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FuzzyRussianHat · 06-18-2026, 07:13 PM

Last year, Kuwait won the Eastern Conference title as a wild card. In 2042, they set a franchise-best for the top seed at 106-56. The Whales led Arab League Baseball with 913 runs and had the conference’s best differential at +224. Kuwait’s 51-19 tear after the all-star break was the best in ALB for their third playoff trip in four years. Despite that, it was their first Mesopotamia Division title since 2009.

Defending division champ Basra was tied for the EC’s best record at the break at 60-32, but finished 96-66 with a middling back-end. They ended the regular season on a seven-game winning streak and still got a wild card, earning their ninth playoff trip in a decade. The Bulldogs allowed the conference’s fewest runs at 594. Basra’s pitching also set conference bests for walks allowed (249) and BB/9 (1.54).

It was a dead-even fight for the Gulf Division between Abu Dhabi and Doha. The Dash lost their final four games, while allowed the Destroyers to take first at 97-65 while Doha ended 96-66. Abu Dhabi ended a 13-year playoff drought and hadn’t even been above .500 since that 2028 berth. The Dash are on a 13-year playoff streak, one short of Jeddah’s record from 2011-24. Bahrain was a competitive third in the division at 90-72, but six behind Doha and Basra for the wild cards.

The Arabia Division saw an intense three-team battle. Riyadh was tied for the top seed at the break at 60-32, but struggled to 32-39 after that. Jeddah went 8-2 in their last ten while Mecca was 3-7. The Jackals also hosted and swept the Rats in the final three game series of the season. Aden, who shocked the field with a wild card last year as a debuting expansion team, fell off a cliff in 2042 at 58-104.

The Rats earlier cushion allowed them to tie for first at 91-71 with the Jackals, while the Marksmen were one behind at 90-72. Riyadh hosted the one-game tiebreaker and pulled off a tight 3-2 victory to avoid the full collapse, earning a third consecutive division title.

Jeddah DH Saleh Msheleh won the Western Conference MVP with 21 first place votes and 420 points. Kuwait DH Tarak Kraouche was a close second with 14 first place votes and 370 points. Kraouche led in both home runs (78) and RBI (162) with both stats ranking as the sixth-best single-season in ALB history.

The winner Msheleh was the leader in WAR (8.6) and total bases (436). The 35-year old Qatari righty had 216 hits, 121 runs, 52 doubles, 54 homers, 130 RBI, .355/.403/.717 slash, and 192 wRC+. The veteran won his sixth Silver Slugger in his Jackals debuting, having signed a three-year, $70,200,000 free agent deal. Msheleh had previous runs with Kuwait, Mecca, and Muscat.

Basra’s Hamid Hovakimian took Pitcher of the Year with 23 first place votes and 209 points, while his teammate Yaseen Al-Wajihuddin had 12 first place votes and 170 points. Al-Wajihuddin was the leader in WAR (8.9) and strikeouts (317), but had a 3.24 ERA. Hovakimian won the ERA title firmly at 2.38. In his eighth season with Basra, the 35-year old Lebanese lefty had a 19-4 record, 234.2 innings, 195 strikeouts, 178 ERA+, 80 FIP-, and 5.7 WAR. Hovakimian has two more years left under contract for the Bulldogs.

Doha and Basra tied for the wild cards and split their six regular season meetings, but the Bulldogs had the higher seed via differential (+143 to +122). This critically meant they hosted the wild card round and needed one win to advance, while the Dash had to win twice. Doha dominated the first game 8-1, but Basra survived 3-2 in 11 innings the next night. Despite their 13-year playoff streak, the Dash have gone nine consecutive years without a pennant.

Basra had no luck against their divisional rival and top seed Kuwait with 4-0 and 9-3 Whales wins in the second round. Game one notably had a two-hitter from Sergio Zuniga. On the other side, Riyadh used Janusz Garbacik’s two-run homer in the top of the ninth to take their opener 3-2 at Abu Dhabi. The Destroyers countered 10-6 in game two, but the Rats took game three on the road 8-5 to advance.

This set up a rematch in the Eastern Conference Final, as Kuwait bested Riyadh the prior year. The Rats were making their third straight trip with a 2040 pennant against Doha. Riyadh got a road 2-1 win to open, but Kuwait countered 8-2 the next night. The Whales took game three on the road 5-2. Game four ended up a marathon session, lasting 18 innings and nearly seven hours on a hot 91 degree afternoon in Saudi Arabia.

After no scoring for all of extras, Kuwait finally broke through with a Edouard Correia RBI double in the 18^th to take the game 3-2 and the series 3-1. With the repeat, the Whales are five-time conference champs (2000, 09, 24, 41, 42). SS Andras Kertesz was series MVP, going 7-21 with two homers and five RBI.

