BNN Report
News from the CBO, Minors, CCBL, and CYL
by Nat Wright-Kawolski
1 March 2316
New Season to Begin
The 2316 season is just three days away with the Nuka Cup beginning where 24 of the teams begin the Play-in Round of the tournament. Last season, the Atom Cats prevailed, defeating Lexington in the finals. The Synths also lost in the Sole Survivor Series to Vault 81 but enter the 2316 season as perhaps the favorites. We'll see what PAM thinks in a month.
There was also big news regarding the expansion of the CBO where we now know that there will be teams in the Far Harbor and Bradberton area. Teams in both the NWL and Vim! League are expected to become minor league affiliates of the CBO starting in 2320. The CBO has expressed expanding by four teams, but the other two teams have not been named. Places in other states of the Commonwealth--Connecticut, Rhode Island, Vermont, and New Hampshire--have been mentioned, but no definitive places have been named. There has been a lot of construction business around the Commonwealth, so there are many locations with stadium expansions happening.
For a bit of news around the CBO minors, there have been some movements of teams, along with a few name changes. Here is what we know so far:
1. Melrose Eyebots (BMU) - The team formerly known as the Med-Tek Eyebots moved out of the Cambridge area to be the only team located in Melrose. Melrose had been trying to start a CYL team, which may still come, but they will gladly host a minor league team. They also took on a different logo look for the 2316 season.
2. Abington Patriots (BMU) - The Patriots made a move and changed their name from Pleasant Lake to Abington.
3. West Roxbury Mole Rats (BMU) - No move, but a new logo. The Mole Rats moved away from a realistic portrayal of mutated mole rats of the Wastelands to a cartoonish baseball mole rat.
4, Poseidon Energy Mongrels (BMU) - Poseidon Energy did the same in updating its logo to a cartoonish but still vicious-appearing mongrel.
5. Eastlake Aquaboys (BMU) - They did not change their names, but the Aquaboys moved out of the Natick area of Lake Cochituate to Wayland, Massachusetts. Should they become the Northlake or Northeastlake Aquaboys?
6. Lincoln Flamers (GBRL) - The Corvega Flamers teams is now in Lincoln after a relocation. The CBO had forced the former Corvega team to change its name since Corvega is a league sponsor and the CBO no longer wanted benefits or "free" advertising associated with the company that produces automobiles and assists in engine and parts designs for vertibird production. Since the Flamers are no longer associated with Corvega, they also replaced their logo.
7. Duxbury Glow Jays (GBRL) - The former Big John Salvagers moved to a new city to establish baseball business there. The Glow Jays seems to be a play on a Blue Jays team from Canada in pre-War days.
Nuka Cup Tournament
The Nuka Cup is again aligned into four regional tournaments with the last four teams standing in the 2315 season as hosts: Vault 81, Lexington, University Point, and Easy Town. Each of the hosts have a bye until March 8 when they will face the lowest remaining seed from their regionals as winners of the Play-in Round.
In the Play-in Round, the matchups are the regional's 2nd seed vs 7th seed, 3rd seed vs 6th seed, and 4th seed vs 5th seed. Teams in order of seeding based on their 2315 finish are below:
Vault 81 Regional: Vault 81, Bunker Hill, Glowing Sea, Fort Hagen, Jamaica Plain, Nordhagen Beach, Goodneighbor
Easy Town Regional: Easy Town, Atom, Concord, Roxbury, Nahant, Southie, Starlight
Lexington Regional: Lexington, Diamond City, Malden, Oberland, Cambridge, FHE, County Crossing
University Point Regional: University Point, Salem, Quincy, The Slog, Spectacle Island, Sunshine Tidings, Egret