BNN Weekly Report
This Week in the CBO, BMU, and BYDL
by Nat Wright-Kawolski
6 August 2300
News from Around the Leagues
31 July Headlines – Trade Deadline; SP Malone Out for Season; Danse Injured with Sprained Elbow; Killers' Schneier Down for 2300; Claws' Harris Hits in 25 Straight
2 August Headlines - Swatters' Via Suffers Setback
3 August Headlines - Vault 81's Hayjen Injured; Jamaica Plain Shuts Out Gunners; Harris Sees Hitting Streak End
4 August Headlines - Bishop's Season May Be Over
Series Results
NCA:
County Crossing 2 at Abernathy 0
Concord 1 at Nordhagen Beach 1
Sunshine Tidings 0 at Easy Town 2
Finch Farm 1 at Lexington 1
The Slog 1 at Fort Hagen 1
Starlight 0 at Salem 2
Abernathy 1 at Starlight 2
Concord 2 at Sunshine Tidings 1
Easy Town 3 at County Crossing 0
Salem 3 at Finch Farm 0
Fort Hagen 2 at Lexington 1
Nordhagen Beach 1 at The Slog 2
SCA:
Roxbury 0 at Atom 2
University Point 0 at Diamond City 2
Egret 1 at Goodneighbor 1
Quincy 2 at FHE 0
Oberland 0 at Jamaica Plain 2
Warwick 0 at Vault 81 2
Atom 3 at University Point 0
Diamond City 1 at Egret 2
FHE 1 at Vault 81 2
Goodneighbor 1 at Warwick 2
Jamaica Plain 1 at Quincy 2
Oberland 3 at Roxbury 0
Featured Series:
Tue 31 July – Concord 9 at Nordhagen Beach 5
With left fielder Dan Erb leading the charge, the Concord Radstags defeated the Nordhagen Beach Party Boys, 9-5, at Slocum's Joe Seaside Stadium. Erb, who is tied for 7th in the NCA in runs scored with 61, was 1 for 3 with a home run and 2 walks. He scored 2 times and drove in 2. Concord has run its win streak to 4 in a row.
The most important at-bat for Concord came in the top of the ninth inning, when right fielder Gene Leftswipe stroked a 1-2 slider to center for a run-scoring triple, putting Concord up, 6-5.
"We'd like to put some distance between ourselves and the rest of the division," said Leftswipe.
Wed 1 August - Concord 6 at Nordhagen Beach 8
Dustin Mart made an impact in the 8-6 Nordhagen Beach win over Concord. Mart, who is tied for 6th in the NCA in total bases with 181, went 2 for 4 with 2 home runs, while adding 6 RBI and scoring twice. With the win, Nordhagen Beach raised its record to 53-32.
Mart had a game-changing home run in the bottom of the eighth. On a full count fastball from Freedom Williams, he banged a 3-run home run to right, giving the Party Boys a 8-6 lead. It was the 25th home run of the year for Mart.
"It wasn't our best performance," said Mart, "but a win in this league is nothing to sniff at."
Players of the Week
NCA: LF Dan Erb, Concord, 7/15, 5 HR, 7 RBI, 9 R
SCA: LF Prof Castillo, Oberland, 12/23, HR, 5 RBI
CA: RF Chris Knickerbocker, CIT Ruins, 6/13, 2 HR, 6 RBI, 4 R
MA: LF Maltese MacGuffin, Postal Square, 8/11, HR, 4 RBI
Transactions
Tuesday, July 31st, 2300
Easy Town Assaultrons: Placed SP Quentin Malone on the 60-day injured list.
Starlight Lady Killers: Placed SP Chris Schneier on the 60-day injured list.
Egret Ninjas: Placed LF Paladin Danse on the 7-day injured list, retroactive to 07/29/2300.
Roxbury Rad Sox: Released RP Greg Ziemba.
Roxbury Rad Sox: Released RP Steve Watertank.
The Warwick Mirelurks traded 19-year-old minor league starting pitcher Wylee C. Yotay to the Egret Ninjas, getting 31-year-old minor league first baseman Fawk Fowkes in return.
Monday, August 6th, 2300
Diamond City Swatters: Activated RP Nick Via from the injured list.
