Today in the CBO
News and Notes - Reports from around the Commonwealth
by Nat Wright-Kawolski
4 April 2299 - CBO News: Opening Day
The analysts have made their predictions -- now it's time for the clubs themselves to have their say. Opening Day of the new baseball season has arrived at last as the Commonwealth Baseball Organization begins its 2299 campaign. The schedule calls for these games on the first day of action:
County Crossing Bloodbugs @ Sunshine Tidings Chemists
Atom Cats @ Vault 81 Dwellers
Goodneighbor Hancocks @ Diamond City Swatters
Jamaica Plain Red Rockets @ Roxbury Knuckle Punchers
Quincy Gunners @ FHE Yao Guai
University Point Deathclaws @ Oberland T-51s
Warwick Mirelurks @ Egret Ninjas
Easy Town Assaultrons @ Abernathy Adamantium
Finch Farm Four Leafs @ Starlight Lady Killers
Nordhagen Beach Party Boys @ Fort Hagen Silver Shroud
Salem Witch Hats @ Lexington Synths
The Slog Ghouls @ Concord Radstags
4 April 2299 - Howard Introduces CBO History Policies
CBO Commissioner Nate Howard announced today that the "official" start to the CBO and BMU will be considered 2298 when the four faction leagues merged into one league.
According to Howard, "We programmed our BNN system to count the statistics, records, etc. on a league designation. Therefore, for the sake of not having to hack our programming, we will consider only the beginning of the 2298 season for generating statistics, league records, service time, and any other factors that must be considered for the official CBO's start."
Statistics from 2296 and 2297 will still be kept on player cards, but those are separate statistics since the leagues were their own unique entities except for the postseason. CBO-based stats will be counted as the official stats, while the BL/IL/ML/RL stats will be considered for heavy lifting in overall career accomplishments.
(StLee's Note: If I had to do it all again, the leagues would have been merged from the start! Anyway, I am annoyed every time that there is a trade that I have to completely edit the story to reflect "2298" versus "career," so this story solves that BNN-generated story problem.)
4 April 2299 - BNN Top 100 Prospects List Published
The season is about to start, so it's time to publish the annual BNN Top 100 Prospects list. This year 21-year-old C Ayag Mour of the Jamaica Plain Red Rockets is the #1 prospect overall.
Here is the top 10:
1) C Ayag Mour, 21, Jamaica Plain Red Rockets (2296 Rookie Draft #26 overall)
2) SS Nick Maris, 21, Starlight Lady Killers (2296 Inaugural Draft, UDFA)
3) 2B Harry Byrd, 20, Vault 81 Dwellers (2297 RD, #24)
4) 1B Lannie Tykeson, 21, Easy Town Assaultrons (2296 RD, #107)
5) RHP Digger Vadim, 20, Jamaica Plain Red Rockets (2297 RD, #2)
6) 1B Oren Gep, 21, Diamond City Swatters (2297 RD, #1)
7) RHP Eugene Gym, 20, Roxbury Knuckle Punchers (2298 RD, #1)
8) LHP Ugio Church, 21, Salem Witch Hats (2297 RD, #12)
9) LHP Whokill Poole, 19, Roxbury Knuckle Punchers (2296 RD, UDFA)
10) 2B Chris Connexx, 18, Roxbury Knuckle Punchers (2296 RD, UDFA)
In the next story, we will take a look at rookies on team rosters in 2299. Below is the Top 100 Prospects List.