Today in the CBO
News and Notes - Reports from around the Commonwealth
by Nat Wright-Kawolski
12 January 2300
Lexington City Secures Bus
Lexington mayor Bethany Pureheart announced today that the city of Lexington would be awarded a bus as the sponsor of the Corvega Assembly Plant. With that bus, Pureheart said that the bus would mostly serve as a transport to different parts of Lexington but would also have a CBO connection. When the Lexington Synths have road games, the bus would transport fans to the visiting stadium.
"We're going to be doing something unique," Pureheart said. "We were the first to produce CBO merchandise. Now we're going to be the first to send fans to opposing cities with a chance to root our team on."
The new lines of buses, called the Corvega Dalmatian after a pre-War breed of dog known for its quickness and spotted fur. The buses will feature those spots, as well as run advertisements to help fund the costs of charging the buses' power cores. Corvega Dalmatian buses can hold 50 passengers.
Currently, Corvega has completed 36 buses with the first 24 promised to the Boston Youth Development League. With Lexington receiving a bus, there are now 25 accounted for. Corvega said that they hoped to complete 50 buses by the end of the calendar year. That could mean other settlements receive the same service as Lexington.
15 January 2300
FHE's Faulhaber Has Practice Tantrum
FHE Yao Guai reliever Gabe Faulhaber had a meltdown at practice when told to pitch better. FHE pitching coach Dan Bushman was unhappy with the fifth-year pitcher's efforts during practice, prompting Bushman to call Faulhaber out. Faulhaber responded by launching expletives at his coach and throwing a water cooler onto the practice field.
"We had an incident with Gabe today," Yao Guai manager Travis Lawver said. "He will be sitting for awhile and we'll probably suspend him to start the season. That was uncalled for."
Lawver said that Faulhaber had improved since he was sent to the Yao Guai in a trade with Oberland, but they still expected his CBO numbers to improve significantly to stay with the CBO club. Lawver also expressed that Faulhaber showed a lack of maturity by reacting to his pitching coach's words the way he did.
"He has to take criticism and build on it," Lawver said, "not blow up like an atom bomb."
17 January 2299
County Crossing-Atom Trade: Rickashaw for Tarberry
The Bloodbugs have reached a deal with Atom, sending 35-year-old RHP Jeff Rickashaw, 27-year-old minor league LF Rodolfo Saldivar and a 4th round draft pick to the Cats in exchange for 25-year-old CF Ed Tarberry and 23-year-old minor league LF Nar Salem. Reports had been hinting at a deal in recent days, but weren't confirmed until this afternoon.
Lifetime Rickashaw has registered a 14-22 record with a 5.41 ERA.
Tarberry has put up a career batting average of .330 with 224 hits, 6 homers and 64 RBIs. He was surpassed on the depth chart in 2299 by Earthbound Bussey.