Sunday, August 5th, 2300
Jamaica Plain Red Rockets: Placed SS Aaron Erickson on the 7-day injured list, retroactive to 08/04/2300.
FHE Yao Guai: Activated SS Hose Wallcrawler from the injured list.
Jamaica Plain Red Rockets: Signed C Felix Medina.
Saturday, August 4th, 2300
Warwick Mirelurks: SP Dobbie Radoncis returns from his rehab assignment.
Diamond City Swatters: Placed 3B Allen Bishop on the 7-day injured list, retroactive to 08/01/2300.
Friday, August 3rd, 2300
Nordhagen Beach Party Boys: SP Tommy Beach returns from his rehab assignment.
Lexington Synths: Activated CF Mike Pigeonfoot from the injured list.
Wednesday, August 1st, 2300
Starlight Lady Killers: Activated 2B Ray McMillen from the injured list.
Jamaica Plain Red Rockets: Placed RF Goody Cloyse on the 7-day injured list.
Jamaica Plain Red Rockets: Activated RP Little Jemmy Madison from the 60-day injured list.
Jamaica Plain Red Rockets: Sent RP Little Jemmy Madison to Triple A Haymarket Mall for injury rehab.
Standings
Team Power Rankings
Analysis
There are three teams that have yet to lose a game in August. One is at the bottom of its league in Atom (#17), moving itself into a position to escape the bottom spot in the Minutemen League.
The other two occupy the #1 and #2 spots in this week's Power Rankings. Those teams also happen to be league mates in the Brotherhood League trailing the team tied for the top record in the CBO, the Nordhagen Beach Party Boys (#5).
Currently on a seven-game winning streak, the Easy Town Assaultrons (#1) are just one game back of Nordhagen Beach. The Assaultrons were lucky to get both Sunshine Tidings (#22) and County Crossing (#21) this week.
Salem is #2, pushing its way through Starlight (#15) and Finch Farm (#23), helping to eliminate the Four Leafs from playoff contention in the process. The Witch Hats have now distanced themselves in the playoff race with just 20 games to play.
Concord (#3) is still hanging on atop the Institute League, two games up on Fort Hagen (#7). The Radstags did not have a great week, going 3-2 with a split against the Boys and a two-win weekend against the Chemists.
Vault 81 (#4) occupies the top place in the SCA, going 4-1 on the week. The Dwellers topped Warwick (#18) in two games and won the first two games against FHE (#11) before dropping the Sunday finale. Vault 81 is now just one game back of the #1 spot in the SCA behind Goodneighbor (#6).
The Boys (#5) round out the Top 5 despite hanging on to the top seed in the NCA. That includes their split in the battle of #1 teams in the NCA and then losing 2 out of 3 at The Slog (#12), including an 11-inning walk-off.
Current playoff rankings in the NCA:
1. Nordhagen Beach (BL)
2. Concord (IL)
3. Easy Town (BL)
4. Fort Hagen (IL)
5. Salem (BL)
Doubtfully alive:
1. The Slog (BL) – 5 GB of wildcard
2. Starlight (IL) – 6 GB of wildcard
No chance:
1. Abernathy (IL) – 8 GB of wildcard
2. Lexington (IL) - 11 GB of wildcard
3. County Crossing (BL) – 12 GB of wildcard
4. Sunshine Tidings (IL) – 20 GB of wildcard
Eliminated:
1. Finch Farm (BL) – 21 GB of wildcard
Current playoff rankings in the SCA:
1. Goodneighbor (ML)
2. Vault 81 (RL)
3. Jamaica Plain (ML) - Tie breaker over Diamond City (head-to-head)
4. Diamond City (RL)
5. FHE (RL)
Realistically alive:
1. Egret (RL) – 2 GB of wildcard
2. Quincy (ML) - 2 GB of wildcard
Doubtfully alive:
1. Oberland (ML) – 5 GB of wildcard
2. University Point (ML) – 6 GB of wildcard
No chance:
1. Warwick (ML) – 9 GB of wildcard
2. Atom (ML) – 10 GB of wildcard
3. Roxbury (RL) – 19 GB of wildcard