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FuzzyRussianHat · 01-20-2026, 09:15 AM

The defending Baseball Grand Champion and African Association of Baseball champ Kampala dominated the Central Conference field at 107-55. At the all-star break, they were 46-29, even with Mombasa and one behind Djibouti for first. The Peacocks had an all-time second half going 61-26 to pull away from the field, taking first by 13 games.

The Peacocks repeated as the #1 seed and earned a third straight playoff trip. Led by perhaps the best season yet by ace Abdullahi Ali, Kampala allowed AAB’s fewest runs at 624 and had the conference’s best run differential at +231. The Peacocks’ staff had 1674 strikeouts and a 10.39 K/9, both the second-best in conference history. They also set a conference season attendance record of 2,159,629 tickets sold.

The Berserkers and Bisons still battled for the #2 playoff spot in the fall. A key moment was their mid-September series which saw a three-game home sweep by Djibouti. The Berserkers also won two extra innings games over Asmara in their final series to hold onto second at 94-68. Djibouti had a +192 run differential, under-performing their expected win/loss by five games. The Berserkers ended a five-year playoff drought. They had 66 team triples, the second-most in AAB history.

Mombasa ended up third at 91-71, while the Anteaters were fourth at 88-74. Asmara had a strong 51-36 back-end, but getting swept late by Djibouti and their 37-38 start kept them on the outs despite having a conference-best 916 runs. Mogadishu and recently promoted Mwanza were both 83-79, while last year’s wild card Lubumbashi was 81-81.

Suffering relegation was Nairobi at 56-106, unable to climb from a 27-48 hole at the start of the year. Bangui at 59-103 only narrowly lived to fight another day. It was an abrupt fall for the Night Hawks, who were the AAB and Grand Champion as recently as 2032, and conference champs in 2035. Two years prior, Nairobi was 94-68, but dropped to 71 and then 56 wins after that. It is their first demotion to the African Second League. Only five original teams remain that have never been relegated: Cape Town, Durban, Harare, Lusaka, and Addis Ababa.

Central Conference MVP had a crowded field with 1B Martin Kulatilaka taking it in his debut with Djibouti. He had 11 first place votes and 264 points, followed by Asmara 2B Rajah Bhagwan at 213 points and two first place votes. Pitcher of the Year Abdullahi Ali had nine first place votes and 209 points, plus his Peacocks teammate Alexis Alvarez had two first place nods and 172 points.

It was the fourth MVP for Kulatilaka, who won from 2035-37 with Kinshasa. He left for Djibouti in 2039 on a six-year, $241 million free agent deal. “The Big Train” was the leader in batting average (.340), slugging (.722), OPS (1.146), and wRC+ (178) in his Berserkers debut. The 31-year old Seychellois righty added 196 hits, 124 runs, 46 doubles, 58 homers, 153 RBI, and 7.4 WAR.

As for his hitting competitors in the MVP race, Bhagwan notably was the hitting WARlord at 8.2, followed by Kulatilaka. He also led in runs scored at 138. Alvarez crushed 81 home runs, making him one of 12 in world history with 81+ homers in a season. The AAB record remained Dagne Mersha’s 90 from 2028; which is second in world history. Alvarez however was also the leader in strikeouts at 224. Mogadishu’s Toichi Kumura also had a huge power year with 74 homers and 171 RBI.

The bias against pitchers for MVP placed Ali third despite arguably the greatest single-season by anyone in AAB history. He somehow posted his best year yet coming off an absurd year that included leading Kampala to the Grand Championship last fall and his native Somalia to the World Baseball Championship finals. Ali won his fifth consecutive Pitcher of the Year and is the first AAB ace to win the award five times.

It was the third Triple Crown win for the 27-year old Somali lefty, who broke his own AAB single-season records for strikeouts, K/9, and WAR among all players. Ali led with a 24-3 record in 258 innings, 1.95 ERA, 466 Ks, 0.79 WHIP, 7.8 K/BB, 16.26 K/9, 23 quality starts, 15 complete games, 236 ERA+, 27 FIP-, and 15.7 WAR. 400+ Ks have only happened four times in AAB; all by Ali, who also has six of the top seven strikeout seasons in league history.

