Season 1
This page describes events that are ongoing, and is still being updated. As such, some information may be missing.
Season 1 began on January 09, 2023. The regular season concluded on January 13, 2023, followed by the postseason and Internet Series on January 14, 2023. The Season 1 Election took place on January 15, 2023. The Charleston Shoe Thieves defeated the Mexico City Wild Wings 3 wins to 1 to win the first Internet Series championship title of the new era. Following Season 1, an offseason began on January 16, 2023 and concluded on January 22, 2023.
Notable Events
Notable events are ongoing.
Start of Season
As the season began the Black Hole appeared and the following occured.
[BURP]
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EMERGENCY ALERT
BELCH DETECTED
EXPOSITION INCOMING
BLASEBALL WAS NULLIFIED
PLAY MUST CONTINUE
BLASEBALL WAS NULLIFIED
PLAY MUST CONTINUE
BLASEBALL IS CAUGHT IN A STATE OF SUPERPOSITION
[ STATIC ]
ALL NEW BLASEBALL IS CALLED
POWER VACUUM DETECTED
OFFICIALS ALERTED
WAKE UP PLAY BALL
Shortly after Day 1 there was an error that caused future games to be delayed resulting in another alert.
EMERGENCY ALERT
TEMPORAL ANOMALY
TIME DILATING
Static Charges
As the Team Pages fully opened, it was noticed that there were some discrepancies between the listed Fall Ball falls and the teams themselves. NaN and Sixpack Dogwalker, the original two Receivers, were absent; in their place was Nathaniel Wilds and Dimi Wobbler, respectively. Both of these replacements are also now Receivers, and were previously Static Charges from the Short Circuits. Whilst not explicitly stated, both teams have the Entangled Modification (which they had received at the conclusion of Season β24), and therefore can be presumed to have been Alternated on their return from the Black Hole, revealing an as-yet-unseen (though confirmed by The Game Band in an episode of Inside A Blaseball) interaction between the two Modifications. Notably, NaN had not had the Receiver modification since Season β15, when it had been replaced with the Echo modification. Players who are Echoes do not Static when alternated, as Wyatt Mason X, an Echo, was Alternated in the Season β21 election with no other result.
Bonus Burps
Every ILB team started with 14 players - 10 of whom had fallen during Fall Ball, the other 4 seemingly randomly generated before games began. However, as games progressed, it appeared that the new weather Horizon, which every game this season was played under, had the effect of players falling and landing somewhere on the field during games. The fallen players do not appear on team rosters, and their location was originally unknown. During the Offseason, the player pages of fallen players became visible via their UUIDs, which revealed the team on which they had landed and the modification Buried. It is currently unclear where on the team these players are as they do not appear on the roster. An (incomplete) list of players that fell and which team's game they fell during can be seen below.
Falling players can also, on rare occasion, hit a player on a team's active roster and knock them out of play. The fallen player will replace them on the active roster, and the hit player will enter the Shadows. A list of occurrences of this is below.
Election Secretion
At the beginning of the season, no decrees or blessings were available. However, over the course of the season, two different kinds of EMERGENCY ALERTS revealed the ballot.
The addition of Decrees was heralded by the broadcast:
[BURP]
EMERGENCY ALERT
BELCH DETECTED
BALLOT CONTESTED
DECREE SECRETED
These secretions occurred before Day 6, Day 28, and Day 49, and added the NEW Redistribute Wealth, NEW Relegation, and NEW Open the Forbidden Book respectively.
The addition of Blessings was heralded by the broadcast:
[BURP]
EMERGENCY ALERT
BELCH DETECTED
BALLOT CONTESTED
BLESSINGS SECRETED
These secretions occurred before Day 25, Day 46, and Day 67. The first one added Strong Start, Shadow Play, and Wind Spirits; the second one added Yeet and Strike Zero; and the third added Shore Up and Guess Whose Thwack.
Other Belches
Shortly before Day 3 started, an Alert was broadcast, which re-allowed the ability to see star counts on individual stats.
[BURP]
BELCH DETECTED
STARS CHARTER
Another Alert was broadcast before Day 44 that gave the ability to see players' attributes, which had changed to a different system between the eras.
[BURP]
EMERGENCY ALERT
BELCH DETECTED
ATTRIBUTION ERROR
RECOMMEND DEEP ANALYSIS
Universal Bets and Influence
Starting with Day 24, and repeating each real-world 24 hours, a new boon was granted. This boon, referred to as "Universal Bets and Influence", granted players 100 Chips and 20 Votes. This, notably, would not activate during Offseason. Coinciding with this came a Message from the Monitor:
universal bets and influence
nice
just got my daily chips and votes
time to bet big
@monitor
Please Help.
Right before the Postseason began, an Emergency Alert was broadcast. Before long, however, the message itself was clearly being actively edited. Whilst only edited one letter at a time, the messages the alert ended up at are as follows:
PLEASE WAIT
PLEASE WAIT...........
