BNN Report
News from the CBO, MML, BMU, GBRL, and Youth Leagues
by Nat Wright-Kawolski
16 September 2307
CBO Analysis
The 2307 regular season has ended with 10 teams ready to move on to the playoffs for their chance to win the Sole Survivor Series.
NCA
1. Easy Town
2. Sunshine Tidings
3. Nordhagen Beach
4. Starlight
5. County Crossing
We do not have a favorite going into the playoffs other than to say that any of these teams could find themselves in the big series. Easy Town was not able to hold on to the BL lead yet again, but the CBO will not play a tiebreaker game with the Assaultrons owning the season series against Nordhagen Beach, 8-4.
We will preview the Play-in Round in our next update, but we would put most of our money on County Crossing, which went 32-21 since July 1.
SCA
1. Roxbury
2. University Point
3. Jamaica Plain
4. Oberland
5. Spectacle Island
Nothing changed in place in the last week of the season with Spectacle Island earning their way in and only having a loss on the last day of the season keeping them from being the 3rd seed.
Roxbury has not been as dominant in the second half of the season, going 30-23 after July 1, as opposed to 51-16 from April through June. The loss of RF Deerlord Fugivmee (.337/6/47/14 SB) for the playoffs, though Sum Downie (.260/24/78), who started most of the season at 1B, can fill in for him nicely. 1B Duncan MacCready (.240/3/27) will get his chance to start again in the playoffs.
CBO Standings
CBO Statistics
We do not know what might happen in the future. We do know that 1B Barker Cocoa is an official legend and should head up any talks about a Hall of Fame.
Cocoa set eight single-season records, which we will show below, and came up just short in the home run records (60 vs record of 61).
Records set:
AVG - .420
OBP - .558
SLG - .914
OPS - 1.471
R - 130
TB - 380
RBI - 155
WAR - 12.35
Cocoa also is the CBO's first Triple Crown winner, winning the average, home run, and RBI crowns for the 2037 season. In all, Cocoa led the CBO in 16 offensive categories.
CBO Top Performances
CBO Transactions
Monday, September 16th , 2307
Bunker Hill 75ers: Placed SP Mike Cartrette on the 7-day injured list, retroactive to 09/13/2307.
Jamaica Plain Red Rockets: Released 1B Chris Napkin.
Salem Witch Hats: Signed Manager Nick Caudill.
Sunday, September 15th , 2307
Starlight Killers: Activated SP Sam Molina from the 60-day injured list.
Starlight Killers: Sent SP Sam Molina to Triple A Warwick for injury rehab.
Egret Ninjas: Placed LF Jesus Church on the 7-day injured list, retroactive to 09/14/2307.
Salem Witch Hats: Fired General Manager Loose Lips Pena.
Salem Witch Hats: Fired Manager Megaphone Silva.
Salem Witch Hats: Signed General Manager Kelly Arias.
Saturday, September 14th , 2307
Oberland T-51s: Released C Sam Herpderp.
Friday, September 13th , 2307
The Slog Ghouls: RP Ben Fusioncore (AA Mass Pike) retired from professional baseball.
Bunker Hill 75ers: RP Hercules Moss (AA Mayoral Shelter) retired from professional baseball.
Quincy Gunners: CF John Rose (AA Trinity Plaza) retired from professional baseball.
Egret Ninjas: LF Spot Needlewind (AA Plymouth) retired from professional baseball.
Jamaica Plain Red Rockets: CL Bus Paula (AA Outpost Zimonja) retired from professional baseball.
Quincy Gunners: LF Craig No (AA Trinity Plaza) retired from professional baseball.
Sunshine Tidings Chemists: 3B Tesla Petersen (AA Rocky Narrows) retired from professional baseball.
University Point Deathclaws: CL Freedom Williams (AA Marlborough) retired from professional baseball.
Vault 81 Dwellers: C Mike Laughingman (AA Covenant) retired from professional baseball.
