Today in the CBO
News and Notes - Reports from around the Commonwealth
by Nat Wright-Kowalski
20 September 2296 – Nicholson Takes Screwdriver to Gun Fight
University Point Deathclaws first baseman Jeremy Nicholson had a good year on the baseball field. He probably should be a little smarter off it.
While out drinking with friends at Gwinnett Restaurant in South Boston, Nicholson and his friends got into a verbal dispute with other patrons of the restaurant. Words were exchanged and the two groups of idiots stepped outside.
Instead of knuckle punching each other and drinking away the pain, Nicholson decided to pick up a screwdriver and threaten one of the idiots from the group of idiots. That idiot, identified as Samjohn McNasty, answered by pulling out a 10mm handgun and shooting Nicholson in the leg.
One group of idiots including McNasty ran off but were apprehended later by Minutemen patrols. The other group of idiots tended to their bleeding friend Nicholson. Nicholson was later taken to The Castle to receive emergency medical treatment. The bullet punctured his artery and he had to be kept alive through surgery.
McNasty is also at The Castle in a lockup cell. He will have his hearing sometime this week.
21 September 2296 - Personnel List Released, Minor League Announcement Next Weekend
The CBO Front Office has released a full personnel list today, with teams starting negotiations either in person in Diamond City or through the ESAU system.
Each of the 24 teams in the CBO will hire a total of 10 personnel for the 2297 season, starting today and continuing until all staffs are full. The positions hired are as follows: general manager, manager, bench coach, pitching coach, hitting coach, scouting director, team trainer/doctor, minor league manager, minor league pitching coach, and minor league hitting coach.
In addition to a full staff, the CBO office is releasing its full scouting document for teams to use while they continue to get their front offices in order. There has also been word that the CBO has expanded looking for players outside the Commonwealth, but not all will be available for scouting and analysis until after the draft. At that time, the CBO would hold a random draw of adding talent to rosters. With the addition of a minor league system, the fear is that there may not be enough talent to populate the entirety of the minor leagues. Commissioner Nate Howard has stated, though, that he would find talent somewhere, even if he had to cross the country to do it.
One bit of speculation is that there have been random leagues popping up near Bradberton and Nuka World. Should there be developing talent there, Howard would find a way to get them in the league. As of now, though, there are currently 144 draft-eligible players who registered from Commonwealth-area youth leagues and travel ball squads.
The league will unveil its entire minor league system before the start of the CBO Parade to be held on Saturday. Featured in the parade will be the CBO champions, The Slog Ghouls, who took the Sole Survivor Series over the Finch Farm Four Leafs.