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j.tom · 05-19-2025, 11:38 PM

"A GREAT WEEK FOR INDIA"
Wide World of Baseball Newsletter -- 06.28 - 07.04.60

This week, champions are decided in the Middle East League and India League, the playoffs in the DCL, BKL and THL continue, and the regular season wraps up in the Filip-Indo League, Elliniko Protathlima, and Sovetskaya Liga. But first...

WWoB PLAYER OF THE MONTH -- June, 2060

2B Ahmad Jabir 🇿🇦 -- Johannesburg Gold

WWoB PITCHER OF THE MONTH -- June, 2060

RHP Bud Hearn 🇨🇦 -- Edmonton Drillers

PLAYOFF COVERAGE

2060 MIDDLE EAST SERIES -- Conclusion

Game Six -- Bengaluru pounces early with a chance to end the series, running the score to 3-0 in the second inning. Tehran matches the Terabytes' hit total but fails to generate runs, never tying the game and losing their 4th straight to end their season, in a game where both teams starting pitchers leave with injuries. Bengaluru wins their 3rd straight Middle East Series. Terabytes' 1B Baha Öğütmen 🇹🇷 is named Middle East Series MVP, and has now won a series MVP in all three MEL playoff rounds before his 20th birthday (won Wild Card and Semifinal MVPs in 2059).

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2060 INDIA SERIES

Game One -- Delhi's bullpen hangs onto the lead after a strong start by RHP चिंतामुक्ता वेंकटेशन / Cintamukta Venkatesann 🇮🇳 to take a 1-0 series lead.

Game Two -- This time it's Kolkata's pitchers that shine, with 12 of RHP दीप्तवीर्य केंचम्माना / Diptavirya Kenchammana's 🇮🇳 17 outs coming via strikeout to set a Typhoons playoff game record.

Game Three -- Delhi OF अभिज्ञान ओंकार / Abhikyana Omkar's 🇮🇳 7th inning grand slam turns out to be the difference in an 8-4 Game Three victory.

Game Four -- Kolkata's offense scored 5.4 runs per game in the regular season, but you wouldn't know it in Game Four. 3B अविना श्वेतांक / Avinna Shvetank 🇮🇳 gives Delhi a pair of homers to help push the series to 3-1.

Game Five -- Sultans 3B जयकर छवि / Jayakar Chhavvi 🇮🇳 is named 2060 India Series MVP as Delhi defeats Kolkata, 3-2 in Game Five for their second consecutive INL title! DH अविना श्वेतांक / Avinna Shvetank's 🇮🇳 8th inning 2-run homer provides the championship-winning run.

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LIGA DOMINI-CUBANA

SERIE DE CAMPEONATO NACIONAL

(2) La Romana Azules 🇩🇴 VS. (1) Este Pioneros 🇩🇴

After finishing first place in Liga Dominicana, Este is turned to dust in Serie de Campeonato Nacional, giving up a 9th inning go-ahead home run to series MVP 1B Pat Rhinehart 🇺🇸 then rolling over and dying in the next three games to end their season with a whimper. Este has lost in the SCN every single year of the DCL's existence.

(2) Holguin Mineros 🇨🇺 VS. (1) Las Tunas Rojos 🇨🇺

Series is still in progress, check back next week for updates...

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BALKAN LEAGUE

SEMIFINAL

(4) Bitola Konzuli 🇲🇰 VS. (1) Cluj Bastione 🇷🇴

The Bastioane looked invincible on their home turf during the regular season, going 23-4 in Cluj-Napoca. That magic completely runs out in the Semifinal, as they do not get a single win at home, falling behind 3-0 to start the series, and are sent home by Bitola in Game Six for a huge upset. Konzuli OF Ashenafi Jomo 🇿🇦 is named series MVP.

(3) Zagreb Zmajevi 🇭🇷 VS. (2) Sofiya Vitosha 🇧🇬

Zagreb looks to be in trouble to start off the Semifinal, dropping the first two games. However, their rotation, the 3rd worst in the BKL during the regular season, completely takes over from there, with four straight great performances translating into four straight wins. C Dejan Kandic 🇭🇷 is named series MVP for his pitch selection behind the plate.

Baseball fans in Macedonia and Croatia have lots to be excited about next week, one fanbase will celebrate becoming the first-ever Balkan Series champions...

