BNN Weekly Report
This Week in the CBO, BMU, and BYDL
by Nat Wright-Kawolski
9 July 2300
News from Around the Leagues
2 July Headlines - Danse Wins HR Challenge; Boston Common Wins BYDL
3 July Headlines - NCA Defeats SCA 4-3, DC's Warwick Named MVP
4 July Headlines - Commonwealth Celebrates Red, White, and Blue Day; Haymarket Mall's Morgen Shuts Out Rayguns; Thompson Heights' Can Canned; Circle Jerks No Longer Need Winegarden's Services; Egret's Thinker Brown Shipped to NWL's Quartz
5 July Headlines - Party Boys' Beach Healing Slowly
6 July Headlines - Forest Grove Loses Pipkins for Season; Oldtimer of Snipers Gets 5 Hits; Postal Square's Sewers Hits in 25 Straight
8 July Headlines - Hancocks' Pageturner Stonewall Quincy, 4-0
Series Results
CBO:
Abernathy 3 at Lexington 0
Concord 0 at Fort Hagen 3
County Crossing 2 at Finch Farm 1
Easy Town 1 at Nordhagen Beach 2
Salem 2 at The Slog 1
Sunshine Tidings 2 at Starlight 1
Atom 0 at Jamaica Plain 3
Diamond City 2 at Vault 81 1
Roxbury 2 at Egret 1
Oberland 1 at FHE 2
Goodneighbor 2 at Oberland 1
University Point 1 at Warwick 2
Featured Series:
Fri 6 July - Concord 1 at Fort Hagen 3
In the Institute League's battle for first place, the Silver Shroud won the first of three pitcher's duels. Mike Carrette (8-6, 3.24) outpitched the Radstags' Emperry Alizm (2-1, 3.63) for the victory. Ben Pawlak hit his 17th homer of the season.
Sat 7 July - Concord 1 at Fort Hagen 2
Both starting pitchers pitched only 5 innings in the radstorm-delayed game. Matt Hope (9-4, 3.25) picked up the win, allowing one unearned run in five innings. Chris Radsco (9-5, 3.65) allowed two unearned runs to lose. The Radstags were held to three hits by four Shroud pitchers.
Sun 8 July - Concord 1 at Fort Hagen 2
Derek Green (11-2, 2.65) dominated the Stags, allowing just one run on four hits in 8.0 innings. Phil Cecil (4-6, 4.61) pitched well but not well enough for the Radstags. Morals had two hits and two RBI.
BMU:
Boston Common 2 at Postal Square 2
Malden 3 at Breakheart Banks 1
Bunker Hill 1 at Union Hope 2
Corvega 1 at CIT Ruins 3
Haymarket Mall 1 at Cabot House 3
Trinity 4 at Charles View 0
College Square 2 at Mystic Pines 2
Somerville Place 3 at Eastlake 1
Natick Banks 3 at Fiddler's Green 1
Vault 95 1 at Forest Grove 3
Galleria 2 at Greentop Nursery 2
Outpost Zimonja 1 at Taffington Boathouse 3
Players of the Week
NCA: 1B Antonio Toeclaw, Salem, 7/12, 2 HR, 5 RBI
SCA: 1B Cody Flatt, Jamaica Plain, 7/9, HR, 4 RBI, 3 R
CA: 1B Ken Shinn, CIT Ruins, 8/15, 2 HR, 3 RBI
MA: 1B Mike Pushard, Trinity Plaza, 7/12, 2 HR, 7 RBI
Transactions
Monday, July 9th, 2300
Roxbury Rad Sox: Released RP Ross Flamenco.
Roxbury Rad Sox: Released RP Josh Reliford.
Sunday, July 8th, 2300
Vault 81 Dwellers: Placed 2B Harry Byrd on the 7-day injured list, retroactive to 07/07/2300.
Roxbury Rad Sox: Released RP Jim Hipp.
Vault 81 Dwellers: Signed 2B Lockjaw Te.
Saturday, July 7th, 2300
Nordhagen Beach Party Boys: SP Matt Ranger returns from his rehab assignment.
Vault 81 Dwellers: Activated CL Danny Rocketman from the injured list.
Thursday, July 5th, 2300
Starlight Lady Killers: RF David Seaweed returns from his rehab assignment.
County Crossing Bloodbugs: Activated CF Ed Tarberry from the injured list.
County Crossing Bloodbugs: Sent CF Ed Tarberry to Triple A Malden for injury rehab.
Warwick Mirelurks: Activated C Canbed McMurtry from the injured list.
Warwick Mirelurks: Sent C Canbed McMurtry to Triple A Charles View for injury rehab.
The Atom Cats traded 23-year-old reliever Gus Valdez to the The Slog Ghouls, getting 34-year-old minor league second baseman Chris Shleedoodle in return.
Wednesday, July 4th, 2300
The Grape Painted Ghouls traded 19-year-old reliever Iwas Costa to the Diamond City Swatters, getting 22-year-old minor league starting pitcher Scrambled Legs in return.
The Egret Ninjas traded 27-year-old minor league right fielder Thinker Brown to the Quartz Star Force, getting 21-year-old minor league starting pitcher Lotto Payne in return.
Tuesday, July 3rd, 2300
Lexington Synths: CL Rafe Sauce returns from his rehab assignment.
FHE Yao Guai: CL W. H. Lub returns from his rehab assignment.
Standings
Team Power Rankings
Analysis
Fort Hagen leapfrogged to the #1 spot, pushing Goodneighbor and Nordhagne Beach down a spot. FHE and Jamaica Plain also jumped into the Top 5.
The Silver Shroud definitely had the best weekend this All-Star week, sweeping their league rivals, the Concord Radstags (#9) to extend their lead to five games with 40 to play. Fort Hagen held the Stags to just three runs in a pitcher-dominated weekend.
Goodneighbor (#2) also played their league's #2 team, beating the Quincy Gunners (#11) 2 out of 3 to move out to a 7-game lead in the Minutemen League.
The Party Boys (#3) barely missed out on sweeping Easy Town (#10) in yet another of 1vs2 in this Brotherhood League matchup. Nordhagen Beach now has a five-game lead over the Assaultrons and are tied with Fort Hagen for the NCA's top record.
Like Nordhagen Beach, the Yao Guai (#4) just missed out on sweeping Oberland (#14), dropping the third game by a run. FHE is now just two games back of Vault 81 (#6) in the Railroad League race.
Jamaica Plain (#5) used a sweep of Atom (#22) to jump into a 4-way tie for the 3-5 seeds in the SCA playoffs with Quincy, FHE, and Diamond City (#8).