at 7-12, followed by Manaus and Port Moresby at 6-13. EAB champ Niigata sat alone in last at 5-14. The top awards both went to Rotterdam players with CF Kamil Bufka taking Tournament MVP. The 28-year old Czech in 19 starts had 21 hits, 18 runs, 5 doubles, 11 home runs, 19 RBI, 1.100 OPS, and 1.3 WAR. Best Pitcher went to Rick Hoogeveen with the 29-year old Dutch lefty posting a 1.71 ERA in four starts, 1-0 record, 31.2 innings, 40 strikeouts, and 1.0 WAR. Hoogeveen didn’t have the run support that Canberra’s Tai-Chi Wang had, as Wang became the first pitcher with five wins in the event. The 26-year old Taiwanese righty was 5-0 with a 2.27 ERA in 39.2 innings with 40 strikeouts and 1.9 WAR. Other notes: Mostly as an opener, Canberra’s Shaun Muir set the BGC record for games started by a pitcher with 10. __________________ Baseball: The World's Game fictional world reports Continental Baseball Federation world reports (8-tier promotion/relegation sim and college feeder)