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BNN Report

News from the CBO, Minors, BCAC, and CYL

by Nat Wright-Kawolski

1 June 2310

The June Super Post

CBO Players of the Month

NCA Hitter - Salem Witch Hats fans believe they've got a talented young star in Brian DeLong.

He did nothing to dissuade that notion in May, as he hit .405 with 11 home runs, 24 RBIs and 23 runs scored.

The end result was the right fielder being named the North Charles Association Batter of the Month.

So far this season DeLong has put up a .354 batting average with 62 hits, 15 home runs and 37 RBIs.

SCA Hitter - Donn Mattingley battered South Charles Association pitchers all May and wound up taking home the Batter of the Month Award.

"I've been around Commonwealth Baseball Organization long enough to know you really have to work hard day in and day out to be able to put up this kind of consistency," the 29-year-old Mattingley told reporters. "I put in a lot of work, even on the days I might not take the field, and it's always nice when everything comes together for me like it did this last month."

In 25 games, Mattingley hit .475 with 10 home runs, 21 RBIs and scored 27 runs.

This year Mattingley has 13 home runs and a .375 batting average.

NCA Pitcher - When Doug Creep took the hill in May, he was in charge. The Nahant starter never let the North Charles Association batters get a foothold against him. For his peerless performance, he came away with an impressive 6-0 record and the Pitcher of the Month award.

The talented Celtics hurler made 7 starts, worked 57 innings, permitted 55 base hits, and struck out 41 while putting up a 2.53 ERA.

This year Creep has posted a 8-4 mark in 13 starts and has a 2.97 ERA.

SCA Pitcher - The South Charles Association scribes have picked May's Pitcher of the Month and have given the trophy to Exxie Summerset of Vault 81. He was devastating on the mound last month with a standout 7-0 mark.

The Dwellers star hurler made 7 starts with a 3.31 ERA and surrendered 44 hits in 54.1 innings. He struck out 50 and walked 15.

For the year Summerset has compiled a 12-0 record with a 3.40 ERA.

NCA Rookie - Foo Fieterz earned May's Rookie of the Month honors in the North Charles Association for last month's performance. The boyish Fort Hagen right fielder might be wet behind the ears, but he's proving that he has what it takes to play at this level.

Fieterz hit .323 with 6 home runs, 16 RBIs and 14 runs scored this past month on his way to winning the award.

Fieterz is hitting .287 so far this season with 33 RBIs and 31 runs scored. He has 50 hits including 13 home runs, 32 walks and .394 OBP.

SCA Rookie - Youngster Makin Jobear emerged as the latest South Charles Association Rookie of the Month today. The young man from FHE deserved the honor, batting .402 with 9 home runs and 20 runs batted in. Is the month of May a harbinger of things to come or just a fluke? We'll find out someday, but for now, we'll just let Jobear enjoy the limelight.

This year Jobear is hitting .364, produced 35 RBIs and 15 home runs, scored 33 times and gotten on base at a .416 rate.

CBO Top Performances

The top NCA hitting performance of the month came from LF Tom Smithfield of Diamond City. On May 22, Smithfield was 3 for 3 with a double, two home runs, a walk, three runs, and six RBI in a 9-7 win over Oberland. On the season, Smithfield is hitting .333 with 11 home runs and 33 RBI.

Smithfield's performance did not quite live up to the season's best so far. On April 23, LF Donny Kowalski of Bunker Hill lit up Salem on a 5 for 5 day with two home runs, two walks, three runs, and six RBI. His two-run bomb in the bottom of the 13th was the walk-off winner as the 75ers prevailed 10-8. Currently, Kowalski is batting .321 with nine homers and 31 RBI.

SP Justin Sumbich of Spectacle Island had the month's and season's best performance on May 28 against Malden, which has allowed four of the best five pitching performances on the season. For Sumbich, he pitched a complete-game, two-hit shutout in a road 2-0 victory for the Reapers. Sumbich walked one and struck out 10 on the day. Sumbich is 9-3 with a 2.87 ERA putting him third in ERA in the SCA.

MML Analysis

In the second month of the season, two divisions maintained the same leaders--Watertown and Plymouth--while two new division leaders emerged at the end of May--Danvers and Providence. With the season approaching its halfway mark, the All-Star break is just two weeks away. We will report on that game once it is completed.



MML Players of the Month

LL Hitter - The Legends League Batter of the Month has been chosen for May and the trophy was presented to Curtain Mora of the Danvers Sonics.

He stood out this month with a .347 batting average, 35 hits and 22 home runs, along with 44 RBIs and 30 runs scored.

On the year Mora has hit .315 with 26 home runs, 63 RBIs and scored 40 runs.

SL Hitter - The Stars League Batter of the Month has been picked for May and the honor goes to the Brookline Bandoliers Lumpy Pumpkinhead.

He compiled a .421 batting average with 48 hits and 17 home runs, along with 34 RBIs and 33 runs scored.

