BNN Report
News from the CBO, Minors, CCBL, and CYL
by Nat Wright-Kawolski
2 March 2317
It's Baseball Season!
After a February to forget, it is now time for the good news: the 2317 baseball season begins tomorrow when the Play-in Round of the Nuka Cup Tournament begins.
Last year, the Nuka Cup Tournament had a surprising team in the final with the Lexington Synths sweeping the Southie Brews, 3-0. The Brews had finished near the bottom of the SCA in 2315 and continued that struggle, finishing with the CBO's worst record in 2316. Lexington also struggled after a playoff season and a trip to the Sole Survivor Series in 2315, finishing 6th in the Institute League in 2316.
This season, host teams in seeded order are Quincy, Easy Town, Glowing Sea, and Malden. In the Play-in Round, March 3-5, host teams get a bye, while seeds 2-7 fight for three spots in the regional brackets. The #2 seed faces the #7 seed, the #3 seed faces the #6 seed, and the #4 seed faces the #5 seed. The first game tomorrow will have first pitch at 12:05 in the Malden Regional when #6 Spectacle Island faces #3 The Slog. A pre-game moment of silence in memory of fallen star Homestay Lovetap will take place.
New CBO commissioner, Jimmy LaRue, released a statement about the start of March's Nuka Cup: "We know it has been a tough offseason, but my mission is to make the CBO even better. We are still growing, and our influence now has reach throughout the Northeast."
Twelve games will be played in the Saturday through Monday Play-in Round, from 12:05-9:05 each day, with the team winning two or three games in each series moving on to the next round.