Today in the CBO
News and Notes - Reports from around the Commonwealth
by Nat Wright-Kawolski
17 October 2299
North Charles Association Top Player Is Violet
The future looks extremely bright for Zeldolph Violet. At the age of 22, many players are still trying to find their way in Commonwealth Baseball Organization.
Violet has not only found his way, he's already established himself as one of the game's brightest stars, today being named the winner of the North Charles Association Nuka-Hitter Award.
"I didn't expect to hit .353 this year, that's for sure," the first baseman said.
The Starlight Lady Killers star also put up a .439 on-base percentage this year, with 143 hits, 38 doubles, 1 triple, 24 home runs, 84 RBIs and 82 runs scored.
He received 1 first place votes, as a unanimous winner. Ryan Combs of the Nordhagen Beach Party Boys finished second in voting, while Well Done Dungan of the Fort Hagen Silver Shroud finished third.
Player - Team - First Place - Total Points
Zeldolph Violet - Starlight Lady Killers - 1 - 14
Ryan Combs - Nordhagen Beach Party Boys - 0 - 9
Well Done Dungan - Fort Hagen Silver Shroud - 0 - 8
Jim Tiller - Fort Hagen Silver Shroud - 0 - 7
Millioncap Go - The Slog Ghouls - 0 - 6
Brightsun Ramos - Sunshine Tidings Chemists - 0 - 5
C.T. Woodard - The Slog Ghouls - 0 - 4
Dan Erb - Concord Radstags - 0 - 3
Glenn Higinbotham - Starlight Lady Killers - 0 - 2
Michael Fogcrawler - Nordhagen Beach Party Boys - 0 - 1
Great Year Gets Assman SCA Nuka-Hitter Award
At the age of 21, Bryan Assman of the Goodneighbor Hancocks could very well have his best years ahead of him.
It's a startling thought when you consider the year he had in 2299 was good enough to win the first baseman the South Charles Association Nuka-Hitter Award.
"See the ball, hit the ball," he said. "That's my basic approach."
The top hitter put up a .365 batting average this year, as well as a .467 on-base percentage. He played 108 games and racked up 148 hits, 33 doubles, 1 triple, 39 home runs, 125 RBIs and 105 runs scored.
He received 1 first place votes, as a unanimous winner. Allen Bishop of the Diamond City Swatters finished second in voting, while Paladin Danse of the Egret Ninjas finished third.
Player - Team - First Place - Total Points
Bryan Assman - Goodneighbor Hancocks - 1 - 14
Allen Bishop - Diamond City Swatters - 0 - 9
Paladin Danse - Egret Ninjas - 0 - 8
Jumper Hayes - Goodneighbor Hancocks - 0 - 7
Aesed Hayjen - Vault 81 Dwellers - 0 - 6
Ben Pettinato - Quincy Gunners - 0 - 5
Wayne Lacy - Diamond City Swatters - 0 - 4
B.J. Perez - Oberland T-51s - 0 - 3
Deer Quickwalker - Vault 81 Dwellers - 0 - 2
Good Don Duck - Goodneighbor Hancocks - 0 - 1
Oberland-Sunshine Tidings Trade: Landslide and Alone to Chemists
Sometimes a change of scenery can be a beneficial to a baseball player. That is the hope in Oberland and Sunshine Tidings as the teams came to an agreement today which sends 31-year-old RF Travis Alone and 34-year-old RHP Lennie Landslide to the Chemists and 21-year-old minor league 2B Andy Longface, 21-year-old minor league RHP Dan Redplate, 21-year-old minor league RF Matt Settler, 22-year-old minor league RHP Billy Faulkner and a 4th round draft pick to the T-51s. "Only time will tell if this is the right move for everyone," stated the Sunshine Tidings GM, Bobby Blonde.
Thus far in his career, Landslide has put up a won-loss record of 21-15. Lifetime he has an ERA of 5.23, struck out 195 batters and held opposing teams to a .285 batting average.
Wolf Moves from Perpetual 6th-Place Team to Perpetual 6th-Place Team
When the County Crossing Bloodbugs decided to make a move at GM, one would think they wanted to make a splash with an up-and-coming prospect. Instead, they went with a retread when they hired former Roxbury GM Kyle Wolf.
Wolf was the GM the last three years for the Knuckle Punchers. In those three years, Roxbury was 30-30, 29-79. and 39-69, finishing at the bottom of the Railroad League the past two seasons.
County Crossing has been even less successful, finishing in 6th place of the Brotherhood League all four years of their existence. They finished with a franchise worst .361 winning percentage in 2299 with a 39-69 mark, 31 games back of 1st-place Nordhagen Beach.
While the Bloodbugs do have some talent, most notably catcher Biter trout, the rest of the lineup is at the bottom in talent. RF Mushy Levy led the team in home runs with 13. As a team, the Bugs hit only 58. As a comparison, CBO leader Bryan Assman of Goodneighbor hit 39.
"It's simple," Wolf said in his introductory press conference, "my job is to bring in more talent, people who can play ball and help this team win games. We also need to do a good job with Malden (the BMU affiliate) to develop the talent we have.
While there is some talent in Malden, that team also finished last in the Commonwealth Association's Dark Hollow Pond League. There are only eight players who are predicted to have CBO potential on the team, so it may be Wolf's job to have an impressive draft next month in a talented class and maybe even consider moving some players to improve the CBO squad in the short term. County Crossing holds the #2 overall pick with current mocks predicting them to take 2B Rabbit Forest. The Knuckle Punchers are predicted to take SP Nuke Laloosh at #1.