BNN Report
News from the CBO, Minors, BCAC, and CYL
by Nat Wright-Kawolski
1 September 2309
The September Super Post
CBO Top Performances
Vault 81 CF Stu Gains was the top performer in Augustm also setting the CBO's top performance of the season. On the August 6 14-5 victory against Diamond City, Gains had a 3 for 3 performance with three home runs, two walks, five runs, and six RBI. On the season, Gains is batting .299 with 30 home runs and 91 RBI.
The top pitching performance was by Jason Tonelli of Bunker Hill on August 4. In a 2-1 victory over The Slog in 10 innings, Tonelli pitched 8.1 innings of two-hit ball, striking out 13 in the process. On the season, Tonelli is 11-10 with a 3.88 ERA. He currently leads the CBO with 222 strikeouts (30 more than 2nd place Derek Green of Jamaica Plain) and 10.9 K/9 IP.
CBO Players of the Month
NCA Hitter - Things came easily for Ross Merchantman in August, and the Sunshine Tidings third baseman has been named the North Charles Association Batter of the Month.
He won the award on the strength of a .294 batting average, in addition to 12 home runs, 23 RBIs, 24 runs scored and a .413 on-base percentage.
So far this season Merchantman has put up a .277 batting average with 119 hits, 42 home runs and 94 RBIs.
SCA Hitter - McCrew Gillens couldn't stop smiling during the month of August. That's because he simply couldn't stop hitting and his performance vaulted him to honors as the South Charles Association Batter of the Month.
The Quincy center fielder hit .429 with 8 home runs, 27 RBIs and 22 runs scored.
This year Gillens has hit 13 home runs and posted a .287 batting average.
NCA Pitcher - Starlight starter Bill Sarnacki claimed the North Charles Association Pitcher of the Month Award today with his strong performance in August.
The 32-year-old starter tossed 49.1 innings of solid baseball, putting up a 1.64 ERA, 47 strikeouts and a 4-0 record in 6 starts.
To date this season Sarnacki has compiled a 12-3 record with a 3.38 ERA in 24 starts.
SCA Pitcher - Sheng Kawolski left little doubt in the minds of South Charles Association officials that he should be named August's Pitcher of the Month for his outstanding performance.
"I wasn't always confident at the start of a game," said Kawolski. "Sometimes it's hard to get into the flow -- the calls aren't going your way or you're trying to spot your pitches too much. You just have to relax and use what you've been taught all your life -- get back to basics -- good mechanics, control, location, keep the ball down."
The 36-year-old tossed 48.2 innings of quality baseball -- going 4-0 with a 2.40 ERA and 40 strikeouts.
This season Kawolski has registered 12 wins and 10 losses in 27 starts with a 3.12 ERA.
NCA Rookie - The Slog first baseman Kilometers Davis snagged the North Charles Association Rookie of the Month Award for August.
He posted a .291 batting average last month and collected 23 hits, 7 home runs and 17 RBIs.
In 106 games Davis is hitting .302 this season with 127 hits, 31 home runs, 83 RBIs, 46 walks, .372 OBP and has scored 72 runs.
SCA Rookie - Tyler Duffin of the Roxbury Rad Sox has been chosen the top Rookie in the South Charles Association.
In August he racked up 33 hits, 7 home runs, 21 RBIs and 16 runs scored. He hit .398 with a .495 OBP.
This season Duffin is batting at a .349 clip with 8 home runs and 23 RBIs.
MML Analysis
There are just four games left in the 2309 MML season, and only one division has been clinched. In the Matt Murtagh Division, Finch Farm has clinched the division. The other three divisions have leaders who could clinch with just one more victory: Burlington, Providence, and Brookline.
1B Elijah Cox of Wellesley had the top hitting performance on August 11 against Warwick. In the game, Cox went 4 for 5 with three home runs, two walks, three runs, and seven RBI batting from the leadoff spot. In 14 games with the Wanderers, Cox batted .315 with 7 home runs and 15 RBI. He is currently with the BMU's Zetans where he has appeared in 59 games, batting .369 with 19 home runs and 42 RBI.
SP Jared Zaccone of Finch Farm had the top pitching performance in August and on the MML season on August 10 against Arlington. Zaccone fired a complete-game two-hitter with 12 strikeouts in the Shamrocks' 2-0 victory. On the season, the two-way player Zaccone is 13-7 with a 4.82 ERA in 26 starts and is batting .279 with 21 home runs and 81 RBI.
MML Players of the Month
LL Hitter - Today Turner Velociraptor was voted Legends League Batter of the Month for September. During the month the 22-year-old Finch Farm first baseman compiled a .391 batting average.
Most importantly for the Shamrocks though, he also posted 8 home runs, 20 RBIs and 22 runs scored.
Velociraptor is presently hitting at a .360 pace with 19 home runs and 48 RBIs. He has played in 59 games and scored 47 times.
SL Hitter - August was a good month for Justin Loki. The Pleasant Lake right fielder had his way with opposing pitchers all month while posting a .341 batting average and was selected as the Stars League Batter of the Month.