So far this year Pumpkinhead is hitting .359 with 27 home runs.

LL Pitcher - Over the past month Buckweld Shepherd has turned quite a few heads. He's young, talented and able to pitch with the established arms in the Legends League. He proved all that and now he's been named May's Pitcher of the Month.

The rookie for the Burlington Ferals posted 5-1 mark and a 2.24 ERA. In 7 starts he tossed 52.1 innings, permitted 41 hits and fanned 51 batters.

This year Shepherd has a 7-3 mark in 13 starts with a 3.76 ERA. He has given up 95 hits in 93.1 innings, struck out 86 and issued 26 walks. Opposing clubs have compiled a .264 batting average against him.

SL Pitcher - It was a prolific month of May for Castle reliever Charlie Lewisandclark. He put his best foot forward with no saves in no save opportunities. Numbers so good that the Strength Stars League voted him the Pitcher of the Month.

During the month, the Strength bullpen specialist bagged 5 wins and 1 loss while compiling a 2.28 ERA. In 51.1 innings Charlie Lewisandclark gave up 45 base hits, fanned 8, and walked 13. The hitters he faced batted .234 against him.

Lewisandclark has no saves in 2 relief appearances this season with a 8-3 record and 2.98 ERA.

BMU Analysis

The All-Star game is less than a week away in the 2310 BMU season, and all four leagues are tight heading into the break. In the Dark Hollow Pond League, three teams, Taffington Boathouse, Marblehead, and Tenpines Bluff, are knotted at 27-17. The other three league leaders--Mystic Pines, Neponset Park, and Somerville Place--have either a one or two-game lead.



BMU Players of the Month

CA Hitter - For a rookie just breaking in, Wilde Game certainly put together a successful month. It was good enough to win the CA Batter of the Month award for May.

The 20-year-old left fielder for the Mystic Pines Raybathers hit .464 with 11 home runs, 35 RBIs and 31 runs scored.

Game's current batting average stands at .416 and he has chalked up 18 home runs and 52 RBIs.

MA Hitter - Jiub Menace made his presence known as one of the best young stars in the Massachusetts Association this past month.

The Mass Pike Radroaches center fielder shined through the month of May and has won the Batter of the Month award.

The 22-year-old hit .364 with 15 home runs, 33 RBIs and 25 runs scored.

So far this season Menace is hitting .378 with 20 home runs, 49 RBIs and 36 runs scored. He has 48 hits in 127 at-bats and a .473 OBP.

CA Pitcher - The Commonwealth Association made it official today -- Birdman Galvan of the Tenpines Bluff Manta Men is the Pitcher of the Month. In May he impressed the sportswriters with his domination of league hitters.

Galvan made 6 starts, registered 6 wins and no losses with a solid 3.20 ERA. In 39.1 innings he allowed 29 hits, racked up 36 strikeouts, walked 13 and permitted teams to hit .200 against him.

To date this season Galvan is 6-1 with 7 starts and an ERA of 3.32 with 42 strikeouts in 43.1 innings.

MA Pitcher - Rafael Orphan is the latest Massachusetts Association Pitcher of the Month award winner. The Charles View starter shone on the hill repeatedly last month and finished May with a sparkling 5-0 record.

In 8 starts he tossed 51 innings, posted 41 strikeouts, and put up a 2.82 ERA.

This year Orphan has made 11 starts, thrown 65.2 innings, fanned 55 batters and walked 26. His won-lost record is 5-3 with a 3.43 ERA.

GBRL Analysis

Like the BMU, the GBRL All-Star Game is next week. Three of the four division leaders--Greentop Nursery, Satellite Array, and Poseidon Energy--have three-game leads, while the Greater Mass Vans at 35-9 have a seven-game lead. FHE looks to have a loaded future if their GBRL players continue to progress.



GBRL Players of the Month

NL Hitter - Cameron Triggs put together a good May to earn the North League Batter of the Month prize. A virtual unknown, he made the most of his chance to prove to Croup Manor officials that he belongs on the big league roster.

The Inspectors left fielder posted a .515 batting average with 8 home runs, 29 RBIs and 36 runs scored.

This season Triggs is batting .455 with 12 home runs. He has scored 50 runs and driven in 44.

SL Hitter - It's perhaps an award he'll win many more times through his career, as at age 20 Levitt Aiding has a lot of baseball ahead of him.

But for now the young Greater Mass Vans star can enjoy the numbers he put up in May, which have garnered him the nod as the South League Batter of the Month.

His breakout month featured a .347 average with 13 home runs, 31 RBIs and 26 runs scored.

So far in 2310 Aiding is batting .353 with 16 home runs, 46 RBIs and 42 runs scored. He has 53 hits in 150 at-bats and a .462 OBP.

NL Pitcher - In May when the Union Hope manager wrote the name "Ranger" on the lineup card, he knew he had a good shot at winning. Start after start in the month, Tex Ranger took the hill, took charge and usually got the win.

