I confused myself of where I was in the season on September 2, so I was off on a few things, including Cocoa's record rate since he had played 110, not 105 games, at that time. Well, we'll see what he breaks.
Since I confused myself, I did not grab the standings. They contain current playoff spoilers if I just put it on the correct date, so I'll just do a background post of where they were with 10 left to play.
BNN Report
News from the CBO, MML, BMU, GBRL, and Youth Leagues
by Nat Wright-Kawolski
2 September 2307
Playoff Race
NCA
1. z-Sunshine Tidings 68-42
2. z-Easy Town 67-43
3. z-Nordhagen Beach 67-43
4. Starlight 60-50
5. County Crossing 57-53
6. Bunker Hill 54-56
7. Salem 51-59
Sunshine Tidings emerges as the #1 seed after Easy Town struggled. That means the Nordhagen Beach Party Boys are also in the running for the #1 seed, tied with the Assaultrons for 1st place in the Brotherhood League. The Trons lead the season series over the Boys, 7-2. However, in their last matchup this season, it could be for the league crown.
Starlight and County Crossing appear to be the other two teams that will make the playoffs. Bunker Hill and Salem have no room for error, needing to win most of the rest and hope that the Bugs go cold.
SCA
1. x-Roxbury 74-36
2. z-University Point 69-41
3. Jamaica Plain 62-48
4. Oberland 58-52
5. Spectacle Island 58-52
6. Quincy 56-54
7. Atom 54-56
8. Vault 81 52-58
9. Egret 51-59
10. Diamond City 51-59
11. FHE 50-60
By the numbers, 11 of the 12 teams are still alive with just 10 games to go, but realistically the 8-11 are all but eliminated save winning their last 10 and some strange things happening outside their games.
Roxbury has been struggling as of late, now on a five-game losing streak. That has allowed University Point to gain some ground but we doubt they will close the five-game gap with 10 to play. The Deathclaws are in position to clinch the Minutemen League soon, so they will have the #2 seed at worse.
Quincy is the only team that has a chance to move into the playoffs. They would need to win their series against Spectacle Island this week and then do better than the Reapers the rest of the way. Jamaica Plain and Oberland are likely to be #s 3 and 4.
Players of the Week
8/26 - Oren Gep of the Starlight Killers put the finishing touch on an exceptional week of play by being named the North Charles Association Player of the Week.
He rocked the opposition with a .556 batting average, 10 hits in 18 at-bats, 5 home runs and 9 RBIs while scoring 8 times.
Thus far this season Gep is hitting .291 with 36 home runs, 105 RBIs and 84 runs scored. He has 107 hits in 368 at-bats and has played in 105 games.
One of the league's most exciting young players, Magnum Peaeye of the Diamond City Swatters earned himself South Charles Association Player of the Week honors with a standout performance in last week's games.
For the week the 22-year-old right fielder had a lofty .522 average (12-for-23), collecting 2 home runs, 6 RBIs and 2 runs scored.
So far this season Peaeye is hitting .349 with 29 home runs, 90 RBIs and 68 runs scored. He has 147 hits in 421 at-bats and a .391 OBP.
9/2 - Baktu DaWell of the Sunshine Tidings Chemists had a fantastic week and today was voted the Player of the Week by the North Charles Association.
For the week DaWell batted .500 (10-for-20) with 4 home runs and 11 RBIs.
So far this year DaWell has hit .361 with 44 home runs, 98 RBIs and 93 runs scored.
This week's best performer in the South Charles Association was third baseman Diamond Ball of the Spectacle Island Reapers.
He slashed out a .500 average and was voted the Player of the Week. Over the last week Ball stroked 12 hits in 24 at-bats and 7 home runs, drove in 13 runs and scored 9 times.
So far this season Ball is batting .355 with 37 home runs, 98 RBIs and 86 runs scored. He has 156 hits in 440 at-bats, 60 walks and a .428 OBP. Ball has played in 110 games.
Power Rankings
Here are the current team power rankings for Commonwealth Baseball Organization:
Teams (Total Points, Tendency):
1) University Point Deathclaws (119.9, +)
2) Nordhagen Beach Party Boys (118.6, +)
3) Sunshine Tidings Chemists (113.3, +)
4) Roxbury Rad Sox (112.1, --)
5) Easy Town Assaultrons (109.6, +)
6) Jamaica Plain Red Rockets (106.5, +)
7) Oberland T-51s (99.9, ++)
8) Starlight Killers (99.2, --)
9) Quincy Gunners (97.6, o)
10) Spectacle Island Reapers (92.9, ++)
11) County Crossing Bloodbugs (91.3, --)
12) FHE Yao Guai (87.8, ++)
13) Atom Cats (87.4, ++)
14) Bunker Hill 75ers (87.4, o)
15) Egret Ninjas (85.5, o)
16) Diamond City Swatters (79.5, o)
17) Nahant Celtics (77.2, ++)
18) Salem Witch Hats (76.5, --)
19) Lexington Synths (76.3, o)
20) The Slog Ghouls (76.3, +)
21) Vault 81 Dwellers (75.1, --)
22) Fort Hagen Silver Shroud (74.3, -)
23) Concord Radstags (61.8, o)
24) Goodneighbor Hancocks (48.3, o)
CBO Transactions
Monday, September 2nd , 2307
Nordhagen Beach Party Boys: Activated LF Michael Fogcrawler from the injured list.
Nordhagen Beach Party Boys: Sent LF Michael Fogcrawler to Triple A Braintree for injury rehab.
Sunday, September 1st , 2307
FHE Yao Guai: Released SP Batch Wilson.(Career-ending injury)
Roxbury Rad Sox: Signed RF Flounder Polk.
Roxbury Rad Sox: Released RF Flounder Polk.
Thursday, August 29th , 2307
Diamond City Swatters: Placed 3B Allen Bishop on the 7-day injured list, retroactive to 08/28/2307.
Jamaica Plain Red Rockets: Placed 3B Peter Tatoeater on the 60-day injured list.
Wednesday, August 28th , 2307
Concord Radstags: Activated RP Lucky Petman from the injured list.
Concord Radstags: Sent RP Lucky Petman to Triple A College Square for injury rehab.
Jamaica Plain Red Rockets: Signed 1B Omar Biggs.
Monday, August 26th , 2307
Quincy Gunners: Activated C Jim Pickman from the injured list.
Thursday, August 22nd , 2307
Roxbury Rad Sox: Released RF Roger Darn.
Wednesday, August 21st , 2307
Sunshine Tidings Chemists: Activated RP Brian Bridges from the injured list.
Jamaica Plain Red Rockets: Signed 1B Crab Kroh.
Tuesday, August 20th , 2307
Jamaica Plain Red Rockets: Released 1B Omar Biggs.