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ไทยลีก / THIY LIK

รอบรองชนะเลิศ / SEMIFINAL

(4) กล้วยไม้ นครปฐม VS. (1) หาดใหญ่ ทางแยก

Nonthaburi puts up a spirited fight against Hat Yai, the league's number one team, but they use up the last of their luck for a dramatic walk-off win in Game Five, dropping the final two games of the series. Thang Yæk 3B Jim Eversole 🇺🇸 is named series MVP.

(3) โคมไฟเชียงใหม่ VS. (2) ขอนแก่นคอบร้า

In a series where every game is won by the home team, Khon Kaen prevails. Five games in the series are decided by one run, two by walk-offs, making every one of series MVP 3B จื่อเหมา / Chih Mao's 🇹🇭 11-hits mean that much more.

Hat Yai and Khon Kaen will face off next week in the ซีรี่ย์ไทย / Thai Series...

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FILIP-INDO LEAGUE

PLAYOFF RACE

Medan is the only team with a playoff spot locked up to start the week. Liga Indonesia's second playoff spot is a dogfight between Surabaya, Bandung, and Jakarta; Surabaya emerges for a chance to upset Medan in the Wild Card.

In Ligang Pilipino, Manila cruises to homefield advantage in Serye ng Filipino while Cebu City and Quezon City scrap for the second spot, with the Mangingisda's 7-2 win in Game 60 lifting them over the Makabayan and into the playoffs.
(For some reason I had Quezon City's abbreviation set to "PHO"??? This has since been fixed.)

Seri Indonesia and Serye ng Filipino get underway next week...

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ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΟ ΛΙΓΚ / ELLINIKO PROTATHLIMA

ΑΓΩΝΑΣ ΠΛΕΪΟΦ / PLAYOFF RACE

With Larisas out of the running, the race for the final EPL playoff spot comes down to Patra and Volou, two teams that really do stink. They enter the final day of the regular season tied for the 4th seed, and both get smacked around to set up a tiebreaker game.

ΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΙΣΤΗΣ / TIEBREAKER

In Volou and Patras' final shot at the inaugural EPL postseason, both teams bring their bats. The tiebreaker game features four lead changes, with Volou OF Kristian Lind's 8th-inning bases clearing double making the difference. Patras' season ends, Volou heads to the playoffs.

The inaugural EPL playoffs get underway next week...

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СОВЕТСКАЯ ЛИГА / SOVETSKAYA LIGA

ГОНКА ПЛЕЙ-ОФФ / PLAYOFF RACE

The SOL playoff race comes down to three teams battling for the final two spots. Kharkiv finishes the season red hot and easily clinches, while Os sweeps Toshkent to set up a tiebreaker, but they go no further as Yerevan scores a 9-7 victory to make the postseason.

ДИКАЯ КАРТА / WILD CARD

(5) Спутники Санкт-Петербурга 🇷🇺 VS. (4) Харківські академіки 🇺🇦

Sankt-Peterburg won with their pitching for most of the season, but it's their bats that carry them to a Dikaya Karta victory. Sputniki 1B Владислас Нехоченинов / Vladsislas Nehocheninov 🇷🇺 goes 2-5 with a game-tying homer in the 5th to win Dikaya Karta MVP.

(6) Երևանյան ծիրան 🇦🇲 VS. (3) Пантерахои Душанбе 🇹🇯

Yerevan vs. Dusanbe goes scoreless for the first eight innings before the Tsiran offense finally comes alive. RHP Vladislav Deyrmenjian's 🇦🇲 seven scoreless innings earn him Dikaya Karta MVP.

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WORLDWIDE NEWS

06.28

Korea League -- Suwon 1B 김승환 / Seung-hwan Kim 🇰🇷 becomes the second player in KOL history with 200 career home runs.

Pacific SuperLeague -- At 3:19 A.M. local time, 8 hours and 14 minutes after first pitch, Incheon 2B Ralph Fleury 🇨🇦 follows up his 19th inning game-tying homer with a walk-off RBI double to beat Osaka in the 23rd inning.

Chinese Pro League -- Guangzhou beats Beijing 5-1, to extend their win streak to 10.

06.29

Pacific SuperLeague -- Noumea RHP Akaday Coblah 🇷🇼 no-hits Kuala Lumpur and doesn't even get a mention in the game recap. Don't worry Akaday, I got you.

Major League -- Charlotte's fan-favorite OF Elijah Stewart 🇺🇸 hits his 300th Major League homer, becoming the 8th player in ML history to do so.

