BNN Report
News from the CBO, Minors, BCAC, and CYL
by Nat Wright-Kawolski
4 January 2310
New Decade, Grand Plans
The clock now shows a new decade, and the Commonwealth Baseball Organization has announced other plans in accordance with the changing times.
CBO Commissioner Nate Howard announced his State of the Organization, so to speak, detailing a few changes in 2310 and beyond.
First of all, with the addition of four new teams, the CBO schedule will now change from its old format of 120 games to a 130-game format. Schedules will be released on February 27, which will also be the same date that he Nuka Cup Tournament begins.
The Nuka Cup Tournament, the annual preseason tournament to showcase the teams and talent before the regular season begins, will change its format to accommodate the new franchises. The final four teams in the playoffs are still regional hosts, but the Round Robin format will change back to a bracket style with seven teams in a double-elimination format. Each regional will run as shown below.
Each team is guaranteed at least two series of three games each with the series winner (2 or 3 wins) being considered the series winner. Once the Winners bracket and Losers bracket teams meet, the Winners bracket team will have a 1-0 lead with the first team to win three games considered the regional champion. That series will be between two and four games depending on results. After each region has declared a champion, the winning teams will meet in the semifinals with the highest remaining seed having home-field advantage for the remainder of the tournament. The tournament will begin on Sunday, February 27, and conclude on Saturday, March 26.
In the Boston Collegiate Athletic Conference, two more Boston-area institutions are joining the league: the WInthrop College Guardians and the College of the Glowing Sea (GSC) Glowing Ones. Winthrop College has been an educational institution mostly made up of Brotherhood of Steel recruits. It first opened its doors in 2305. GSC is on the outer grounds of Vault 95 and specializes in radiation studies and the effects of fallout on the environment. GSC was founded in 2307.
Howard's big announcement was what he called the New England Project 2320. Howard has toured other areas of the Commonwealth, which Howard has referred to as New England as pre-War parlance. Howard's goal is to continue expanding safety zones and transportation throughout the former states of New England: Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine.
According to Howard, by 2320, he would like over 100 youth teams and at least 25 universities with active baseball teams and educational facilities. Howard has called the New England Project his master plan before he retires as commissioner.