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FuzzyRussianHat · 11-08-2025, 07:24 AM

Tahiti and Melbourne weren’t strangers in the Oceania Championship, as both were their league’s preeminent force at the start of the 21^st Century. They met five times from 2003-08 with Mets wins in 2004, 05, and 07 and Tropics wins in 2003 and 08. They met once more in 2011 with a Tahiti win, evening the all-time series at three apiece. All-time in the finals entering 2037, the Tropics were 7-7 and the Mets were 8-7.

The 78^th Oceania Championship was another epic as it ultimately needed all seven games. Tahiti had home field advantage, but Melbourne disrupted plans with a 4-2 road win to open. The Mets did it again in game two by a 2-1 margin, scoring the go-ahead run in the top of the ninth. As the series shifted to Australia, the Tropics returned the favor with 9-3 and 6-5 road wins of their own. Game four went 11 innings with Hyo-Il Van’s RBI triple as the go-ahead swing.

The trend of road winners continued on a 4-2 win in game five for Tahiti, getting a complete game win from Pitcher of the Year Clement Alu. That trend didn’t break though as play returned to French Polynesia. Melbourne snagged a 5-4 road win, forcing a decisive game seven. Four of the previous six finals battles between the two squads also required all seven games.

Tahiti opened game seven with two runs in the bottom of the first inning, which Melbourne promptly matched in the second. The Tropics reclaimed the lead on a solo run in the bottom of the seventh, but held it only briefly. The Mets had two solo homers in the top of the eighth inning to take a 4-3 lead. In the bottom of the eighth, Patrick MacLean sent a two-run homer just over the right field fence, putting Tahiti back ahead 5-4. Closer David Sherman got a one-two-three ninth inning, sealing the game for the Tropics in the lone home victory of the series.

MacLean was the series MVP, going 11-25 with five homers and ten RBI. He had also been the finals MVP in Tahiti’s 2034 triumph over Hobart. It was a big bounce-back for the 26-year old first baseman, who had missed all of 2036 to a torn labrum. The Tropics are now eight-time OBA champs (1965, 75, 2003, 08, 11, 15, 34, 37), tied with the Mets, Adelaide, and Honolulu. Guam has the most rings with nine.

Other notes: Trey Cruz became OBA’s all-time hits king in his second year with Samoa. At age 40, the Guamanian second baseman led the league with 188 to get to 3576 OBA hits, passing Adrian Kali’s 3467 which had held since 2023. Cruz also now has 1938 OBA runs, putting him in striking distance of Roe Kaupa’s record 1963. Cruz is also the OBA leader in singles (2417), stolen bases (1640), and caught stealing (771).

When you add his two MLB seasons, Cruz now has 3806 professional hits, 2055 runs, 465 doubles, 411 triples, 345 homers, 1596 RBI, 1690 steals, 801 caught stealing, 139 wRC+, and 123.8 WAR. He’s the 35^th in world history with 2000+ runs and ranks 16^th in hits, 9^th in triples, 7^th in steals, and 26^th in caught stealing. Cruz plans to return for 2038 with Samoa and has an outside shot of becoming only the 7^th in world history with 4000 professional hits.

In other milestones, Liam Winmar was the 12^th to 600 homers. Andrew Pendlebury and Allan Clover were the 53^rd and 54^th pitchers to 3000 strikeouts. C Adain Royce won his 7^th consecutive Silver Slugger.

11-08-2025, 07:24 AM	#2551
FuzzyRussianHat Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2020 Posts: 3,072	2037 Oceania Championship Tahiti and Melbourne weren’t strangers in the Oceania Championship, as both were their league’s preeminent force at the start of the 21^st Century. They met five times from 2003-08 with Mets wins in 2004, 05, and 07 and Tropics wins in 2003 and 08. They met once more in 2011 with a Tahiti win, evening the all-time series at three apiece. All-time in the finals entering 2037, the Tropics were 7-7 and the Mets were 8-7. The 78^th Oceania Championship was another epic as it ultimately needed all seven games. Tahiti had home field advantage, but Melbourne disrupted plans with a 4-2 road win to open. The Mets did it again in game two by a 2-1 margin, scoring the go-ahead run in the top of the ninth. As the series shifted to Australia, the Tropics returned the favor with 9-3 and 6-5 road wins of their own. Game four went 11 innings with Hyo-Il Van’s RBI triple as the go-ahead swing. The trend of road winners continued on a 4-2 win in game five for Tahiti, getting a complete game win from Pitcher of the Year Clement Alu. That trend didn’t break though as play returned to French Polynesia. Melbourne snagged a 5-4 road win, forcing a decisive game seven. Four of the previous six finals battles between the two squads also required all seven games. Tahiti opened game seven with two runs in the bottom of the first inning, which Melbourne promptly matched in the second. The Tropics reclaimed the lead on a solo run in the bottom of the seventh, but held it only briefly. The Mets had two solo homers in the top of the eighth inning to take a 4-3 lead. In the bottom of the eighth, Patrick MacLean sent a two-run homer just over the right field fence, putting Tahiti back ahead 5-4. Closer David Sherman got a one-two-three ninth inning, sealing the game for the Tropics in the lone home victory of the series. MacLean was the series MVP, going 11-25 with five homers and ten RBI. He had also been the finals MVP in Tahiti’s 2034 triumph over Hobart. It was a big bounce-back for the 26-year old first baseman, who had missed all of 2036 to a torn labrum. The Tropics are now eight-time OBA champs (1965, 75, 2003, 08, 11, 15, 34, 37), tied with the Mets, Adelaide, and Honolulu. Guam has the most rings with nine. Other notes: Trey Cruz became OBA’s all-time hits king in his second year with Samoa. At age 40, the Guamanian second baseman led the league with 188 to get to 3576 OBA hits, passing Adrian Kali’s 3467 which had held since 2023. Cruz also now has 1938 OBA runs, putting him in striking distance of Roe Kaupa’s record 1963. Cruz is also the OBA leader in singles (2417), stolen bases (1640), and caught stealing (771). When you add his two MLB seasons, Cruz now has 3806 professional hits, 2055 runs, 465 doubles, 411 triples, 345 homers, 1596 RBI, 1690 steals, 801 caught stealing, 139 wRC+, and 123.8 WAR. He’s the 35^th in world history with 2000+ runs and ranks 16^th in hits, 9^th in triples, 7^th in steals, and 26^th in caught stealing. Cruz plans to return for 2038 with Samoa and has an outside shot of becoming only the 7^th in world history with 4000 professional hits. In other milestones, Liam Winmar was the 12^th to 600 homers. Andrew Pendlebury and Allan Clover were the 53^rd and 54^th pitchers to 3000 strikeouts. C Adain Royce won his 7^th consecutive Silver Slugger. __________________ 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)