BNN Weekly Report
This Week in the CBO, BMU, and GBRL
by Nat Wright-Kawolski
13 January 2302
News and Notes from Around the CBO and Its Affiliates
Monday, January 13th , 2302
Oberland T-51s: Signed 1B Chris Fencebuster.
Construction news: The downtown area known as Postal Square has been fully cleared, leaving room for Goodneighbor's downtown stadium to be constructed. The stadium will be the second-largest in the Commonwealth after Diamond City's Great Green Jewel. There have been some updates also on other stadiums, including an outfield seating area being built around the BMU's Nahant Shoremen's Village Uncle Park. Also, there are plans to begin construction of an upgraded stadium at CIT Ruins, which may force the CIT Ruins Refractors (BMU) to relocate during the 2302 season or for 2303.
Sunday, January 12th , 2302
The Lexington Synths traded 24-year old minor league C Phil Presidentson, 24-year old minor league CF Nasty Byrd, 19-year old minor league RHP German O'Hagan, 23-year old minor league RHP Bobby Laugherty, and a 3rd round draft pick to the Diamond City Swatters, getting 28-year old minor league LHP Tim Fusion in return. The trade comes in a combination of suspending SP Tristan Marble eight games to start the 2302 season for insubordination. Marble lashed out at MGR Bobby Lagermann during a pitching session after Lagermann told Marble to do better in 2302 after a 6-13, 5.15 season, in which Marble responded, "Put better hitters and defenders around me, and I would do better." Marble was ordered off the practice field and then suspended from the incident that happened yesterday. Today, the team announced the trade to obtain one-time CBO standout Fusion. Fusion was the first CBO pitcher to throw a no-hitter and won the 2298 CBO Pitcher of the Year Award. However, the 28-year-old struggled in 2300 with the Swatters, going 8-16 with a 4.82 ERA. In 2301, he spent the entire season with the BMU's Natick Banks Big Leaguers where he went 6-4 with a 3.55 ERA and won the Massachusetts Association's Milton General Pitcher Award.
Friday, January 10th, 2302
Diamond City has been impressed with the quick learning of 2nd-round pick 1B Needham Tickler. The Thompson Heights Earthlings (BYDL) product has impressed Swatters hitting coach Brandon Jones, as well as the coaches for the Atomatoys Factory Buttercups (GBRL), MGR Bubba Doorley and HC Gabe Apackofcigs. Jones has been working with Tickler to improve something Jones calls "contact sweet spot" by changing Tickler's bat to a lighter weight with a large contact area.
Wednesday, January 8th , 2302
Oberland T-51s: Signed 1B Tim MacVane.