His 466 Ks are tied for the 27^th-best in world history for any league and it is the first top 30 season on the world leaderboard in the last 20 years. Ali’s K/9 is also the 10^th-best in world history. It is the first 15+ WAR season by any AAB player and ranks as the 30^th-best in world history. On the AAB leaderboard, Ali’s 2039 also was the sixth-best qualifying ERA, third-best WHIP, fourth-best H/9 (5.02), and third-best opponent’s OPS (.503). The .163/.222/.264 triple slash ranks 3^rd/2^nd/5^th among qualified seasons.

Many consider Ali as the best pitcher in the world considering his incredible dominance of the 2030s. In six AAB First League seasons, he had a 131-33 record, 2.35 ERA, 1467.2 innings, 2492 strikeouts, 198 ERA+, 39 FIP-, and 75.4 WAR. Ali has only one year left under his original contract with many expecting him to test free agency for a record deal somewhere else.

Kampala was a big favorite with the 13-win advantage over Djibouti and the one-game bonus that comes with the top seed in the Central Conference Championship. However, the season series was 8-7, so the Berserkers had been competitive with the Peacocks in the regular season. Kampala opened the series with an 8-3 win with Ali on the mound.

The Peacocks had to rally to claim game two by a 2-1 margin. In the bottom of the ninth, Leonard Kette had a leadoff triple and was scored on a sacrifice fly to tie the game at 1-1 and force extras. Marlon Muianga led off the tenth with a double and Shabani Luboya followed with an RBI walkoff double. The series shifted to Djibouti and the Berserkers grabbed a 9-7 victory at home in game three.

The defending champs would clinch in game four though, narrowly fending off a rally bid. Kampala had a 5-1 lead entering the bottom of the ninth. Djibouti got three runs back, but no more and the Peacocks escaped the 5-4 victor. Veteran 3B Freddie Chirambo was series MVP as the 34-year old Kenyan went 5-16 with three homers and 6 RBI. Chirambo had started with Gaborone, but joined Kampala the prior year on a five-year, $130 million free agent deal. With the back-to-back pennants, the Peacocks are now seven-time Central Conference champs (2018, 20, 21, 22, 23, 38, 39).

