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Season Pass Tournament Update
by Vikky Vail
14 March 2302
Six teams remain with the darlings in Nuka World appearing to be the Cranberry Island Hermit Crabs. Bradberton natives have been wild about the outlandish creatures of Mount Desert Island.
"You mean there are crabs who use buses as their shells?" one boy asked Cranberry Island baller Dean Gulper.
"That's right, kid!" Gulper quipped, a smile from his Big Pops-filled mouth.
Fans watching yesterday's comeback performance have been intrigued by the big bat of former CBOer Macaw Lee Calkins. Calkins was instrumental in the five-run 9th inning that drove the cocky Crabs ahead of the Nuka World League's Victory Cave Crickets.
"That's some fine chops on that young man," Victory manager Gogetem Thompson raved. "I think he broke in Bradberton Field just fine." The Cave Crickets were able to play a home game at their home stadium thanks to the way the brackets fell.
Victory fans also adopted a cheer (or maybe a jeer) for every time the stout Calkins approached the plate. They all put their hands to their cheeks and screamed out. It didn't distract Calkins, though, as he went 3 for 4 with a double, a home run, a walk, a run, and three RBI.
The Crickets are now moving on along in the Winners Bracket to face off with defending champions of the Vim! League, the Far Harbor Ghoul Whales. The Gwhales won another way against the Dalton Farm Fog Crawlers; they outpitched them.
Far Harbor's Chris Waters was solid, going 9.0 innings, not allowing a run, giving up four hits, walking two batters, and striking out six of the Crawlers. The Fog Crawlers' Ryan Means was just as means as his old pops, delivering 109 mean as mudcrab pitches. He only gave up a run, gave up five hits, walked two, and struck out six in 7.1 innings. SS Famerin Udell of Far Harbor delivered the game-winning RBI triple in the 2nd inning to push Far Harbor on to at least a 3rd-place finish in this year's tournament.
Complete results below.