Location: Lexington
Nickname: Synths- Named after the Institute's humanoid robots, these marvels range from skeleton-like models all the way to human-like. The namesake for this team is based on Model 1 synths, which are aggressive and foolhardy. While they may make mistakes in baserunning and taking chances on defense, the Synths will never back down.
Owner: Trashcan Carla
Back Story: With the Institute HQ not far away at the CIT Ruins, Carla decided the name was as good as any. While Nate Howard was not fond of Carla copying the logo, Carla decided to personalize it by adding the initials of the team, LS, to the logo.
Stadium: Super Duper Mart Stadium - When Trashcan Carla relocated from Bunker Hill, she maintained her territory in the Cambridge area. One of the larger communities ripe for settlement was Lexington, a place formerly overrun by ghouls and raiders. With the help of Nate Howard, Trashcan Carla was able to rebuild the largest Super Duper Mart in the Commonwealth. That mart became her general goods dynasty, a great stopping point between Boston and people on their way towards anywhere northwest of the big city.
Location: Starlight Drive-In
Nickname: Lady Killers - Violence is not the only game in the Commonwealth. Sometimes charm has its place. Cait thought the term Lady Killer was perfect irony for her since she had been know for a long-time as a black widow. She figured she had the black widow perk, while the boys on her team could be lady killers, charming their way through carefulness and finesse to will their way towards victory.
Owner: Cait Irish, aka Cait, Fists O'Smashey, aka Irish Cait
Back Story: Cait was a companion of Nate's through Nate's own adventures of locating his son and cleaning up the Commonwealth. Skilled in hand-to-hand cage fighting and a major league chem user, Cait was a bad day from death. After escaping her family and then the Combat Zone, Cait was a loyal follower of Nate's. Nate helped her surgically remove her chem addiction. After things settled down, Cait decided to take control of one of Nate's favorite settlements, the Starlight Drive-In. Cait worked tirelessly to build up some manufacturing in the area and cleaned up the silver screen in anticipation of Kent Connolly's promised Unstoppables series. Though there were no major companies in the Starlight Drive-In area, Cait was able to produce a peaceful, well-liked settlement.
Stadium: Valentine Detective Agency Field - Another companion of Nate, Nick Valentine, the vaunted synth detective, left Nate's side to continue his well-respected detective agency. Operating out of Diamon City, Nick moved his headquarters from the Great Green Jewel's field to luxury apartments overlooking Hangman's Alley in Diamond City. There he continued to work cases and built up a reputation as the Commonwealth's leading private detective in finding any missing person or solving any mystery. Some called him the Mystery Machine, others Synthlock Holmes. Valentine and Cait, who became acquaintances and then friends through Nate, created a great baseball partnership at the Drive-In.
Location: Sunshine Tidings Co-op
Nickname: Chemists - Named for the chem lab "manned" by a Mister Handy called Professor Goodfeels, the Chemists played upon the tradition of the communal settlement of Sunshine Tindings Co-op.
Owner: Talia McGovern
Back Story: Nate first met Talia when she lived in a synth-killing small community, Covenant. While the leaders of the community were found in contempt by Nate and a bounty hunter named Honest Dan, Nate took a liking to some of the residents, convincing them that they were brainwashed and should reconsider. The easiest to charm was Talia, who was a skilled mechanic, but a person quite lousy at being decisive. Nate told her that she could be skilled in repairs and suggested that he needed someone to govern the Sunshine Tidings Co-op. Talia said that she guessed it would be OK but only if Nate said it would be, and that was that. She moved out west to one of the only settlements where it was OK to just be groovy and relax all day. Nate figured Talia would not have to be too decisive in that case.
Stadium: Vim! Park - When Small Bertha helped to liberate and populate Far Harbor, a faraway town in the area formerly known as Maine, she was only a girl. Regardless of how small and young she was, she ruled with an iron fist and made decisions important to the community in the Acadia region. In time and with the help of many, including Nate Howard and Nick Valentine, Small Bertha was leading several communities, sent the Trappers packing, and wiped out a legion of super mutants stationed in a luxury hotel and a soft drink factory. That soft drink factory was the local favorite drink, Vim! Realizing that the factory was only a good dusting away from being operational, Small Bertha got the place up and running. Soon, Far Harbor residents were making frequent trips to ship Vim! to Boston and the Commonwealth. Small Bertha decided to open a second factory in the Commonwealth, but there needed to be new construction since factories in the Commonwealth either could not meet her needs or were in too much disrepair. She moved an office to Downtown Boston east of Diamond City and started construction of her factory, set to open sometime around 2230. She also listened to Nate's advice to pump some caps into the Sunshine Tidings franchise since it was one of the poorer franchises in the CBO. Some were surprised Bertha did not just buy out the franchise, but Nate insisted that Bertha let McGovern run the show.