Today in the CBO
News and Notes - Reports from around the Commonwealth
by Nat Wright-Kowalski
24 June 2296 – Nakano Path to Jamaica Plain
Though I have not been on the same path across the Commonwealth, I was able to catch up with Kasumi Nakano over the ESAU, which has proven to be a useful tool in our daily baseball access, as well as getting news from across most of the civilized areas of the Commonwealth.
I will now break down the information that she shared with me through an approximate timeline. I was able to verify some dates, but some others are best guesses.
16 April – John-Caleb Bradberton began his tour of the Commonwealth and the CBO. His first stop was to Fairline Hill Estates where Commissioner Nate Howard joined him. The fanfare of the even caused most of the town to be distracted, which led to . . .
17 April – Fairline Hill Estates’ pitcher Crick Dubya was attacked by the Toddlers gang that originally operated out of Easy City Downs. Because of the attack, Howard, who was on his way to Diamond City with Bradberton, was forced to return and lead the manhunt for Baby Aorta and his gang.
26 April – After arriving in Salem, Nuka-Cola officially partnered with the CBO and made a large caps donation to the league. CBO Artist Erin Reische unveiled three uniform sets—one red Nuka Cherry uniform, one purple Nuka Grape uniform, a home and away for a team called the Breakheart Banks Wasteland Whisperers, and a home and away for a team called the Greentop Nursery Red Rockets.
26 April – Nakano met with Bradberton, Reische, and Bradberton’s wife Sierra Petrovita about the intentions behind those uniforms, with especial interest in the Red Rockets uniforms. Reische informed Nakano about the plans for a minor league system and the two local teams were meant to represent Salem’s team and the Nordhagen Beach Party Boys’ team, which is sponsored by Nakano through the 2296 season.
27 April – Either the next day or two days later, Nakano met with team officials for Nordhagen Beach, including Emogene Cabot before returning to Nordhagen Beach. Nakano wanted to discuss the possibility of changing the Nordhagen Beach Party Boys to the Nordhagen Beach Red Rockets and allowing Greentop Nursery to take the Party Boys name. Cabot declined the offer and reminded Nakano that Cabot was the owner.
29 April – Either the next day or two days later, Nakano did not travel back to Nordhagen Beach with the team. Instead, she met with Salem owner Barney Rook. Rook, who is elderly, said that he was interested in selling the team under the right circumstances, but Salem townspeople and Witch Hats players in attendance also expressed a pride in the Witch Hats name as being the symbol of Salem. Nakano left the meeting understanding that she could purchase the team, rename the stadium, and put her logo on the stadium as much as she wanted, but she would not be allowed to change the team name and that would be a part of the purchase agreement. She did not want that option.
1 May – Nakano arrived in Fairline Hill Estates to meet with Nate Howard. She expressed interest in purchasing that team and let Howard know that she planned to change any team she buys to the Red Rockets because she wanted to use those uniforms. Howard said that he understood and would help her. Nakano mentioned that her first choice would be to sponsor a team that would change its name. Howard said that Yao Guai owner Eleanor Scarface would be interested in selling the team outright but there was already some interest in someone purchasing Fairline Hill Estates. That meant he would let Nakano know if that deal fell through.
2 May – Bradberton arrived in Jamaica Plain with a robot’s body. He left with seemingly little concern about the Treasures baseball team. Jamaica Plain owner Lucas Miller was not present, supposedly on a “business trip.” Apparently the Nuka-Cola empire was not prestigious enough. Miller’s son-in-law, Murray Manhole, attended the game in Miller’s stead.
9 May – Bradberton announced that he would sponsor the Concord Radstags of the Institute League. The sponsorship meant that the stadium immediately changed its name from Nate Howard Honorary Park to Nuka Park and renovations began to “turn the stadium red.”
20 May – The unnamed buyer for Fairline Hill Estates turned out to be my sister, Piper Wright, who I swear never told me about it beforehand. While negotiating the upgrade to BosCom and making a television network, including the ability to televise CBO games, Wright made a deal to sponsor the Yao Guai and take over ownership of the team in either 2297 or 2298. As of now, the team name is not changing, only the ownership.
22 May – Nakano attended a Jamaica Plain game, again without Miller present, but Manhole there to meet with her. Nakano did not comment at the time, but she was in negotiations with Jamaica Plain.
25 May – Nakano and Miller met. Miller agreed to sell the Jamaica Plain Treasures to Nakano with full rights to the stadium and team.
17 June – The CBO announced a minor-league system that will include a single team per franchise, which will replace the current reserve roster rule. Also, the CBO announced its entire pool of sponsors, which will add ArcJet Systems, Curie, Inc., and Slocum’s Joe. Finally, it officially announced that Fairline Hill Estates and Jamaica Plain had been purchased, with the Yao Guai immediately gaining sponsorship from BosCom on May 20 and the Nakano deal beginning that the end of the last day of the season for 2296.
24 June – In conjunction with this story, Nakano has announced that the Jamaica Plain Treasures will be known as the Jamaica Plain Red Rockets for the 2297 season. Also, there will be a minor league with teams in and around Downtown Boston, which will be for Minutemen League teams. The Jamaica Plain minor team will be outside Haymarket Mall and will be known as the Commandos.