BNN Weekly Report
This Week in the CBO, BMU, and BYDL
by Nat Wright-Kawolski
16 July 2300
News from Around the Leagues
10 July Headlines - Oldsink Electric in 8-0 Goodneighbor Win; Corsica 5 for 5 Against Four Leafs; Pugilists End Sewers' Streak
11 July Headlines - Early Season End for Bloodbugs' Hale; Taffington's Webb Suspended for Verbal Assault of Ump; Adamantium Taken Out to the Jul-Shed in 6-0 Defeat; Abernathy Ships Love to Vault 81 for Rocketman
12 July Headlines - Vault 95's Kaplan Done for Season; BYDL Names Great Glove Winners; Ragers' Whitehead Bangs 5 Hits
13 July Headlines - FHE Shuts Out Sox, 2-0; Alvarado Wins NR's Best Reliever; Worlund Takes BYDL's SR Reliever Award
14 July Headlines - Man Arrested at Easy Town Field for Singing French Songs on PA System; BC's Kennedy Shut Down for Season; BYDL Names Top Hitters by Position
15 July Headlines - Shea the Man in NR Manager Award; DC's Dogg Wins SR Manager Award; Laughy Lights Up Vault 81 for 5 Hits
16 July Headlines - NCB's Williams Takes BYDL's NR Pitcher Prize; Goodpryce Best Pitcher in SR; Giving Tree to The Slog for Antlerhorn
Series Results
NCA:
Abernathy 0 at Nordhagen Beach 2
Salem 0 at Concord 2
County Crossing 0 at Lexington 2
Easy Town 2 at Fort Hagen 0
Sunshine Tidings 2 at Finch Farm 0
Starlight 2 at The Slog 0
Starlight 2 at Abernathy 1
Lexington 1 at Concord 2
County Crossing 1 at Nordhagen Beach 2
The Slog 1 at Easy Town 2
Finch Farm 1 at Salem 2
Sunshine Tidings 1 at Fort Hagen 2
SCA:
Atom 0 at FHE 2
Diamond City 0 at Jamaica Plain 2
Egret 2 at Quincy 0
Goodneighbor 2 at Oberland 0
Roxbury 0 at Warwick 2
University Point 1 at Vault 81 1
Quincy 0 at Atom 3
Egret 2 at Diamond City 1
Roxbury 0 at FHE 3
Warwick 2 at Goodneighbor 1
University Point 1 at Jamaica Plain 2
Vault 81 2 at Oberland 1
Featured Series:
Fri 13 July - Roxbury 0 at FHE 2
The Railroad League's Yao Guai continued their push for first place when Bow Rome (9-6, 4.09) pitched a complete-game six-hitter over the Rad Sox's star Beachboy Nut (10-5, 2.46).
Sat 14 July - Roxbury 1 at FHE 6
FHE held its fourth-straight opponent to one run or fewer, with Peak Sizeman (8-4, 4.39) pitching 7.1 innings of three-hit ball. Roxbury avoided the shut out with a 9th-inning Matt Ratican homer (10) off reliever Tommie Lightbulb.
Sun 15 July - Roxbury 4 at FHE 5
The Yao Guai moved into a 1st-place tie after rallying late from a 4-1 deficit. Po Greenzone's 6th homer of the season in the bottom of the 8th, a two-run blast, proved to be the game winner. Jonathan Drumlin (18 SV) pitched the 9th, sending Eugene Gym to an 0-7 record. Reliever Giving Tree pitched the last out for the Rad Sox in the 8th and then was informed after the game he was being shipped to The Slog.
BMU:
Eastlake 0 at Boston Common 3
Breakheart Banks 1 at Bunker Hill 2
Malden 2 at CIT Ruins 1
Natick Banks 1 at Cabot House 2
Somerville 1 at Charles View 2
Outpost Zimonja 1 at College Square 2
Taffington Boathouse 2 at Corvega 1
Fiddler's Green 3 at Trinity 0
Forest Grove 2 at Postal Square 1
Galleria 1 at Union Hope 2
Greentop Nursery 3 at Mystic Pines 0
Vault 95 1 at Haymarket Mall 2
Players of the Week
NCA: CF Sean Samuels, Easy Town, 12/21, HR, 5 RBI, 4 R
SCA: SS Jake Doucette, Atom, 11/22, 2 HR, 6 RBI
CA: SS Keagan Heat, Outpost Zimonja, 9/16, 3 HR, 12 RBI
MA: 1B Jeremy Nicholson, Boston Common, 4/5, 3 HR, 5 RBI
Transactions
Monday, July 16th, 2300
Jamaica Plain Red Rockets: Placed RP Aldo Sanch on the 7-day injured list, retroactive to 07/15/2300.
