Sebastian Announces Plan for Relocation

It was announced today that Owner/GM Ken Argot will be moving the Sebastian Sharks to Atlanta starting the 2018 season.

"I had to 'google' the city of Sebastian when I bought the team. I didn't even know where it was." said Argot during today's press conference. Sebastian is a Coastal Atlantic town in Florida, nestled between Daytona and Melbourne. "Don't get me wrong," Argot continued, "I love Florida, but it was just too difficult to draw a crowd there. And I don't blame them. I'd be at the beach too!"

Argot is moving the team north to the ATL, Argot's current home. "The commute was getting difficult. At times I felt a bit out of touch with our team. I probably should have made some more moves this year and our press coverage has been pretty weak. Hopefully, being closer will help. I'm looking forward to watching every game this year.

During today's press conference, current Sharks posed for pictures in the new Atlanta Flames uniforms that will be worn next season.

Voodoo/Rhinegeist Trade

Voodoo, Rhinegeist Swap Players Saturday, July 22nd, 2017
It took some time to iron out the details, but the Voodoo and Rhinegeist have agreed to a swap.

Cincinnati to Receive: 
35-year-old starting pitcher Jeff Hunter and 35-year-old reliever Jeff Parker

New Orleans to Receive: 
26-year-old minor league right fielder César Souza, 25-year-old minor league first baseman Kuang-yin Zong, 23-year-old minor league starting pitcher Miguel Santos, 24-year-old minor league right fielder Harry Pond and 20-year-old minor league starting pitcher Pablo Hernández in return.

A source close to the trade talks said the two clubs were initially looking to make a bigger deal, but discussions broke off late last night. The two sides reconvened early today and eventually settled on this deal.

 This season-to-date Hunter has 6 wins and 7 losses and a 3.92 ERA

CBL News: Draft Pool Revealed: The deadline has passed for players to declare for the first-year player draft. Champions Baseball League officials have released a list to all teams with players who can be chosen on draft day. Teams now have a chance to scout the draft pool for 60 days before the draft is held.

The Transactions page of the BNN site has been updated to provide everyone a glimpse at the youngsters hoping to become the next baseball legends.


The top players available (in no particular order) seem to be: 
1. Bartold Bravenboer, 19 year-old starting pitcher out of high-school.
2. Po-fu Wei, 21 year-old left fielder out of college.
3. Forrest Tyler, 18 year-old catcher out of high-school.
4. Juan Jaramillo, 18 year-old starting pitcher out of high-school.
5. Pablo Rodríguez, 23 year-old starting pitcher out of college.
6. Cipriano Díaz, 22 year-old left fielder out of college.
7. Maurice Fullard, 20 year-old starting pitcher out of college.
8. Eppe Koopman, 21 year-old starting pitcher out of college.
9. Dai-lin Wang, 18 year-old starting pitcher out of high-school.
10. Jorge Gutiérrez, 21 year-old shortstop out of college.

 You can find the draft pool in the league transactions screen (league menu).

Olivier and Kindersley Pitch in at Local Homeless Shelter

Wednesday, May 17th, 2017 It is always good to see local athletes use their popularity and status for the good of the community. Today, Tom Olivier and Pat Kindersley pitched in at local homeless shelter, serving meals for hundreds of underprivileged citizens of New Orleans. "It's the least we can do", added Olivier. "I don't do it because I'm a member of the Voodoo, I do it because I care about the community. There's plenty of women and young children among these people, and giving them a hot meal uplifts me as well. Seeing the looks of appreciation on their faces makes it all worth it."

Dave King Announced as SBLW Outstanding Batter Award Winner

Cincinnati left fielder Dave King certainly turned heads in April with some impressive numbers. He batted .366 for the month and was voted the Williams League Batter of the Month award. He banged 13 home runs, collected 29 RBI, scored 23 times, and put up a .427 on-base percentage. GM Joshua Adams has been very impressed with their big off-season acquisition. "We knew King was a great player, but the numbers he has put up so far this season is beyond the expectations we had for him."

Wynn Parker to Miss 6 Weeks Due to Pie Injury
BNN Injury Update
Wynn Parker got some good news today. He will miss only six weeks after damaging his meniscus in an attempted pie to the face slamming incident. Parker will require rest to allow his knee to heal following his stupidity.



Original Story: Wynn Parker Waits for Results of Pie Related Injury
Sunday, May 7th, 2017
The Pocatello Timberjacks's starting pitcher is awaiting the results of tests performed this week on his injured knee. Parker visited the team doctor after he reported severe pain in his right knee following an attempt to slam a pie in the face of John Newton after a recent game. "I feel really dumb about the whole thing," Parker said. "It was meant to be a funny prank, but it just backfired on me. Hopefully it's not serious." To make the situation worse, the attempted pie in the face prank occurred after 3-0 Loss to Miami.

Gibson 5-5 Against Cigar City: 
April 27, 2017

It was a hits blitz for Dave Gibson at Cigar City Grounds. The Buenos Aires Admirals third baseman tore into Cigar City for 5 hits in 5 at-bats to pace the Admirals to a 7-3 victory and wrote his name into the baseball record book. The manager for the Concoctors bemoaned his pitching, saying, "We fell behind and weren't locating well. Once you get behind in the count, you have to make real good pitches, rather than good pitches, and we weren't able to do that today." He added, "Not to take anything away from Gibson, but bad location was the story of the ballgame. That's why we lost the game." Dave Gibson singled in the 1st, singled in the 3rd, hit a solo-shot off John Godwin in the 4th, singled in the 6th and singled in the 9th.

In his season totals, Gibson has 2 home runs, .413 BA, .460 OBP, 9 RBIs and 19 runs scored. He has played in 25 games.