Today in the CBO
News and Notes - Reports from around the Commonwealth
by Nat Wright-Kawolski
23 March 2299 - Atom's Stabb Returns, Requires Changes
The Atom Cats' Shane Stabb has returned to the team with a condition before he agreed to play again: drop the Atom-centric nicknames.
With only two players still in the Cats' organization from the original "Nifty Five," Stabb has said the weight of carrying a nickname does not help him to focus on the game.
Citing himself and Greg "Jets" Walsh as having nicknames affecting their effectiveness, Stabb asked that the names "Bee's Knees" and "Jets" get dropped. One other player, Jeff "Baywatch" Fischler, who got the nickname after saving a near-drowner, have all agreed that their nicknames will not be used for official game names.
Stabb started losing playing time last season to then-rookie Guru Bean, prompting him to become increasingly unhappy on a team that had trouble winning ball games.
23 March 2299 - Oberland Gets Stadium Update
While it is not ready for play in 2299, Oberland's own stadium will be ready by the start of the 2300 season.
"We're looking to break in the stadium by defending our championship there next year," T-51s manager Y4-25 Godlike said. "We would have loved to play there sometime this season, but we can be patient."
The T-51s will begin their fourth season in existence playing at Graygarden across the Charles River.
"It's not that far away, but it is far enough," Godlike said. "Once we cleared out the area next to the river and built up the levee there, then we knew we could have a stadium of our own."
Contractors said that the latest maximum date of completion would be April 1, 2300.
23 March 2299 - Concord to Hold Literary Festival to Coincide with Home Opener
The Concord Radstags will play regular season home games to open the 2299 season against The Slog Ghouls and the Easy Town Assaultrons on March 4-7.
At the same time, the city of Concord will hold its first Literary Festival to honor great writers in Concord history. While those writers had been long dead and forgotten, recent discoveries in pre-War books have made the historical Concord writers popular again. The main writers include Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Louisa May Alcott, and Henry David Thoreau.
"We have a rich history here," Concord mayor Sturges Freeman said. "Not only have we recently restored the Museum of Freedom to honor the American Revolution, but we have devoted an entire wing to the great writers of Boston and its surrounding areas. Knowing we had some of the world's greatest writers right here makes sense that Concord is the world's 'biggest little place in America.'"
Concord's town square will feature banners of the famous writers, as well as special reenactments of some of their famous works. Visiting fans will be encouraged to view the baseball games and stay for the entirety of the festival.
"We're building buildings every day," Freeman said, "but we're not always building culture. Let's hope a festival like this will convince people not only to visit but to stay."