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FuzzyRussianHat · 01-18-2026, 06:47 PM

#4 seed Stuttgart was the top team out of the Western Conference’s Double Round Robin at 4-2, finally guaranteeing their first-ever promotion in 35 years of trying. The Silver Sabres had been the only charter European Second League franchise that still hadn’t gotten promoted to the European Baseball Federation’s Elite Tier at least once.

The top two seeds Nantes and Lisbon both finished at 3-3 and Rome was 2-4. The Trappers beat the Clippers 3-2 in their first meeting, but the rematch in the final game of the event went to Lisbon 7-2. The run differential tiebreaker guaranteed a promotion for the Portuguese capital, returning to the top tier for the first time since 2027.

For the Eastern Conference, Brno and Ljubljana both advanced at 4-2 while Tirana (3-3) and Sarajevo (1-5) were both stuck for another year. The Bandits were promoted after a three-year stint back in E2L, while the Juggernauts escaped after only two years.

Lisbon opened the Western Conference Championship on a 6-4 win, followed by a Stuttgart 9-0 result in game two. The Clippers rolled after that with three straight shutouts to clinch with 4-0, 4-0, and 3-0 results. Brno started the Eastern Conference Championship on a 3-1 win. Ljubljana got a 7-6 walkoff win in 11 innings for game two, then cruised from there to 5-1, 6-0, and 5-3 wins.

The Second League Championship began on a 5-2 Lisbon win, followed by Ljubljana matched 2-1 the next night. The Clippers reclaimed the edge 6-2 in game three, but the Juggernauts took game four 4-0. Lisbon rolled 9-1 in game five, then returned home to win a dramatic game six 6-4 in 12 innings. Ljubljana had scored twice in the top of the 12^th, but the Clippers’ Stefano Bertetto clinched the series in six with a walkoff grand slam on the first pitch he saw.

Other notes: Nuremburg’s Dejan Panic tossed E2L’s 17^th perfect game, doing it on June 6 with nine strikeouts facing Turin. Stuttgart’s Stanislav Iliev became the 3^rd to 500 homers. Lisbon’s Zsolt Radan won his third Pitcher of the Year, becoming the fourth E2L ace to achieve the feat.

01-18-2026, 06:47 PM	#2675
FuzzyRussianHat Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2020 Posts: 3,075	2039 in E2L (Part 2) #4 seed Stuttgart was the top team out of the Western Conference’s Double Round Robin at 4-2, finally guaranteeing their first-ever promotion in 35 years of trying. The Silver Sabres had been the only charter European Second League franchise that still hadn’t gotten promoted to the European Baseball Federation’s Elite Tier at least once. The top two seeds Nantes and Lisbon both finished at 3-3 and Rome was 2-4. The Trappers beat the Clippers 3-2 in their first meeting, but the rematch in the final game of the event went to Lisbon 7-2. The run differential tiebreaker guaranteed a promotion for the Portuguese capital, returning to the top tier for the first time since 2027. For the Eastern Conference, Brno and Ljubljana both advanced at 4-2 while Tirana (3-3) and Sarajevo (1-5) were both stuck for another year. The Bandits were promoted after a three-year stint back in E2L, while the Juggernauts escaped after only two years. Lisbon opened the Western Conference Championship on a 6-4 win, followed by a Stuttgart 9-0 result in game two. The Clippers rolled after that with three straight shutouts to clinch with 4-0, 4-0, and 3-0 results. Brno started the Eastern Conference Championship on a 3-1 win. Ljubljana got a 7-6 walkoff win in 11 innings for game two, then cruised from there to 5-1, 6-0, and 5-3 wins. The Second League Championship began on a 5-2 Lisbon win, followed by Ljubljana matched 2-1 the next night. The Clippers reclaimed the edge 6-2 in game three, but the Juggernauts took game four 4-0. Lisbon rolled 9-1 in game five, then returned home to win a dramatic game six 6-4 in 12 innings. Ljubljana had scored twice in the top of the 12^th, but the Clippers’ Stefano Bertetto clinched the series in six with a walkoff grand slam on the first pitch he saw. Other notes: Nuremburg’s Dejan Panic tossed E2L’s 17^th perfect game, doing it on June 6 with nine strikeouts facing Turin. Stuttgart’s Stanislav Iliev became the 3^rd to 500 homers. Lisbon’s Zsolt Radan won his third Pitcher of the Year, becoming the fourth E2L ace to achieve the feat. __________________ 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)