He dominated with a 5-0 mark and 3.48 ERA in 6 starts. The gifted Lifegivers star pitched 41.1 innings, fanned 55 and held opposing teams to a .244 average.

For his outstanding mound performance Ranger was named the NL Pitcher of the Month by the baseball writers.

In the current season in 9 starts, Tex Ranger has a record of 8-0 with 79 strikeouts in 63.1 innings and a 2.84 ERA.

SL Pitcher - Last month's cream of the crop on the mound was Aval Atheron of the Poseidon Energy Mongrels. He captured the South League Pitcher of the Month award for his outstanding performance in May.

Atheron started 7 games, threw 54 innings, yielded 27 hits and logged a 5-1 record. He put down 64 batters on strikes, walked 26 and compiled a 1.83 ERA. Opposing teams batted .148 against him.

Atheron has started 11 times this year, pitched 80 innings, fanned 94 batters and walked 39. His current record is 6 wins and 2 losses with a 2.36 ERA.

BCAC Analysis

There is still a lot of season to play in the college season. With 32 games down, the Harvard Crimson and Commonwealth Terriers are the top two teams. The Crimson are the defending champions, having beaten Mass Bay U in seven games in 2309.



BCAC Players of the Month

Hitter - For the month of May, Hercules Bentley of the Mass Bay University Beacons has really worn out the sweet spot on his bat. He has assaulted, used and abused Boston Collegiate Athletic Conference pitchers to the tune of a .463 batting average and was honored as the hottest hitter of the month today.

Bentley went 31 for 67 last month with 4 walks. The first baseman tallied 11 home runs, 22 RBIs, 19 runs scored and compiled a .493 on-base percentage.

Pitcher - The Boston Collegiate Athletic Conference announced the winner of the Pitcher of the Month Award. It went to bullpen ace Heavy Brothers of Harvard for his outstanding work on the mound.

During the month, the Crimson star stood out with 8 saves in 8 save opportunities, a 0.87 ERA and 1 win and no losses. In 10.1 innings he struck out 15 and gave up 7 hits and 1 walks.

CYL Analysis

The CYL season is in its home stretch now with most teams having 10 games remaining. Therefore, we have a better picture of the playoff race in the last two weeks of the regular season. Current division leaders are:

Franklin: Marlborough Mingunners
Emerson: Beantown Sprouts
Fuller: South Charles Bank Moonies
Revere: Woburn Diners
Adams: Brown Bubblers
Alcott: Andrew Station Southies
Morse: Taunton Giants
Attucks: Truro Hatchlings

No team has yet to clinch a playoff spot, which is amazing. Still, some of those spots are coming soon. If the playoffs were to begin today, this would be the current seeding:

NR
1. South Charles Bank
2. Marlborough
3. Beantown
4. Woburn
5. Diamond City
6. Hester
7. Danvers
8. Beerthirty
9. Needham
10-11-12. Currently a four-way tie of Castle, Georgetown, Lexington, and Worcester.

SCA
1. Truro
2. Andrew Station
3. Brown
4. Taunton
5t. Hope
5t. Thompson Heights
7. Nauset Beach
8. Spectacle Island
9. Sandwich
10. West Quincy
11. Freeplat
12. Wellfleet



CYL Players of the Month

NR Hitter - Even though he is a newcomer to Commonwealth Youth League, Naga Arakaki put up some good numbers in May and earned the NR Batter of the Month award.

He was one of Concord's offensive leaders with a .409 average in 24 games. He also racked up 9 home runs, 20 RBIs, and 27 runs scored.

This season Arakaki has hit at a .358 clip and produced 51 RBI, 20 home runs and 53 runs.

SR Hitter - At only 16 years of age, Charles Towner could very well have many more months like this last one during his career.

That would be great news for fans of the Provincetown Land Pirates, as May was one to remember for the left fielder and he has captured the South Region Batter of the Month award.

On the month he hit .345 with 10 home runs, 31 RBIs and 22 runs scored.

Thus far this year Towner has hit .292 with 21 home runs and 56 RBIs.

NR Pitcher - The Pitcher of the Month has been picked and the North Region trophy went to South Charles Bank hurler Richard Burns for his strong performance in May.

During the month, Burns was impressive with a 1.47 ERA and 6 wins and no losses. In 49 innings he struck out 62 and gave up 30 hits and 11 walks.

For the season Burns has compiled a 10-0 record with a 2.23 ERA.

SR Pitcher - Which South Region hurler dominated in the month of May?
According to the voters who decide the South Region Pitcher of the Month award, it was Ramrod Padlock of the Andrew Station Southies.

He put together a record of 7-0 with an ERA of 1.76 in 8 starting assignments. In addition, he struck out 37 in 56.1 innings.

This year Padlock has compiled a 13-3 record with a 2.37 ERA.