06.30

T-V -- Miami RHP Sandy Morales 🇻🇪 ties a Grassroots League record by striking out 16 Las Vegas Aces.

Osterreich-Magyar Liga -- They really are just playing football out there in the OML huh

07.01

EuroLeague -- The Athens bullpen needs just eight pitches to complete the last four outs of RHP Ricardo Peralta's 🇲🇽 no-hitter, after he hits his pitch count in the 8th inning.

Ligue de France -- Bordeaux swings and misses at knuckleballs all night, and three weeks after he became the first FRL pitcher with two shutouts in a season, Nice RHP Jerome Castel 🇫🇷 becomes the first FRL pitcher with three shutouts in a season. Across his last four starts, Castel has an 0.73 ERA with a 31/4 K/BB ratio in 37 innings.

07.02

Saudi League -- The 2060 Saudi League award winners have been announced. Khobar RHP Leon Reyes 🇺🇸 wins both SIL MVP AND Pitcher of the Year. RHP Jose Herrera 🇻🇪 wins Reliever of the Year.

07.03

Africa League -- LHP Malik Kianjahe 🇹🇿 throws the first no-hitter in the Africa League in three years versus Addis Ababa

Filip-Indo League -- Medan C Eric Hannemann's 🇺🇸 .500 watch comes up short, settling for a .461 season, the FIL record by 20 points.

Elliniko Protathlima -- Volou RHP Λάντερ Παπαδόπουλος / Lander Papadopulos 🇬🇷 wins the EPL triple crown, even with a rough start (6.1 IP, 4 ER) in Volou's tiebreaker game.

07.04

EuroLeague -- A 7th inning rain delay takes Vienna LHP Tobias Bloch 🇦🇹 out of his no-hitter bid, but LHP August Schulde 🇦🇹 is able to come in and finish the job versus Oslo.

Nederlandse Honkbal Liga -- Amsterdam beats Den Haag 14-1 for their 16th straight win, their second such streak this season.

TOP PERFORMANCES BY DAY

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STANDINGS (As of 07.04)