Goodneighbor Hancocks: RP Brian Dingo (AA Medford) retired from professional baseball.
Sunshine Tidings Chemists: RF C3-88 Puppetboy (AA Rocky Narrows) retired from professional baseball.
Starlight Killers: SP Ray Human (AA CGP) retired from professional baseball.
Jamaica Plain Red Rockets: 1B Eddie Can (AA Outpost Zimonja) retired from professional baseball.
The Slog Ghouls: RP Joe Bargas (AA Mass Pike) retired from professional baseball.
FHE Yao Guai: 1B Jah Porter (AA West Roxbury) retired from professional baseball.
Jamaica Plain Red Rockets: 1B Bill Hulk (AA Outpost Zimonja) retired from professional baseball.
Egret Ninjas: RP Radscorpion Johnson (AA Plymouth) retired from professional baseball.
University Point Deathclaws: 3B Jake Eater (AA Marlborough) retired from professional baseball.
Spectacle Island Reapers: 3B Chris Fortunato (AA Charles View) retired from professional baseball.
Nordhagen Beach Party Boys: RP Bill Hench (AA Walden Pond) retired from professional baseball.
Jamaica Plain Red Rockets: 1B Jason Griffith (AA Outpost Zimonja) retired from professional baseball.
Goodneighbor Hancocks: 3B Yuan Goei (AA Medford) retired from professional baseball.
Nordhagen Beach Party Boys: RP Lyle Jenkins (AA Walden Pond) retired from professional baseball.
Thursday, September 12th , 2307
Sunshine Tidings Chemists: Placed LF B.J. Perez on the 7-day injured list, retroactive to 09/10/2307.
Spectacle Island Reapers: Signed RF Flounder Polk.
Spectacle Island Reapers: Released RF Flounder Polk.
Wednesday, September 11th , 2307
FHE Yao Guai: Activated SP Peak Sizeman from the injured list.
Salem Witch Hats: Placed CF Andy Dogleash on the 7-day injured list, retroactive to 09/10/2307.
Oberland T-51s: Placed 1B Chase Doctorman on the 7-day injured list, retroactive to 09/10/2307.
Oberland T-51s: Signed C Sam Herpderp.
Tuesday, September 10th , 2307
Spectacle Island Reapers: Signed RF Eric Palmtree.
Monday, September 9th , 2307
Goodneighbor Hancocks: Placed 3B Roger Coker on the 60-day injured list.
Roxbury Rad Sox: Placed RF Deerlord Fugivmee on the 7-day injured list, retroactive to 09/07/2307.
Spectacle Island Reapers: Activated RF Matt Basile from the 60-day injured list.
Spectacle Island Reapers: Sent RF Matt Basile to Triple A Castle for injury rehab.
Sunday, September 8th , 2307
Sunshine Tidings Chemists: RP Scaredy Cat Talbott returns from his rehab assignment.
Starlight Killers: Activated SS Nick Maris from the injured list.
Starlight Killers: Sent SS Nick Maris to Triple A Warwick for injury rehab.
FHE Yao Guai: Placed SS Hose Wallcrawler on the 7-day injured list, retroactive to 09/07/2307.
Goodneighbor Hancocks: Activated 2B Brian Masterson from the injured list.
Goodneighbor Hancocks: Sent 2B Brian Masterson to Triple A Foxborough for injury rehab.
Roxbury Rad Sox: Signed RF Roger Darn.
Jamaica Plain Red Rockets: Signed 1B Kage Milkcan.
Roxbury Rad Sox: Released RF Roger Darn.
Jamaica Plain Red Rockets: Released 1B Bobby Anglerlure.
Friday, September 6th , 2307
Concord Radstags: Activated SS Sean Koester from the injured list.
Concord Radstags: Sent SS Sean Koester to Triple A College Square for injury rehab.
Fort Hagen Silver Shroud: Activated SS Well Done Dungan from the injured list.