01-20-2026, 09:15 AM	#2677
FuzzyRussianHat Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2020 Posts: 3,104	2039 AAB Central Conference The defending Baseball Grand Champion and African Association of Baseball champ Kampala dominated the Central Conference field at 107-55. At the all-star break, they were 46-29, even with Mombasa and one behind Djibouti for first. The Peacocks had an all-time second half going 61-26 to pull away from the field, taking first by 13 games. The Peacocks repeated as the #1 seed and earned a third straight playoff trip. Led by perhaps the best season yet by ace Abdullahi Ali, Kampala allowed AAB’s fewest runs at 624 and had the conference’s best run differential at +231. The Peacocks’ staff had 1674 strikeouts and a 10.39 K/9, both the second-best in conference history. They also set a conference season attendance record of 2,159,629 tickets sold. The Berserkers and Bisons still battled for the #2 playoff spot in the fall. A key moment was their mid-September series which saw a three-game home sweep by Djibouti. The Berserkers also won two extra innings games over Asmara in their final series to hold onto second at 94-68. Djibouti had a +192 run differential, under-performing their expected win/loss by five games. The Berserkers ended a five-year playoff drought. They had 66 team triples, the second-most in AAB history. Mombasa ended up third at 91-71, while the Anteaters were fourth at 88-74. Asmara had a strong 51-36 back-end, but getting swept late by Djibouti and their 37-38 start kept them on the outs despite having a conference-best 916 runs. Mogadishu and recently promoted Mwanza were both 83-79, while last year’s wild card Lubumbashi was 81-81. Suffering relegation was Nairobi at 56-106, unable to climb from a 27-48 hole at the start of the year. Bangui at 59-103 only narrowly lived to fight another day. It was an abrupt fall for the Night Hawks, who were the AAB and Grand Champion as recently as 2032, and conference champs in 2035. Two years prior, Nairobi was 94-68, but dropped to 71 and then 56 wins after that. It is their first demotion to the African Second League. Only five original teams remain that have never been relegated: Cape Town, Durban, Harare, Lusaka, and Addis Ababa. Central Conference MVP had a crowded field with 1B Martin Kulatilaka taking it in his debut with Djibouti. He had 11 first place votes and 264 points, followed by Asmara 2B Rajah Bhagwan at 213 points and two first place votes. Pitcher of the Year Abdullahi Ali had nine first place votes and 209 points, plus his Peacocks teammate Alexis Alvarez had two first place nods and 172 points. It was the fourth MVP for Kulatilaka, who won from 2035-37 with Kinshasa. He left for Djibouti in 2039 on a six-year, $241 million free agent deal. “The Big Train” was the leader in batting average (.340), slugging (.722), OPS (1.146), and wRC+ (178) in his Berserkers debut. The 31-year old Seychellois righty added 196 hits, 124 runs, 46 doubles, 58 homers, 153 RBI, and 7.4 WAR. As for his hitting competitors in the MVP race, Bhagwan notably was the hitting WARlord at 8.2, followed by Kulatilaka. He also led in runs scored at 138. Alvarez crushed 81 home runs, making him one of 12 in world history with 81+ homers in a season. The AAB record remained Dagne Mersha’s 90 from 2028; which is second in world history. Alvarez however was also the leader in strikeouts at 224. Mogadishu’s Toichi Kumura also had a huge power year with 74 homers and 171 RBI. The bias against pitchers for MVP placed Ali third despite arguably the greatest single-season by anyone in AAB history. He somehow posted his best year yet coming off an absurd year that included leading Kampala to the Grand Championship last fall and his native Somalia to the World Baseball Championship finals. Ali won his fifth consecutive Pitcher of the Year and is the first AAB ace to win the award five times. It was the third Triple Crown win for the 27-year old Somali lefty, who broke his own AAB single-season records for strikeouts, K/9, and WAR among all players. Ali led with a 24-3 record in 258 innings, 1.95 ERA, 466 Ks, 0.79 WHIP, 7.8 K/BB, 16.26 K/9, 23 quality starts, 15 complete games, 236 ERA+, 27 FIP-, and 15.7 WAR. 400+ Ks have only happened four times in AAB; all by Ali, who also has six of the top seven strikeout seasons in league history. His 466 Ks are tied for the 27^th-best in world history for any league and it is the first top 30 season on the world leaderboard in the last 20 years. Ali’s K/9 is also the 10^th-best in world history. It is the first 15+ WAR season by any AAB player and ranks as the 30^th-best in world history. On the AAB leaderboard, Ali’s 2039 also was the sixth-best qualifying ERA, third-best WHIP, fourth-best H/9 (5.02), and third-best opponent’s OPS (.503). The .163/.222/.264 triple slash ranks 3^rd/2^nd/5^th among qualified seasons. Many consider Ali as the best pitcher in the world considering his incredible dominance of the 2030s. In six AAB First League seasons, he had a 131-33 record, 2.35 ERA, 1467.2 innings, 2492 strikeouts, 198 ERA+, 39 FIP-, and 75.4 WAR. Ali has only one year left under his original contract with many expecting him to test free agency for a record deal somewhere else. Kampala was a big favorite with the 13-win advantage over Djibouti and the one-game bonus that comes with the top seed in the Central Conference Championship. However, the season series was 8-7, so the Berserkers had been competitive with the Peacocks in the regular season. Kampala opened the series with an 8-3 win with Ali on the mound. The Peacocks had to rally to claim game two by a 2-1 margin. In the bottom of the ninth, Leonard Kette had a leadoff triple and was scored on a sacrifice fly to tie the game at 1-1 and force extras. Marlon Muianga led off the tenth with a double and Shabani Luboya followed with an RBI walkoff double. The series shifted to Djibouti and the Berserkers grabbed a 9-7 victory at home in game three. The defending champs would clinch in game four though, narrowly fending off a rally bid. Kampala had a 5-1 lead entering the bottom of the ninth. Djibouti got three runs back, but no more and the Peacocks escaped the 5-4 victor. Veteran 3B Freddie Chirambo was series MVP as the 34-year old Kenyan went 5-16 with three homers and 6 RBI. Chirambo had started with Gaborone, but joined Kampala the prior year on a five-year, $130 million free agent deal. With the back-to-back pennants, the Peacocks are now seven-time Central Conference champs (2018, 20, 21, 22, 23, 38, 39). __________________ 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)