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FuzzyRussianHat · 08-22-2024, 01:22 PM

The second Baseball Grand Championship was hosted in Jakarta, Indonesia and introduced a format change from the inaugural contest. Going forward, the BGC would simply be a true round robin with all 20 teams playing each other once. The team with the best record at the end would be the Grand Champion and earn a cash prize of $25 million. Medals and lesser prizes went to the other top performers.

The auto-bid field for the 2011 event were MLB’s Tampa and Brooklyn, CABA’s Honduras and Chihuahua, EAB’s Goyang and Kyoto, BSA’s Recife and Valencia, EBF’s Barcelona and Dublin, EPB’s Minsk, OBA’s Tahiti, APB’s Pekanbaru, CLB’s Changsha, WAB’s Cotonou, SAB’s Dhaka, ABF’s Faisalabad, ALB’s Basra, and AAB’s Addis Ababa. The wild card 20^th team was APB runner-up Davao.

The World Series champion Tampa Thunderbirds would end up taking the top spot at 15-4, giving the first two Grand Championship wins to Major League Baseball. Tampa led all teams in runs scored with 111, posting 41 home runs and a .836 OPS. The Thunderbirds also allowed the third-fewest runs at 65. It was a remarkable year in Tampa, who ended a 110-year World Series drought and took home top billing in the world.

Taking second place was Tahiti at 13-6, an impressive run out of the Pacific League. The Tropics only had a +13 run differential, getting wins in close games. There was a three-way tie for third at 12-7 between Brooklyn, Goyang, and Dublin. The tiebreaker formula gave the Green Sox third place, the Dodgers fourth, and the Dinos fifth.

Chihuahua and Pekanbaru were next at 11-8, followed by four teams at 10-9; Addis Ababa, Basra, Cotonou, and Dhaka. Kyoto and Recife tied for 12^th at 9-10 with Davao and Faisalabad in 14^th at 8-11. Honduras held 16^th alone at 7-12, then at 6-3 were Barcelona, Changsha, and Valencia. Minsk was the last place team at 5-14.

The Tournament MVP went to Faisalabad 1B Jalil Ghaffari. The 26-year old Iranian in 19 starts had 26 hits, 16 runs, 5 doubles, 9 home runs, 22 RBI, a .347/.388/.800 slash, 226 wRC+, and 1.7 WAR. Kyoto’s Soji Ebisu won Best Pitcher with a 0.59 ERA and 2-1 record in four starts, 30.1 innings, 42 strikeouts, 4 walks, and 20 hits. Ebisu kept the momentum rolling from his EAB Championship MVP only weeks earlier.

Other notes: The first WBC no-hitter was thrown Barcelona’s Kent Neal with 16 Ks and 1 walk on November 17 against Honduras. Six days later, Chihuahua’s Yassiel Cervantes struck out seven with three walks against in a no-no against the Bengals. Brooklyn’s Noah January notably had an 18-strikeout game against Dhaka. This was the most Ks in a BGC start until 2013.

Basra’s Nordine Soule posted 2.21 WAR in his effort, which would be the top mark among position players until 2020. It still ranks eighth-best as of 2037. He had 12 home runs, 21 RBI, 20 runs, and a .379/.461/1.000 slash.

08-22-2024, 01:22 PM	#1543
FuzzyRussianHat Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2020 Posts: 3,128	2011 Baseball Grand Championship The second Baseball Grand Championship was hosted in Jakarta, Indonesia and introduced a format change from the inaugural contest. Going forward, the BGC would simply be a true round robin with all 20 teams playing each other once. The team with the best record at the end would be the Grand Champion and earn a cash prize of $25 million. Medals and lesser prizes went to the other top performers. The auto-bid field for the 2011 event were MLB’s Tampa and Brooklyn, CABA’s Honduras and Chihuahua, EAB’s Goyang and Kyoto, BSA’s Recife and Valencia, EBF’s Barcelona and Dublin, EPB’s Minsk, OBA’s Tahiti, APB’s Pekanbaru, CLB’s Changsha, WAB’s Cotonou, SAB’s Dhaka, ABF’s Faisalabad, ALB’s Basra, and AAB’s Addis Ababa. The wild card 20^th team was APB runner-up Davao. The World Series champion Tampa Thunderbirds would end up taking the top spot at 15-4, giving the first two Grand Championship wins to Major League Baseball. Tampa led all teams in runs scored with 111, posting 41 home runs and a .836 OPS. The Thunderbirds also allowed the third-fewest runs at 65. It was a remarkable year in Tampa, who ended a 110-year World Series drought and took home top billing in the world. Taking second place was Tahiti at 13-6, an impressive run out of the Pacific League. The Tropics only had a +13 run differential, getting wins in close games. There was a three-way tie for third at 12-7 between Brooklyn, Goyang, and Dublin. The tiebreaker formula gave the Green Sox third place, the Dodgers fourth, and the Dinos fifth. Chihuahua and Pekanbaru were next at 11-8, followed by four teams at 10-9; Addis Ababa, Basra, Cotonou, and Dhaka. Kyoto and Recife tied for 12^th at 9-10 with Davao and Faisalabad in 14^th at 8-11. Honduras held 16^th alone at 7-12, then at 6-3 were Barcelona, Changsha, and Valencia. Minsk was the last place team at 5-14. The Tournament MVP went to Faisalabad 1B Jalil Ghaffari. The 26-year old Iranian in 19 starts had 26 hits, 16 runs, 5 doubles, 9 home runs, 22 RBI, a .347/.388/.800 slash, 226 wRC+, and 1.7 WAR. Kyoto’s Soji Ebisu won Best Pitcher with a 0.59 ERA and 2-1 record in four starts, 30.1 innings, 42 strikeouts, 4 walks, and 20 hits. Ebisu kept the momentum rolling from his EAB Championship MVP only weeks earlier. Other notes: The first WBC no-hitter was thrown Barcelona’s Kent Neal with 16 Ks and 1 walk on November 17 against Honduras. Six days later, Chihuahua’s Yassiel Cervantes struck out seven with three walks against in a no-no against the Bengals. Brooklyn’s Noah January notably had an 18-strikeout game against Dhaka. This was the most Ks in a BGC start until 2013. Basra’s Nordine Soule posted 2.21 WAR in his effort, which would be the top mark among position players until 2020. It still ranks eighth-best as of 2037. He had 12 home runs, 21 RBI, 20 runs, and a .379/.461/1.000 slash. __________________ 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)