BNN Weekly Report
This Week in the CBO
by Nat Wright-Kawolski
3 April 2300
Baseball News Network Buys Out Publick Occurrences
A staple of Diamond City for more than years than I can remember, started by my darling older sister and owner of the BosCom and the Baseball News Network, the Publick Occurrences daily paper is now going digital. Starting today, we are a part of BosCom and will move to a weekly digest format.
What won't change is the best coverage of happenings in the Commonwealth when it comes to baseball. What will change is that the daily scores will be posted but features are covered in a weekly "digest" format where we report what happened around the league, analyze the performances of individuals and teams, and look ahead to what's coming.
Our readers thought the stories were becoming tiresome, as though there were 5 or 6 different preconceived stories with different players and numbers plugged in, and we tend to agree. Therefore, we're moving away from those stale stories to brand new content we hope your the viewers will love.
Also, join me on Monday nights at 7 PM on BosCom Channel 3, the BNN, for weekly analysis from my point of view. We'll have weekly guests, a brand new highlights show, and hear from players around the league. We're looking forward to 2300 being the most exciting baseball year yet.
Feature: Pam's Picks
Opening day is here, and it's time for the illustrious assaultron, P.A.M., has made her picks. Based on her selections shown below, PAM has picked the Nordhagen Beach Party Boys to defeat the Vault 81 Dwellers for the Sole Survivor Series.
Based on her predictions, the following teams will be in the playoffs:
North Charles Association
1. Nordhagen Beach
2. Fort Hagen
3. Starlight
4. The Slog
5. Abernathy
South Charles Association
1. Vault 81
2. Goodneighbor
3. Quincy
4. Jamaica Plain
5. Diamond City (tiebreaker over FHE)
Roxbury is again predicted to have the top pick in the draft.
Starlight's Zeldolph Violet and Tom Jones of University Point are expected to be the Nuka-Hitter Award winners. The Vim! Pitcher Award picks are Tommy Beach of Nordhagen Beach and Jamaica Plain's Chris Teddybear.
Feature: Top Prospects
BNN has posted its Top 100 Prospects list for 2300. The full list is below, but let's take a look at the Top 10 overall, with Roxbury leading with four players:
1) 3B Deerlord Fugivmee, 21, Roxbury Rad Sox - Will make his premier on opening day with the expectation that he starts at 3B and bats leadoff for the Rad Sox. He will then literally be the first batter in the Rad Sox history.
2) CF Maxx Murtagh, 23, Nordhagen Beach Party Boys - He's probably not happy about it, but Murtagh will be starting the season with Greentop Nursery as he waits his turn in a loaded Party Boys outfield. He'll start in CF and bat 2nd for the Night People.
3) 1B Lannie Tykeson, 22, Easy Town Assaultrons - An exciting two-way player, the Assautlrons are going to let Tykeson concentrate on his big bat early in the season, leaving him off the starting rotation. He was a late-season call-up in 2299 but never pitched, starting five games at 1B. He is expected to bat third in the order.
4) RHP Eugene Gym, 21, Roxbury Rad Sox - A huge talent and one of three potential aces on the Forest Grove roster, Gym needs to get his pitches up to their potential before he will find success. Still, Roxbury has to like what they have in him.
5) RHP Mike Rubric, 22, Abernathy Adamantium - While he is expected to one day be the Adamantium ace, they have designated him for the bullpen on the CBO club. Should some of the starters falter or get injured, he could work his way permanently into the rotation.
6) RHP Nuke Laloosh, 19, Roxbury Rad Sox - The #1 overall pick this offseason, Laloosh is considered a future ace. Roxbury will be watching how he does in his first season with the Pugilists.
7) 1B Ajani Peacock, 20, County Crossing Bloodbugs - Peacock looked so good in his one year in Malden that the Bloodbugs have called him to the CBO team. Peacock was penciled in to bat leadoff as a first baseman, a rare position to find a player in.
8) SS Tib Shorthop, 20, Finch Farm Four Leafs - Shorthop was a late-season callup for the Four Leafs but struggled in his 16 games played as a true rookie. He is already a top defensive shortstop, but he's going to have to learn how to put the bat on the ball better before he is truly ready to be an everyday player.
9) RF Base McAndrews, 25, Finch Farm Four Leafs - McAndrews believes he has worked his way into a CBO role, but Finch Farm currently disagrees, sending him to Galleria for the season. There he will man RF and bat leadoff.
10) LHP Whokill Poole, 20, Roxbury Rad Sox - A free agent signing that has shown a lot of promise, Poole may find the numbers working against him in his bid to make the Roxbury roster with Gym and Laloosh ahead of him.
The Schedule
Opening day features cross-divisional matchups with a few to keep an eye on. All we know is that baseball has begun, and we are just as excited as you are!
The defending champions, the Diamond City Swatters, host the SCA's expected top pitcher in Chris Teddybear and the Jamaica Plain Red Rockets. The team expected to win it all in 2300, the Nordhagen Beach Party Boys, get a tough road matchup against the 2300 Nuka Cup Tournament champions, the Abernathy Adamantium. The new-look Oberland T-51s face Tom Jones and the University Point Deathclaws. Starlight and Zeldoph Violet host Easy Town, looking to turn around their poor 2299 season. Finally, a 2299 playoff matchup commences when Goodneighbor travels to Vault 81 to take on the Dwellers.
One note - The Warwick at Roxbury game has been postponed until tomorrow due to multiple radstorms in the Roxbury area. Games 1 and 2 will be part of a doubleheader tomorrow for the teams, with Game 1 featuring the Mirlurks' Jerry Weisman facing off against the Rad Sox's Beachboy But.
Other Day 1 matchups and starting pitchers are listed below.
