Beans! Magic beans! Jelly beans! Silt beans! Pinto beans! Get your beans here! They're good for the heart! The more you eat, the more you . . .
Today in the CBO
News and Notes - Reports from around the Commonwealth
by Nat Wright-Kawolski
31 July 2299 - Bean Red-Hot, CA Player of the Week
It can be difficult for a young player to step out of the shadows and assert himself in the Commonwealth Association, but last week Wild Bean of the Bunker Hill Gun Fu reminded everyone just why he's here as he threw up numbers that made him an easy selection for Player of the Week. Bean rocked opposing pitching for a 1.000 average (6-for-6), 1 home run and 3 RBIs to come away with the award.
This season Bean is swinging the bat at a .432 pace. He has hit 1 home run and scored 10 times, while driving in 8. His on-base percentage is .500 and he has played in 38 games.
31 July 2299 - Siltbean on Fire, Named Player of the Week
At the age of 29, Jeff Siltbean might have some potential he hasn't realized yet -- if his success at the plate last week is any indication. The Fiddler's Green left fielder put up some exceptional numbers the past seven days with a .471 batting average. For his efforts Siltbean collected the Massachusetts Association Player of the Week Award.
He racked up 8 hits in 17 at-bats, 4 home runs and 14 RBIs last week in 4 games.
This season Siltbean is batting .381 with 67 RBIs, 48 runs scored and 16 home runs.
31 July 2299 - BNN Stats: Single-Season Records (Projected)
Who holds the single season record in the Boston Minor Union for batting AVG?
Steve Garbageman, ZIM, .4157, 2298
Jeff Siltbean, FGT, .3807, 2299
Kurt Kilgore, SOM, .3740, 2298
Ryan Wegott, FGT, .3646, 2299
Bill Hulk, GAG, .3524, 2298
31 July 2299 - Weekly Team Power Rankings
With all of the other excitement surrounding the Commonwealth, we have forgotten that the race to first place in the four BMU leagues is still on. Sure, the BMU is not as talent-rich as its big brother in the CBO, but the league races show that the largest league lead heading into August is three games by three league leaders: Breakheart Banks (#8, Dark Hollow Pond League), Mystic Pines (#1, Cambridge League), and Trinity Plaza (#3, Downtown Boston League). The Glowing Sea League's Eastlake (#5) is only a game up on Fiddler's Green (#4).
C.I.T. Ruins continues to look like the second-best team in the BMU, having gone 8-2 in its last 10. Unfortunately, only one team per league makes the playoffs, and that means either the Refractors or Raybathers will be sitting out in September. Greentop Nursery (#10), Haymarket Mall (#7), and Somerville Place (#6) are all very much in their respective league races.
Union Hope (#24) is the only team eliminated from the playoffs. They will make their 9th attempt at winning their 10th game of the season when they visit the General Atomics Galleria (#21) tomorrow.
Here are the current team power rankings for Boston Minor Union:
Teams (Total Points, Tendency):
1) Mystic Pines Raybathers (140.6, o)
2) C.I.T. Ruins Refractors (124.8, o)
3) Trinity Plaza Snipers (123.8, +)
4) Fiddler's Green T-60s (120.5, ++)
5) Eastlake Aquaboys (118.8, -)
6) Somerville Place Sentry Bots (118.3, ++)
7) Haymarket Mall Commandos (114.0, o)
8) Breakheart Banks Behemoths (108.3, --)
9) College Square Nerd Ragers (104.2, --)
10) Greentop Nursery Night People (98.5, ++)
11) Taffington Boathouse Spy Hunters (95.4, ++)
12) Corvega Flamers (90.6, -)
13) Cabot House Rayguns (89.6, -)
14) Forest Grove Mole Rats (88.1, -)
15) Charles View Cannibals (83.5, ++)
16) Outpost Zimonja Strongbacks (81.4, --)
17) Malden Grognaks (80.3, +)
18) Bunker Hill Gun Fu (76.5, -)
19) Natick Banks Big Leaguers (68.5, --)
20) Postal Square Action Boys (64.7, -)
21) Galleria Robotics Experts (63.0, o)
22) Boston Common Lead Bellies (51.9, o)
23) Vault 95 Robobrains (39.1, o)
24) Union Hope Lifegivers (13.5, o)
Standings and Stats