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FuzzyRussianHat · 12-09-2025, 08:01 PM

The 54^th Asian Baseball Federation Championship was the first finals meeting between Faisalabad and Isfahan. It was back-to-back appearances for the Fire, who fell in 2037 to Bursa. Faisalabad was looking to end a title drought back to 2006, while the Imperials’ drought was back to their 1997-98 repeat. It was Isfahan’s first appearance since 2002.

The series started in Iran and saw a Faisalabad rally with two outs in the eighth inning. Three singles and an error brought in two runs, which proved decisive in a 2-1 opening road win by the Fire. Isfahan got one back 7-4 in game two, then got their own road win 4-1 for game three in Pakistan. That contest was 1-1 entering the ninth, but the Imperials had a three-run inning capped off by Joel Ndlovu’s two RBI.

Faisalabad evened it back up then went ahead 3-2 in the series with a pair of 4-2 victories. Game four had a dramatic two-run walkoff homer by Azer Entin that just snuck by the left field foul pole at 340 feet. Back in Iran, Isfahan earned a 4-3 win in game six thanks to a four-run second inning. This set up the decisive game seven on a partly cloudy, 59 degree Monday evening in Central Iran.

The first inning had a Faisalabad solo home run in the top half, followed by three Imperials runs in the bottom half. Ishtaq Shahzad had a triple and was brought in by Kathe Poalzai’s single, then Hassan Hamedi smacked a two-run homer. The 3-1 score held for the rest of the game, giving Isfahan its third ABF title (1997, 1998, 2038) and leaving the Fire as back-to-back bridesmaids.

Apart from the early homer, Ebrahim Firoozabadi had a strong start over seven innings with five hits, one run, and eight strikeouts. Fazal Rashid closed the door with two shutout innings with four strikeouts. The Imperials’ closer was only the seventh in ABF history to have a zero ERA with at least 15 playoff innings. Rashid had eight saves and a 1-1 record in 11 games with 16.1 innings, two unearned runs, and 19 Ks.

The finals MVP went to CF Ishtaq Shahzad who was 9-29 with one homer and four RBI. The 32-year old was in his fourth season with Isfahan after signing in 2035. Faisalabad closer Rashid Jabiri set the playoff pitching record for games (12) and Ebrahim Firoozabadi set the starts record (7). Multiple guys set the playoff record of 22 games, as the Fire were the first team to play the maximum possible games with each series going the distance and having needed the double-elimination round.

Other notes: Baku 1B Artyom Masharipov has been the star throughout the Blackbirds’ reign and the six-time MVP continued to rise up the playoff leaderboard, although he was forgettable in his 2038 effort. He is now the ABF playoff career leader for runs (95), hits (148), total bases (327), homers (48), and RBI (101). Masharipov also now has 138 playoff games, tied with Hyderabad’s Ammar Sanjrani for the most. The 34-year old Azeri also joined the 2000 hit and 1500 RBI club, becoming the 13^th to achieve the latter in ABF.

Home run king Sultan Han became only the 2^nd in ABF with 2000+ RBI, finishing the season at 2019. At age 38 for Hyderabad, Han was still good for 50 homers, 102 RBI, and 6.7 WAR. He’s one of 74 in all of baseball history with 2000+ pro RBIs and within reach of Hakan Mocuk’s ABF record 2132. Han’s 1809 runs place him 2^nd on the ABF leaderboard behind only Mehmet Fatih Canaydin’s 1880.

Han also has 892 home runs, placing him 33^rd on the all-time world homer leaderboard. Youssouf Raza is the next closest in ABF with 795 dingers, passing Mocuk’s 784 for the #2 spot. Raza smacked a career-best 61 in 2038 at age 37 and has 1829 RBI and 1639 runs. He won his 11^th Silver Slugger in LF, one of only five at any position to do so and the leader in left field.

Raza is 2^nd on ABF’s WAR leaderboard at 130.84 and close to the world top 100, while Han is next at 128.78. Both likely have no chance of reaching Nizami Aghazade’s ABF-record 183.1. Adding his post-ABF stats, Aghazade is 4^th all-time among all players ever at 202.0 WAR.

ABF’s 26^th perfect game came on May 1 by Namangan’s Vahid Farmaian with nine strikeouts facing Rawalpindi. It was his second no-hitter, also doing it in the 2032 Baseball Grand Championship for Hyderabad. Multan scored only 401 runs, the 3^rd-worst in ABF history. Dushanbe’s pitching staff allowed 1519 hits, the 2^nd-worst in East League history.

In other pitching notables, Mansoor Kayam became the ABF leader in innings pitched at 4209. On the downside, he’s also the leader in hits allowed (4035) and losses (207); the only ABF pitcher with 200+ Ls. Kayam has a 246-207 record, 3.54 ERA, 4377 strikeouts, 109 ERA+, and 77.3 WAR. He is 12 wins short of Hasan Yousefi’s top mark and ranks 10^th in Ks. Ibrahim Tolibov became the 18^th ace to 4000 strikeouts and Zahedi Wasayuddin was the 32^nd to 3500 Ks.