05-19-2025, 11:38 PM	#139
j.tom Minors (Double A) Join Date: Mar 2025 Posts: 168	WWoB News -- 06.28 - 07.04.60 "A GREAT WEEK FOR INDIA" Wide World of Baseball Newsletter -- 06.28 - 07.04.60 This week, champions are decided in the Middle East League and India League, the playoffs in the DCL, BKL and THL continue, and the regular season wraps up in the Filip-Indo League, Elliniko Protathlima, and Sovetskaya Liga. But first... WWoB PLAYER OF THE MONTH -- June, 2060 2B Ahmad Jabir 🇿🇦 -- Johannesburg Gold WWoB PITCHER OF THE MONTH -- June, 2060 RHP Bud Hearn 🇨🇦 -- Edmonton Drillers PLAYOFF COVERAGE 2060 MIDDLE EAST SERIES -- Conclusion *Game Six* -- Bengaluru pounces early with a chance to end the series, running the score to 3-0 in the second inning. Tehran matches the Terabytes' hit total but fails to generate runs, never tying the game and losing their 4th straight to end their season, in a game where both teams starting pitchers leave with injuries. Bengaluru wins their 3rd straight Middle East Series. Terabytes' 1B Baha Öğütmen 🇹🇷 is named Middle East Series MVP, and has now won a series MVP in all three MEL playoff rounds before his 20th birthday (won Wild Card and Semifinal MVPs in 2059). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2060 INDIA SERIES *Game One* -- Delhi's bullpen hangs onto the lead after a strong start by RHP चिंतामुक्ता वेंकटेशन / Cintamukta Venkatesann 🇮🇳 to take a 1-0 series lead. *Game Two* -- This time it's Kolkata's pitchers that shine, with 12 of RHP दीप्तवीर्य केंचम्माना / Diptavirya Kenchammana's 🇮🇳 17 outs coming via strikeout to set a Typhoons playoff game record. *Game Three* -- Delhi OF अभिज्ञान ओंकार / Abhikyana Omkar's 🇮🇳 7th inning grand slam turns out to be the difference in an 8-4 Game Three victory. *Game Four* -- Kolkata's offense scored 5.4 runs per game in the regular season, but you wouldn't know it in Game Four. 3B अविना श्वेतांक / Avinna Shvetank 🇮🇳 gives Delhi a pair of homers to help push the series to 3-1. *Game Five* -- Sultans 3B जयकर छवि / Jayakar Chhavvi 🇮🇳 is named 2060 India Series MVP as Delhi defeats Kolkata, 3-2 in Game Five for their second consecutive INL title! DH अविना श्वेतांक / Avinna Shvetank's 🇮🇳 8th inning 2-run homer provides the championship-winning run. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LIGA DOMINI-CUBANA SERIE DE CAMPEONATO NACIONAL (2) La Romana Azules 🇩🇴 VS. (1) Este Pioneros 🇩🇴 After finishing first place in Liga Dominicana, Este is turned to dust in Serie de Campeonato Nacional, giving up a 9th inning go-ahead home run to series MVP 1B Pat Rhinehart 🇺🇸 then rolling over and dying in the next three games to end their season with a whimper. Este has lost in the SCN every single year of the DCL's existence. (2) Holguin Mineros 🇨🇺 VS. (1) Las Tunas Rojos 🇨🇺 Series is still in progress, check back next week for updates... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BALKAN LEAGUE SEMIFINAL (4) Bitola Konzuli 🇲🇰 VS. (1) Cluj Bastione 🇷🇴 The Bastioane looked invincible on their home turf during the regular season, going 23-4 in Cluj-Napoca. That magic completely runs out in the Semifinal, as they do not get a single win at home, falling behind 3-0 to start the series, and are sent home by Bitola in Game Six for a huge upset. Konzuli OF Ashenafi Jomo 🇿🇦 is named series MVP. (3) Zagreb Zmajevi 🇭🇷 VS. (2) Sofiya Vitosha 🇧🇬 Zagreb looks to be in trouble to start off the Semifinal, dropping the first two games. However, their rotation, the 3rd worst in the BKL during the regular season, completely takes over from there, with four straight great performances translating into four straight wins. C Dejan Kandic 🇭🇷 is named series MVP for his pitch selection behind the plate. Baseball fans in Macedonia and Croatia have lots to be excited about next week, one fanbase will celebrate becoming the first-ever Balkan Series champions... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ไทยลีก / THIY LIK รอบรองชนะเลิศ / SEMIFINAL (4) กล้วยไม้ นครปฐม VS. (1) หาดใหญ่ ทางแยก Nonthaburi puts up a spirited fight against Hat Yai, the league's number one team, but they use up the last of their luck for a dramatic walk-off win in Game Five, dropping the final two games of the series. Thang Yæk 3B Jim Eversole 🇺🇸 is named series MVP. (3) โคมไฟเชียงใหม่ VS. (2) ขอนแก่นคอบร้า In a series where every game is won by the home team, Khon Kaen prevails. Five games in the series are decided by one run, two by walk-offs, making every one of series MVP 3B จื่อเหมา / Chih Mao's 🇹🇭 11-hits mean that much more. Hat Yai and Khon Kaen will face off next week in the ซีรี่ย์ไทย / Thai Series... