Today in the CBO
News and Notes - Reports from around the Commonwealth
by Nat Wright-Kawolski
4 February 2300
Party Boys' Swift Seeking More Attention
He has a reputation for doing anything for attention. Now Nordhagen Beach catcher Mike Swift is putting a bullseye on his back.
"I'm trying to elevate my game," Swift said. "My major goal is to work on my plate discipline. I want to earn more baserunning opportunities. That means, I need to start taking more pitches."
In 405 plate appearances in 2299, Swift only walked 15 times. While he batted .301 on the season, his OBP was only .327. His SLG was really low, too, at only .382. Swift has never hit a home run.
"He's been good defensive catcher and good at making contact," Nordhagen Beach manager Ballhawk Getman said, "but we definitely want him to work more on getting on base more often. We would love for him to develop power, too, but it doesn't look like that will happen. As long as he swings at good pitches, we think he can do well for us."
9 February 2300
Case Closed: CBO Rocked by Arrest of Easy Town Killer
One murder is too many. Seven? It has been scary in Easy Town these days as police identified just five days ago what they called the seventh victim of the "Easy Town Murders." According to local investigators, the M.O. followed the other previous murders.
Today, a task force led by famous detective Nick Valentine arrested former Easy Town general manager Ryan Herner, citing considerable and undeniable evidence in the case.
Easy Town Assaultrons hitting coach Kyle Verrecchio's wife, Kay Adams-Verrecchio was one of the victims, prompting the specific interest from the CBO. It was never thought at the time that another member of the Assaultrons personnel was the one responsible for her death.
Nate Howard released a statement after he teleported to Easy Town: "It is with extreme sadness that we learned of who the killer was. The CBO is cooperating with any information we can provide. It is unfortunate that the killer was one of our own, but we are happy he is off the street.
Valentine supposedly noticed a telling sign from clues left at the scenes of all seven victims. That led him directly to Herner who remained in Easy Town after being let go on October 3 by Assaultrons owner Deb Merchant. There have been two more murders since that date.
According to a released statement, investigators found a victims log as well as other targets on Herner's list. One target was specifically named as the Merchants' daughter, Meg Merchant, who manages gaming and events in the Easy Town area.
12 February 2300
UP's Nicholson Takes Unexcused Leave
Yesterday, University Point 1B Jeremy Nicholson was informed that he would be starting the season with the Deathclaws' BMU affiliate, the Boston Common Lead Bellies. Today, Nicholson did not show up for practice.
The Deathclaws left only a short response to our inquiries, calling Nicholson's absence "unexcused." There was no further comment from the team.