06-18-2026, 07:13 PM	#2909
FuzzyRussianHat Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2020 Posts: 3,627	2042 ALB Eastern Conference Last year, Kuwait won the Eastern Conference title as a wild card. In 2042, they set a franchise-best for the top seed at 106-56. The Whales led Arab League Baseball with 913 runs and had the conference’s best differential at +224. Kuwait’s 51-19 tear after the all-star break was the best in ALB for their third playoff trip in four years. Despite that, it was their first Mesopotamia Division title since 2009. Defending division champ Basra was tied for the EC’s best record at the break at 60-32, but finished 96-66 with a middling back-end. They ended the regular season on a seven-game winning streak and still got a wild card, earning their ninth playoff trip in a decade. The Bulldogs allowed the conference’s fewest runs at 594. Basra’s pitching also set conference bests for walks allowed (249) and BB/9 (1.54). It was a dead-even fight for the Gulf Division between Abu Dhabi and Doha. The Dash lost their final four games, while allowed the Destroyers to take first at 97-65 while Doha ended 96-66. Abu Dhabi ended a 13-year playoff drought and hadn’t even been above .500 since that 2028 berth. The Dash are on a 13-year playoff streak, one short of Jeddah’s record from 2011-24. Bahrain was a competitive third in the division at 90-72, but six behind Doha and Basra for the wild cards. The Arabia Division saw an intense three-team battle. Riyadh was tied for the top seed at the break at 60-32, but struggled to 32-39 after that. Jeddah went 8-2 in their last ten while Mecca was 3-7. The Jackals also hosted and swept the Rats in the final three game series of the season. Aden, who shocked the field with a wild card last year as a debuting expansion team, fell off a cliff in 2042 at 58-104. The Rats earlier cushion allowed them to tie for first at 91-71 with the Jackals, while the Marksmen were one behind at 90-72. Riyadh hosted the one-game tiebreaker and pulled off a tight 3-2 victory to avoid the full collapse, earning a third consecutive division title. Jeddah DH Saleh Msheleh won the Western Conference MVP with 21 first place votes and 420 points. Kuwait DH Tarak Kraouche was a close second with 14 first place votes and 370 points. Kraouche led in both home runs (78) and RBI (162) with both stats ranking as the sixth-best single-season in ALB history. The winner Msheleh was the leader in WAR (8.6) and total bases (436). The 35-year old Qatari righty had 216 hits, 121 runs, 52 doubles, 54 homers, 130 RBI, .355/.403/.717 slash, and 192 wRC+. The veteran won his sixth Silver Slugger in his Jackals debuting, having signed a three-year, $70,200,000 free agent deal. Msheleh had previous runs with Kuwait, Mecca, and Muscat. Basra’s Hamid Hovakimian took Pitcher of the Year with 23 first place votes and 209 points, while his teammate Yaseen Al-Wajihuddin had 12 first place votes and 170 points. Al-Wajihuddin was the leader in WAR (8.9) and strikeouts (317), but had a 3.24 ERA. Hovakimian won the ERA title firmly at 2.38. In his eighth season with Basra, the 35-year old Lebanese lefty had a 19-4 record, 234.2 innings, 195 strikeouts, 178 ERA+, 80 FIP-, and 5.7 WAR. Hovakimian has two more years left under contract for the Bulldogs. Doha and Basra tied for the wild cards and split their six regular season meetings, but the Bulldogs had the higher seed via differential (+143 to +122). This critically meant they hosted the wild card round and needed one win to advance, while the Dash had to win twice. Doha dominated the first game 8-1, but Basra survived 3-2 in 11 innings the next night. Despite their 13-year playoff streak, the Dash have gone nine consecutive years without a pennant. Basra had no luck against their divisional rival and top seed Kuwait with 4-0 and 9-3 Whales wins in the second round. Game one notably had a two-hitter from Sergio Zuniga. On the other side, Riyadh used Janusz Garbacik’s two-run homer in the top of the ninth to take their opener 3-2 at Abu Dhabi. The Destroyers countered 10-6 in game two, but the Rats took game three on the road 8-5 to advance. This set up a rematch in the Eastern Conference Final, as Kuwait bested Riyadh the prior year. The Rats were making their third straight trip with a 2040 pennant against Doha. Riyadh got a road 2-1 win to open, but Kuwait countered 8-2 the next night. The Whales took game three on the road 5-2. Game four ended up a marathon session, lasting 18 innings and nearly seven hours on a hot 91 degree afternoon in Saudi Arabia. After no scoring for all of extras, Kuwait finally broke through with a Edouard Correia RBI double in the 18^th to take the game 3-2 and the series 3-1. With the repeat, the Whales are five-time conference champs (2000, 09, 24, 41, 42). SS Andras Kertesz was series MVP, going 7-21 with two homers and five RBI. __________________ 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)