Fort Hagen Silver Shroud: Sent SS Well Done Dungan to Triple A Forest Grove for injury rehab.
The Slog Ghouls: Placed SP Ghost Kyudalson on the 7-day injured list, retroactive to 09/04/2307.
Thursday, September 5th , 2307
Diamond City Swatters: Activated 3B Allen Bishop from the injured list.
Roxbury Rad Sox: Signed RF Roger Darn.
Roxbury Rad Sox: Released RF Roger Darn.
Wednesday, September 4th , 2307
Concord Radstags: Placed RP John Oldsink on the 60-day injured list.
FHE Yao Guai: Placed SP Peak Sizeman on the 7-day injured list, retroactive to 09/03/2307.
Jamaica Plain Red Rockets: Signed 1B Armitage Hux.
Concord Radstags: Signed RP Jordan Gonzales.
MML Playoffs
In the Massachusetts Minor Series, the Abernathy Adamantium (BH) lead the Glowing Sea Radscorpions (Atom) two games to one in the best-of-seven series.
Abernathy 3, Everett 2
After their 11-4 win today at Abernathy Farm Field over the Everett Mutant Hounds, the Abernathy Adamantium will advance to the Massachussetts Minor Series. Abernathy won the series by a 3-2 margin.
Leading the way for the Adamantium was left fielder Skinny Danner, who had a spectacular series and was named MVP.
"I don't play differently in the regular season or playoffs. I just go out and do my best every game," he said. "It's certainly nice to play in the big game, but you can't let it get to your head and change your focus."
The Abernathy Adamantium will play against the Glowing Sea Radscorpions in the next round. Glowing Sea won their series against the Boston Common Lead Bellies 3 games to 1. The Massachussetts Minor Series schedule will be announced after the League Championship Series finishes.
Glowing Sea 3, Boston Common 1
Yip Yick Ping sparked his Glowing Sea Radscorpions past the pesky Boston Common Lead Bellies in a closely-contested League Championship Series.
Glowing Sea topped Boston Common 8-7 at Kittery Point Grounds to decide the series, 3-1
For his efforts, Ping was rewarded with the series MVP trophy for his .294 batting average, 5 RBIs and 1 runs scored.
"You never want to leave anything on the field," Ping said. "You never want to miss a play of defense you could have made, or give up an extra base you could have gotten, because in a series this tight you never know what you'll need to win."
The Glowing Sea Radscorpions don't know who they will face in the next round. They will play the winner of the Everett Mutant Hounds - Abernathy Adamantium series. Abernathy leads the series 2 games to 1. The Massachussetts Minor Series schedule will be announced after the League Championship Series finishes.
BMU Playoffs
The Plymouth Pilgrims (Egr) were good enough to get past the Mystic Pines Raybathers (Obe) at Wattz Park today and secure the 1st championship in franchise history.
"When you wear Pilgrims on your shirt, you're good at something," Plymouth skipper Frank Hermit told the press.
Pilgrims center fielder Hillyer Bryan was named MVP of the series after he went .450 with 1 home run and 4 runs batted in.
"It feels totally incredible," Bryan said. "I could live to 1,000 years old and I'd remember this moment."
The new champions capped off a great season with a 7-5 victory over the Raybathers to win the Boston Minor Series 3-2.
GBRL Playoffs
The Watertown Armorers (FHE) pulled out all the stops tonight, winning the Rookie Series in a hard-fought series with the Tenpines Bluff Manta Men (JP).
It was a seesaw affair, but with a 4-2 victory at Kauffman Stadium, Watertown lay claim to the franchise's 1st championship.
"There's no denying we faced a tough opponent," said Bat Limato. "But as the old saying goes, 'when the going gets tough, the tough get going,' and that's what we did today."
The champs finished the regular season 63-25 and claimed first place in the South League Southwest Division.
A victory parade is set to be scheduled in Watertown in the days to come.