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FuzzyRussianHat · 10-31-2025, 09:44 PM

The 53^rd Asian Baseball Federation Championship began in Bursa as the defending champs opened with a 3-2 win over Faisalabad. All three Blue Claws runs came in the eighth inning, capped off by Carlinhos Alexandre’s two-run homer. Bursa took game two 6-2 then got a 4-3 road win. Faisalabad refused to be swept, claiming game four 6-4 thanks to a four-run seventh inning.

The Fire entered the ninth inning of game five down 3-1, but back-to-back solo homers to start the inning evened it up. Issiaka Mengue reached on an error and made his way to third with two steals. That enabled Aswad Ansari to bring him in on a sacrifice fly for a 4-3 walkoff win for Faisalabad, forcing the series back to Turkey for game six.

Back at home, Bursa’s bats locked up the series on an 11-5 game six win with 15 hits, seven for extra bases. The Blue Claws became three-time ABF champs with their repeat (2004, 2036, 2037) and are the first Turkish team to repeat since Istanbul’s 2007-08 efforts.

Part-time starter Tae-Won Kim was finals MVP with a 9-24 series, grabbing two homers and five RBI. Saeed Sahar had a strong series with three runs allowed over 16 innings, bouncing back after earlier postseason struggles. For the whole postseason, he allowed a new ABF-worst 50 hits and had a 5.22 ERA.

Other notes: Sultan Han entered the season only four behind Hakan Mocuk’s 784 to become ABF’s all-time home run king. He crushed 62 dingers in his fifth season for Hyderabad to blow by the record, putting him at 842. Han is now 42^nd on the all-time world home run leaderboard. He’s at 1917 RBI, still likely two good years away from catching Mocuk’s 2132.

Han clearly still has it though with 8.4 WAR and 1.027 OPS in 2037 at age 37. He now has 121.7 career WAR to move into 2^nd among all ABF players, although Nizami Aghazade’s 183.1 is unreachable. Han also became ABF’s 9^th batter with 600+ doubles. He has 5959 total bases, primed to pass Mocuk’s 6012 for that top mark. Han is also 3^rd in ABF with 1717 runs scored behind Mehmet Fatih Canaydin’s 1880 and H.A. Rahman’s 1724.

In other hitting milestones, Youssouf Raza became the 3^rd in ABF with 700 homers and Khalaf bin Abdullah was the 10^th to 600 dingers. Raza, Majed Mahadeen, and Koji Pareevash made it eight guys with 1500 runs scored and 23 with 2500 hits. Pareevash also became the 12^th to 1500 RBI. Mahadeen set the ABF single-season record for stolen bases with 123, besting Abdul Rahman Karwan’s record 121 from 1993.

In pitching milestones, Shahrokh Morteza and Mansoor Kayam became the 16^th and 17^th to 4000 strikeouts. Halawani Ahmad became the 31^st to 3500 Ks. Morteza and Ibrahim Tolibov were the 22^nd and 23^rd to reach 200 career wins. SS Vugar Sodikov won his 11^th Silver Slugger, becoming the 4^th in ABF with 11+ Sluggers. LF Cihat Cetinkaya won his 10^th consecutive Gold Glove. He has the position record and is one of six in ABF with 10+ GGs.

On June 28, Ahvaz’s Ahmad Minoo had ABF’s ninth-ever four home run game against Tehran. Gaziantep’s Majed Namangan’s offense drew only 238 walks all season, an ABF team worst. Asgabat’s offense had 1836 strikeouts, the worst-ever in the West League.

10-31-2025, 09:44 PM	#2536
FuzzyRussianHat Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2020 Posts: 3,054	2037 ABF Championship The 53^rd Asian Baseball Federation Championship began in Bursa as the defending champs opened with a 3-2 win over Faisalabad. All three Blue Claws runs came in the eighth inning, capped off by Carlinhos Alexandre’s two-run homer. Bursa took game two 6-2 then got a 4-3 road win. Faisalabad refused to be swept, claiming game four 6-4 thanks to a four-run seventh inning. The Fire entered the ninth inning of game five down 3-1, but back-to-back solo homers to start the inning evened it up. Issiaka Mengue reached on an error and made his way to third with two steals. That enabled Aswad Ansari to bring him in on a sacrifice fly for a 4-3 walkoff win for Faisalabad, forcing the series back to Turkey for game six. Back at home, Bursa’s bats locked up the series on an 11-5 game six win with 15 hits, seven for extra bases. The Blue Claws became three-time ABF champs with their repeat (2004, 2036, 2037) and are the first Turkish team to repeat since Istanbul’s 2007-08 efforts. Part-time starter Tae-Won Kim was finals MVP with a 9-24 series, grabbing two homers and five RBI. Saeed Sahar had a strong series with three runs allowed over 16 innings, bouncing back after earlier postseason struggles. For the whole postseason, he allowed a new ABF-worst 50 hits and had a 5.22 ERA. Other notes: Sultan Han entered the season only four behind Hakan Mocuk’s 784 to become ABF’s all-time home run king. He crushed 62 dingers in his fifth season for Hyderabad to blow by the record, putting him at 842. Han is now 42^nd on the all-time world home run leaderboard. He’s at 1917 RBI, still likely two good years away from catching Mocuk’s 2132. Han clearly still has it though with 8.4 WAR and 1.027 OPS in 2037 at age 37. He now has 121.7 career WAR to move into 2^nd among all ABF players, although Nizami Aghazade’s 183.1 is unreachable. Han also became ABF’s 9^th batter with 600+ doubles. He has 5959 total bases, primed to pass Mocuk’s 6012 for that top mark. Han is also 3^rd in ABF with 1717 runs scored behind Mehmet Fatih Canaydin’s 1880 and H.A. Rahman’s 1724. In other hitting milestones, Youssouf Raza became the 3^rd in ABF with 700 homers and Khalaf bin Abdullah was the 10^th to 600 dingers. Raza, Majed Mahadeen, and Koji Pareevash made it eight guys with 1500 runs scored and 23 with 2500 hits. Pareevash also became the 12^th to 1500 RBI. Mahadeen set the ABF single-season record for stolen bases with 123, besting Abdul Rahman Karwan’s record 121 from 1993. In pitching milestones, Shahrokh Morteza and Mansoor Kayam became the 16^th and 17^th to 4000 strikeouts. Halawani Ahmad became the 31^st to 3500 Ks. Morteza and Ibrahim Tolibov were the 22^nd and 23^rd to reach 200 career wins. SS Vugar Sodikov won his 11^th Silver Slugger, becoming the 4^th in ABF with 11+ Sluggers. LF Cihat Cetinkaya won his 10^th consecutive Gold Glove. He has the position record and is one of six in ABF with 10+ GGs. On June 28, Ahvaz’s Ahmad Minoo had ABF’s ninth-ever four home run game against Tehran. Gaziantep’s Majed Namangan’s offense drew only 238 walks all season, an ABF team worst. Asgabat’s offense had 1836 strikeouts, the worst-ever in the West League. __________________ Baseball: The World's Game fictional world reports The Level Playing Field: Alternate MLB History From 1884-Onward Continental Baseball Federation world reports (8-tier promotion/relegation sim and college feeder)