Last month Loki put up some solid numbers: 19 home runs, 41 RBIs, 28 runs scored and a .398 on-base percentage.
This year Loki is hitting .310, produced 133 RBIs and 63 home runs, scored 93 times and gotten on base at a .360 rate.
LL Pitcher - August's elite pitcher was Wicked Good O'Malley of Lynn. He silenced Legends League hitters the entire month and claimed the Pitcher of the Month award with 5 wins and no losses in 5 starts.
O'Malley restricted opposing hitters to a .206 batting average. He rang up 33 strikeouts in 37.1 innings of work, surrendered 20 walks and crafted a 2.41 ERA.
Checking out his stats for the season, O'Malley has registered 15 wins and 7 losses in 23 starts, posted a 3.74 ERA, and struck out 143 batters in 161.1 innings.
SL Pitcher - A bullpen specialist was picked as the #1 pitcher in the Stars League in the month of August.
The top vote-getter was Matt Demented of the Needham Archers, who finished the month with 9 saves in 10 save opportunities.
He had 2 wins and no losses with a 0.64 ERA. Demented hurled 14 innings and totaled 8 strikeouts.
Demented has 44 relief appearances this year with 28 saves. Demented has also compiled a 4-4 won-lost mark with a 2.63 ERA. In 54.2 innings he has fanned 35.
BMU Analysis
The 2309 BMU regular season is complete with four league winners now competing in the playoffs for the right to win the Boston Minor Series. Those teams will be the Brockton Irish and Mystic Pines Raybathers in the Commonwealth Association and the Neponset Park Criticals and Forest Grove Pugilists in the Massachusetts Association.
On August 12, Woburn's 2B James Black put on a show against Marblehead. Black was 4 for 5 with four home runs to tie a BMU record, four runs, and six RBI.
SP Newt Rockknee of the Grenades had the BMU's top pitching performance in August and on the season in a 9-0 victory over Outpost Zimonja. Rockknee pitched the complete-game one-hitter with a walk and 10 strikeouts to lead his team to victory.
BMU Players of the Month
CA Hitter - Pagetti Rook got another reason to celebrate today as he followed up a great month of August at the plate by winning the Commonwealth Association Batter of the Month Award.
During the month the Mystic Pines right fielder hit .366 with 9 home runs, 36 RBIs and 24 runs scored.
This year Rook is hitting .357 with 32 home runs and 111 RBIs to his credit. He has gotten on base at a .439 clip and scored 89 runs.
MA Hitter - August's Batter of the Month has been chosen by the Massachusetts Association. This month's trophy was awarded to the Hull left fielder, Kasumi Goto.
He starred by hitting .402 with a .485 on-base percentage, totaled 35 hits in 87 at-bats, 12 home runs, 25 RBIs and 29 runs scored.
To date Goto has chalked up a .386 average with 27 home runs, driven in 79 runs and scored 82 times.
CA Pitcher - The #1 pitcher this past month in the Commonwealth Association was Grits Burse of the Brockton Irish. He worked the hitters over real good, finishing August with a superb 4-0 record and a 2.68 ERA.
The Irish star made 5 starts and surrendered 26 hits in 37 innings. He struck out 47 and walked 14.
To this point in the season, Burse shows a 4-0 record, 7 starts, 49 innings, 58 strikeouts and a 2.76 ERA.
MA Pitcher - Question: Who was the #1 pitcher in the Massachusetts Association in August?
Answer: That would be Person Mabty of the Forest Grove Pugilists.
He excelled with a 4-1 mark and a 3.25 ERA in 5 starts, tossed 36 innings, fanned 28 and held opposing teams to a .303 average. That's exactly why the Massachusetts Association scribes voted him the Pitcher of the Month.
On the year Mabty has compiled a 9-3 mark with a 4.06 ERA.
GBRL Analysis
The GBRL's regular season is now done with the Pioneer Park Hackers winning a play-in game over the Greater Mass Vans to win the Southwest Division. Other division winners are the Lynn Woods Bloatflies, Nuka Express Chrono Cowboys, and Hyde Park Stingwings. Playoffs begin on Wednesday.
LF Eli Durus of the Hackers had the top hitting performance on August 29 against Beantown when he went 3 for 3 with three home runs, a walk, four runs, and five RBI. Durus finished the season with a .378 average with 37 home runs and 77 RBI after going 2nd overall in the 2308 Draft for Fort Hagen.
SP Em Belle-Ishing of the Park Street AntAgonizers served up the GBRL's top August and season performance in a great pitching performance against Rockland on August 17. Belle-Ishing pitched a one-hitter in the AntAgonizers' 13-0 victory, walking two and striking out 15.
GBRL Players of the Month
NL Hitter - The North League Batter of the Month has been chosen for August and the trophy was presented to David Bloatfly of the Parsons Asylum Greasers.
He stood out this month with a .260 batting average, 20 hits and 10 home runs, along with 25 RBIs and 20 runs scored.
This season Bloatfly is batting .271 with 90 RBIs, 75 runs scored and 38 home runs.
SL Hitter - Pioneer Park's Eli Durus wowed sportswriters in August with an award-winning performance. For his standout play he was voted the South League Batter of the Month.