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILIP-INDO LEAGUE PLAYOFF RACE Medan is the only team with a playoff spot locked up to start the week. Liga Indonesia's second playoff spot is a dogfight between Surabaya, Bandung, and Jakarta; Surabaya emerges for a chance to upset Medan in the Wild Card. In Ligang Pilipino, Manila cruises to homefield advantage in Serye ng Filipino while Cebu City and Quezon City scrap for the second spot, with the Mangingisda's 7-2 win in Game 60 lifting them over the Makabayan and into the playoffs. (For some reason I had Quezon City's abbreviation set to "PHO"??? This has since been fixed.) Seri Indonesia and Serye ng Filipino get underway next week... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΟ ΛΙΓΚ / ELLINIKO PROTATHLIMA ΑΓΩΝΑΣ ΠΛΕΪΟΦ / PLAYOFF RACE With Larisas out of the running, the race for the final EPL playoff spot comes down to Patra and Volou, two teams that really do stink. They enter the final day of the regular season tied for the 4th seed, and both get smacked around to set up a tiebreaker game. ΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΙΣΤΗΣ / TIEBREAKER In Volou and Patras' final shot at the inaugural EPL postseason, both teams bring their bats. The tiebreaker game features four lead changes, with Volou OF Kristian Lind's 8th-inning bases clearing double making the difference. Patras' season ends, Volou heads to the playoffs. The inaugural EPL playoffs get underway next week... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- СОВЕТСКАЯ ЛИГА / SOVETSKAYA LIGA ГОНКА ПЛЕЙ-ОФФ / PLAYOFF RACE The SOL playoff race comes down to three teams battling for the final two spots. Kharkiv finishes the season red hot and easily clinches, while Os sweeps Toshkent to set up a tiebreaker, but they go no further as Yerevan scores a 9-7 victory to make the postseason. ДИКАЯ КАРТА / WILD CARD (5) Спутники Санкт-Петербурга 🇷🇺 VS. (4) Харківські академіки 🇺🇦 Sankt-Peterburg won with their pitching for most of the season, but it's their bats that carry them to a Dikaya Karta victory. Sputniki 1B Владислас Нехоченинов / Vladsislas Nehocheninov 🇷🇺 goes 2-5 with a game-tying homer in the 5th to win Dikaya Karta MVP. (6) Երևանյան ծիրան 🇦🇲 VS. (3) Пантерахои Душанбе 🇹🇯 Yerevan vs. Dusanbe goes scoreless for the first eight innings before the Tsiran offense finally comes alive. RHP Vladislav Deyrmenjian's 🇦🇲 seven scoreless innings earn him Dikaya Karta MVP. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WORLDWIDE NEWS 06.28 *Korea League* -- Suwon 1B 김승환 / Seung-hwan Kim 🇰🇷 becomes the second player in KOL history with 200 career home runs. *Pacific SuperLeague* -- At 3:19 A.M. local time, 8 hours and 14 minutes after first pitch, Incheon 2B Ralph Fleury 🇨🇦 follows up his 19th inning game-tying homer with a walk-off RBI double to beat Osaka in the 23rd inning. *Chinese Pro League* -- Guangzhou beats Beijing 5-1, to extend their win streak to 10. 06.29 *Pacific SuperLeague* -- Noumea RHP Akaday Coblah 🇷🇼 no-hits Kuala Lumpur and doesn't even get a mention in the game recap. Don't worry Akaday, I got you. *Major League* -- Charlotte's fan-favorite OF Elijah Stewart 🇺🇸 hits his 300th Major League homer, becoming the 8th player in ML history to do so. 06.30 *T-V* -- Miami RHP Sandy Morales 🇻🇪 ties a Grassroots League record by striking out 16 Las Vegas Aces. *Osterreich-Magyar Liga* -- They really are just playing football out there in the OML huh 07.01 *EuroLeague* -- The Athens bullpen needs just eight pitches to complete the last four outs of RHP Ricardo Peralta's 🇲🇽 no-hitter, after he hits his pitch count in the 8th inning. *Ligue de France* -- Bordeaux swings and misses at knuckleballs all night, and three weeks after he became the first FRL pitcher with two shutouts in a season, Nice RHP Jerome Castel 🇫🇷 becomes the first FRL pitcher with three shutouts in a season. Across his last four starts, Castel has an 0.73 ERA with a 31/4 K/BB ratio in *37 innings.* 07.02 *Saudi League* -- The 2060 Saudi League award winners have been announced. Khobar RHP Leon Reyes 🇺🇸 wins both SIL MVP AND Pitcher of the Year. RHP Jose Herrera 🇻🇪 wins Reliever of the Year. 07.03 *Africa League* -- LHP Malik Kianjahe 🇹🇿 throws the first no-hitter in the Africa League in three years versus Addis Ababa *Filip-Indo League* -- Medan C Eric Hannemann's 🇺🇸 .500 watch comes up short, settling for a .461 season, the FIL record by 20 points. *Elliniko Protathlima* -- Volou RHP Λάντερ Παπαδόπουλος / Lander Papadopulos 🇬🇷 wins the EPL triple crown, even with a rough start (6.1 IP, 4 ER) in Volou's tiebreaker game. 07.04 *EuroLeague* -- A 7th inning rain delay takes Vienna LHP Tobias Bloch 🇦🇹 out of his no-hitter bid, but LHP August Schulde 🇦🇹 is able to come in and finish the job versus Oslo. *Nederlandse Honkbal Liga* -- Amsterdam beats Den Haag 14-1 for their 16th straight win, their second such streak this season. TOP PERFORMANCES BY DAY 06.28 06.29 06.30 07.01 07.02 07.03 07.04 STANDINGS (As of 07.04) __________________ The Wide, Wide, World of Baseball My Fictional Leagues and Logos Last edited by j.tom; 05-19-2025 at 11:42 PM.