The The Slog Ghouls traded 22-year-old minor league starting pitcher Buckskin Antlerhorn to the Roxbury Rad Sox, getting 37-year-old reliever Giving Tree, 25-year-old minor league reliever Elijah Robinson and 23-year-old minor league reliever Eddie Okay in return.
Saturday, July 14th, 2300
Starlight Lady Killers: Placed LF Jesus Church on the 7-day injured list, retroactive to 07/13/2300.
Friday, July 13th, 2300
Roxbury Rad Sox: Released RP Nate Czajka.
Thursday, July 12th, 2300
Egret Ninjas: Activated SP Phlip Wallace from the injured list.
Egret Ninjas: Sent SP Phlip Wallace to Triple A Somerville Place for injury rehab.
Warwick Mirelurks: Signed RP Josh Reliford.
Wednesday, July 11th, 2300
County Crossing Bloodbugs: Placed RP Justin Hale on the 60-day injured list.
Lexington Synths: Placed CF Mike Pigeonfoot on the 7-day injured list, retroactive to 07/10/2300.
Warwick Mirelurks: Signed RP Jim Hipp.
Warwick Mirelurks: Signed RP Ross Flamenco.
The Abernathy Adamantium traded 23-year-old center fielder Callie Love to the Vault 81 Dwellers, getting 31-year-old closer Danny Rocketman in return.
Tuesday, July 10th, 2300
County Crossing Bloodbugs: RF Ed Tarberry returns from his rehab assignment.
Warwick Mirelurks: C Canbed McMurtry returns from his rehab assignment.
Finch Farm Four Leafs: Placed RF Caleb Cavedoor on the 7-day injured list, retroactive to 07/09/2300.
Diamond City Swatters: Activated RF Wayne Lacy from the injured list.
The County Crossing Bloodbugs traded 20-year-old third baseman Manley Nebeker to the Goodneighbor Hancocks, getting 23-year-old minor league reliever John Carpenter in return.
Standings
Team Power Rankings
Analysis
The 14th week of the season featured quite a lot of movement from the top to the bottom. With 2/3 of the season now done, the playoff spots are starting to see some haves versus have nots.
Goodneighbor (#1) returned to the top spot after dropping a spot last week. The Hancocks started the week well, outscoring Oberland (#20) 18-1 in the two-game series. However, the boys in orange dropped 2 of 3 to Warwick (#16) on the weekend. Despite the "down" week, Goodneighbor still holds a one-game lead over the Party Boys for the CBO's top record.
FHE (#2) is the hottest team in the CBO and now in a first-place tie in the Railroad League with Vault 81 (#6). The Yao Guai used dominant pitching in going 5-0, winning by scores of 2-1 and 8-1 over Atom (#21) and then completing their sweep of Roxbury (#23) in a week where they were supposed to win all five.
Nordhagen Beach (#3) remained in the third spot with a 3-2 week. They whipped up on the blue cold Adamantium (#14) with a 12-2 advantage but dropped 2 of 3 at home to their usual whipping bags, County Crossing (#19).
Fort Hagen (#4) dropped from the top spot this week after a 2-3 week. The Silver Shroud started the week by dropping two at home to Easy Town (#8). Then they won the first two against Sunshine Tidings (#22) before dropping the Sunday game.
Concord (#5) jumped four spots to claim the last spot in the Top 5. By going 4-1 on the week, the Radstags sit at three games behind the Shroud in the Institute League. Concord downed Salem (#9) in two games and then beat Lexington (#17) in the last two games of the series.
Quincy (#18) was the biggest faller, down seven spots, after going 0-5 to extend their losing streak to seven games. The Gunners dropped their two to Egret (#10) at home before losing all three at the Cat's garage.