12-09-2025, 08:01 PM	#2610
FuzzyRussianHat Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2020 Posts: 3,758	2038 ABF Championship The 54^th Asian Baseball Federation Championship was the first finals meeting between Faisalabad and Isfahan. It was back-to-back appearances for the Fire, who fell in 2037 to Bursa. Faisalabad was looking to end a title drought back to 2006, while the Imperials’ drought was back to their 1997-98 repeat. It was Isfahan’s first appearance since 2002. The series started in Iran and saw a Faisalabad rally with two outs in the eighth inning. Three singles and an error brought in two runs, which proved decisive in a 2-1 opening road win by the Fire. Isfahan got one back 7-4 in game two, then got their own road win 4-1 for game three in Pakistan. That contest was 1-1 entering the ninth, but the Imperials had a three-run inning capped off by Joel Ndlovu’s two RBI. Faisalabad evened it back up then went ahead 3-2 in the series with a pair of 4-2 victories. Game four had a dramatic two-run walkoff homer by Azer Entin that just snuck by the left field foul pole at 340 feet. Back in Iran, Isfahan earned a 4-3 win in game six thanks to a four-run second inning. This set up the decisive game seven on a partly cloudy, 59 degree Monday evening in Central Iran. The first inning had a Faisalabad solo home run in the top half, followed by three Imperials runs in the bottom half. Ishtaq Shahzad had a triple and was brought in by Kathe Poalzai’s single, then Hassan Hamedi smacked a two-run homer. The 3-1 score held for the rest of the game, giving Isfahan its third ABF title (1997, 1998, 2038) and leaving the Fire as back-to-back bridesmaids. Apart from the early homer, Ebrahim Firoozabadi had a strong start over seven innings with five hits, one run, and eight strikeouts. Fazal Rashid closed the door with two shutout innings with four strikeouts. The Imperials’ closer was only the seventh in ABF history to have a zero ERA with at least 15 playoff innings. Rashid had eight saves and a 1-1 record in 11 games with 16.1 innings, two unearned runs, and 19 Ks. The finals MVP went to CF Ishtaq Shahzad who was 9-29 with one homer and four RBI. The 32-year old was in his fourth season with Isfahan after signing in 2035. Faisalabad closer Rashid Jabiri set the playoff pitching record for games (12) and Ebrahim Firoozabadi set the starts record (7). Multiple guys set the playoff record of 22 games, as the Fire were the first team to play the maximum possible games with each series going the distance and having needed the double-elimination round. Other notes: Baku 1B Artyom Masharipov has been the star throughout the Blackbirds’ reign and the six-time MVP continued to rise up the playoff leaderboard, although he was forgettable in his 2038 effort. He is now the ABF playoff career leader for runs (95), hits (148), total bases (327), homers (48), and RBI (101). Masharipov also now has 138 playoff games, tied with Hyderabad’s Ammar Sanjrani for the most. The 34-year old Azeri also joined the 2000 hit and 1500 RBI club, becoming the 13^th to achieve the latter in ABF. Home run king Sultan Han became only the 2^nd in ABF with 2000+ RBI, finishing the season at 2019. At age 38 for Hyderabad, Han was still good for 50 homers, 102 RBI, and 6.7 WAR. He’s one of 74 in all of baseball history with 2000+ pro RBIs and within reach of Hakan Mocuk’s ABF record 2132. Han’s 1809 runs place him 2^nd on the ABF leaderboard behind only Mehmet Fatih Canaydin’s 1880. Han also has 892 home runs, placing him 33^rd on the all-time world homer leaderboard. Youssouf Raza is the next closest in ABF with 795 dingers, passing Mocuk’s 784 for the #2 spot. Raza smacked a career-best 61 in 2038 at age 37 and has 1829 RBI and 1639 runs. He won his 11^th Silver Slugger in LF, one of only five at any position to do so and the leader in left field. Raza is 2^nd on ABF’s WAR leaderboard at 130.84 and close to the world top 100, while Han is next at 128.78. Both likely have no chance of reaching Nizami Aghazade’s ABF-record 183.1. Adding his post-ABF stats, Aghazade is 4^th all-time among all players ever at 202.0 WAR. ABF’s 26^th perfect game came on May 1 by Namangan’s Vahid Farmaian with nine strikeouts facing Rawalpindi. It was his second no-hitter, also doing it in the 2032 Baseball Grand Championship for Hyderabad. Multan scored only 401 runs, the 3^rd-worst in ABF history. Dushanbe’s pitching staff allowed 1519 hits, the 2^nd-worst in East League history. In other pitching notables, Mansoor Kayam became the ABF leader in innings pitched at 4209. On the downside, he’s also the leader in hits allowed (4035) and losses (207); the only ABF pitcher with 200+ Ls. Kayam has a 246-207 record, 3.54 ERA, 4377 strikeouts, 109 ERA+, and 77.3 WAR. He is 12 wins short of Hasan Yousefi’s top mark and ranks 10^th in Ks. Ibrahim Tolibov became the 18^th ace to 4000 strikeouts and Zahedi Wasayuddin was the 32^nd to 3500 Ks. __________________ 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)