Today in the CBO
News and Notes - Reports from around the Commonwealth
by Nat Wright-Kawolski
1 December 2298 - Egret's Foghorn to Attend Political Conference
Egret backup second baseman Jason Foghorn has announced to the CBO world that he is seeking a political career in his post-baseball days. In a political conference to be held at the Massachusetts State House, the 24-year-old Foghorn is the representative of the Young Politicians Movement, a group dedicated to training the younger generation for centralized government laws.
Foghorn is a special guest because part of the conference is focused on centralizing government among different areas of the former New England Commonwealth, and CBO commissioner Nate Howard will be one of the keynote speakers at the conference to be held December 7-11. Foghorn is the only CBO player known to be attending the event in an official capacity.
According to Foghorn, "We can't, I say, we can't be complacent with the currents. I mean, I say, I mean, we must seek change. It's like, I say, it's like a nudist on an iceberg: cold."
While Foghorn speaks like a true politician already, he will be learning from several different philosophies of politics to see what, if anything, can be done. According to one unnamed source, Howard has scheduled visits to an area in the southern region of the former United States that has a practicing centralized government. He also may seek out an expanding centralized government in the western region of the former United States.
The unnamed source also mentioned the proposed name of a new government as the United Commonwealth. There are representatives coming from other regions of the former New England Commonwealth--those are comprised of the former states Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. There is a possibility that the delegates would settle on the name New England Commonwealth if it fits their system.
Right now, there are only pockets of civilization outside the Boston area, and the current infrastructure makes travel to different areas both difficult and dangerous. Delegates from neighboring states are arriving to the conference via Brotherhood vertibirds to avoid wasteland creatures and raiding parties.
3 December 2298 - Synths Minor League Reliever to Be Suspended
The Union Hope Lifegivers announced today that reliever Josh Warner would be suspended for the first 10 games of the 2299 season after he criticized the coaching staff in public.
Frustrated with his role as a second-year player, Warner called Lifegivers pitching coach Jesse Silverbullet a "hack who couldn't throw a pitch if a deathclaw was chasing him" in a local media interview.
Union Hope manager Greg Tannenbaum consulted with Lexington GM Jason Saum and decided a suspension would help shut Warner up.
"He's frustrated, I understand that," Tannenbaum said, "but he has to learn to work harder on his arm than his mouth. Then he might actually get some playing time."
Warner pitched in five games in relief in 2298, throwing a total of 9.1 innings. He was 1-0 with a 3.86 ERA.