He rang up a .625 batting average with 6 home runs, 13 RBIs and 12 runs scored. He also had 6 walks and a .674 on-base percentage.
Durus is presently batting .382 with 37 home runs, 68 runs scored and 77 RBIs. His OBP is .495.
NL Pitcher - It's official!
Elvali Veren of the Revere Beach Shoremen is the North League Pitcher of the Month. In August he dominated the league with 4 wins and 1 loss in 6 starts. In 43.2 innings of work Veren chalked up 38 strikeouts, 19 walks, a 2.47 ERA and held opposing hitters to a .201 batting average.
On the season Veren has a 7-8 record with a 4.91 ERA.
SL Pitcher - August's standout hurler was Em Belle-Ishing of Park Street. He muzzled South League hitters and held them in check the entire month to capture the Pitcher of the Month award.
To win the honor Belle-Ishing compiled an impressive 5-0 mark and 2.43 ERA in 5 starts. The AntAgonizers star hurler also rung up 43 strikeouts in 37 innings.
In 22 starts this season Belle-Ishing has compiled a 11-3 record and a 3.94 ERA.
BCAC Playoffs
Harvard Wins it All
A celebratory mood filled the air as the Harvard Crimson closed out the season with a 6-4 victory over the Mass Bay University Beacons at Hounds Park to capture the College Series, 4-3.
Giving the Beacons credit for a hard-fought series, Crimson players said they believed throughout the postseason that their "destiny" was to be crowned Boston Collegiate Athletic Conference champions.
"We felt like this was our year all season long," said right fielder Lossa Magic, who was named series MVP. "It was our destiny to win it and we did."
It was the 1st in franchise history. During the BCAC North Division regular season Harvard put up a 59-27 record and finished first.
"They're the champions and they deserve it," said a dejected Mass Bay University manager Victor Ayala. "We played good ball, they just played better than us."
BCAC Awards
BCAC Hitter - Togie Pitt of the Harvard Crimson proved that you can step out of the shadows and onto the stage if you've got the talent and the drive to hone your skills. Hard work, long hours and a tireless resolve paid off for him today in the form of the Boston Collegiate Athletic Conference Top Collegiate Hitter Award.
Pitt hit for a .372 average while collecting 137 hits, 34 doubles, 7 triples, 14 home runs, 79 RBIs and scoring 75 times.
He received 5 first place votes out of a possible 8. Wooga Poplar of the Commonwealth University Terriers finished second in voting with 3 first place votes, while Lossa Magic of the Harvard Crimson finished third.
Player - Team - First Place - Total Points
Togie Pitt - Harvard Crimson - 5 - 97
Wooga Poplar - Commonwealth University Terriers - 3 - 84
Lossa Magic - Harvard Crimson - 0 - 67
Sepol Lopez - Harvard Crimson - 0 - 54
Hulk Seepley - Harvard Crimson - 0 - 45
Myles Deese - Mass Bay University Beacons - 0 - 44
Hercules Bentley - Mass Bay University Beacons - 0 - 26
Mix Higgins - Commonwealth University Terriers - 0 - 18
Hey Jay Skinnt - Boston College Eagles - 0 - 17
Reynaldo Lyles - Boston College Eagles - 0 - 13
Muss Keentard - Bunker Hill Globalists - 0 - 4
Freddy Sibling - Harvard Crimson - 0 - 3
BCAC Starter - The Boston Collegiate Athletic Conference has heralded Freon McMahan of the Mass Bay University Beacons as the #1 man on the mound for the 2309 campaign.
This year's Top Collegiate Pitcher Award winner stood out by running up an impressive 9-4 record, holding opposing hitters to a .235 batting average and posting a 2.70 ERA. The 18-year-old hurler tossed 133.1 innings, gave up 115 hits, fanned 151 and issued 39 walks.
He received 7 first place votes out of a possible 8. Cutter Redman of the Tufts University Jumbos finished second in voting with 1 first place vote, while Frank Heart of the Mass Bay University Beacons finished third.
Player - Team - First Place - Total Points
Freon McMahan - Mass Bay University Beacons - 7 - 53
Cutter Redman - Tufts University Jumbos - 1 - 35
Frank Heart - Mass Bay University Beacons - 0 - 24
Em Babbage - Harvard Crimson - 0 - 16
Danny Daniels - Harvard Crimson - 0 - 6
Silk Suliban - Commonwealth University Terriers - 0 - 2
BCAC Reliever - At the young age of only 18, Big Cheese Morales has been named the Boston Collegiate Athletic Conference Top Collegiate Reliever Award winner for 2309.
The future appears bright for the Harvard Crimson relief ace, who captured the award with 32 saves in 44 relief appearances, 48 strikeouts in 43 innings and a record of 1-3 to go with his 2.51 ERA.
He ended up tied with Sweg Schwegmann with 30 total votes and 30 first place votes.
Player - Team - First Place - Total Points
Big Cheese Morales - Harvard Crimson - 4 - 30
Sweg Schwegmann - Harvard Crimson - 4 - 30
A.K. Koblinsky - Northeastern Huskies - 0 - 12