P
PLEASE HELP.
PLEASE HELP...........
PLEASE.
PLEASE WAIT?
PLEASE WAIT!?!?!
PLEASE WAIT.....
The message then continued to vary in line breaks and periods, eventually making the message vertical and adding select periods to letters, culminating at:
P....
L....
E.......
A..........
S....
E..
W....
A.......
I.....
T......
The periods and letters themselves were then deleted, and when all were deleted, the usual PLEASE WAIT... was typed out. Shortly thereafer, the message changed to PLAY BALL!, and the Postseason began.
Notable Election Results
During the Election the Hades Tigers managed to win the "Yeet" Blessing which was to send their worst player to the Black Hole, which was Eddie Tumblehome, and for them to recieve a random player in return. However the results of the election showed that the player they were to recieve was Frazier Tosser who had already fallen onto the field, during a game between the Philly Pies and Mexico City Wild Wings. Due to this, this managed to result in the Philly Pies somehow recieved Tumblehome on their lineup, and the Hades Tigers appearing to gain no player on their team.
Two players who were previously were incinerated and listed as deceased, Shaquille Torres and Derrick Krueger returned from the Black Hole with the Modification Entrenched as a result of the Election. The modification had no description.
Player Tiera Wigdoubt from the Shadows of prehistory team Laredo Excavators, was also taken from the Black Hole to join the Baltimore Crabs. Although their team was listed as deceased and they were in the Hall of Flame, they themselves were not. As a result of returning they gained the Modification In The Field, which had no description.
Ongoing Decrees
As of the end of Season β24, all Ongoing Decrees had been Nullified, and are no longer in play.
Standings
Good Conference | Record | Evil Conference | Record |
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Awful Good | Awful Evil | ||
Moab Hellmouth Sunbeams 🌞* | 66-24 | Atlantis Georgias 🔱* | 59-31 |
Charleston Shoe Thieves 👟* | 65-25 | Core Mechanics 🛠️ | 50-40 |
Miami Dale 🚤* | 42-48 | Houston Spies 🕵️ | 46-44 |
Baltimore Crabs 🦀 | 41-49 | Breckenridge Jazz Hands 👐 | 42-48 |
Philly Pies 🥧 | 40-50 | Dallas Steaks 🥩 | 34-56 |
Hades Tigers 🐅 | 33-57 | Chicago Firefighters 🔥 | 28-62 |
Chaotic Good | Chaotic Evil | ||
Kansas City Breath Mints 🍬* | 61-29 | Mexico City Wild Wings 🍗* | 78-12 |
San Francisco Lovers 💋 | 40-50 | Hawai'i Fridays 🏝️* | 58-32 |
Boston Flowers 🌹 | 35-55 | Seattle Garages 🎸* | 53-37 |
Canada Moist Talkers 🗣️ | 33-57 | Yellowstone Magic ✨ | 51-39 |
New York Millennials 📱 | 32-58 | Ohio Worms 🐌 | 34-56 |
LA Unlimited Tacos 🌮 | 30-60 | Tokyo Lift 🏋️ | 29-61 |
* Denotes teams that made it to the playoffs.
Postseason
Four teams from each Conference advance to the postseason, consisting of the four best performing teams in the Conference seeded by Wins..
Teams alternate home games with the higher seed hosting first. The Quarterfinals, Semifinals, and Internet Series are all best-of-five.
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Internet Series | |||||||||||
1 | Moab Hellmouth Sunbeams | 3 | |||||||||||
4 | Miami Dale | 0 | |||||||||||
1 | Moab Hellmouth Sunbeams | 1 | |||||||||||
Good Conference | |||||||||||||
2 | Charleston Shoe Thieves | 3 | |||||||||||
2 | Charleston Shoe Thieves | 3 | |||||||||||
3 | Kansas City Breath Mints | 0 | |||||||||||
GC | Charleston Shoe Thieves | 3 | |||||||||||
EC | Mexico City Wild Wings | 1 | |||||||||||
1 | Mexico City Wild Wings | 3 | |||||||||||
4 | Seattle Garages | 1 | |||||||||||
1 | Mexico City Wild Wings | 3 | |||||||||||
Evil Conference | |||||||||||||
2 | Atlantis Georgias | 1 | |||||||||||
2 | Atlantis Georgias | 3 | |||||||||||
3 | Hawai'i Fridays | 0 |
Election Ballot
Decrees
The Decree with the most community votes will go into effect.
Icon | Name | Effect |
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NEW Redistribute Wealth | At the end of every Season, the Champion will trade away all of their Players. | |
NEW Relegation | At the end of every Season, the last place Team's Roster will be replaced. | |
NEW Open the Forbidden Book | It is Forbidden. |
Blessings
Each Blessing will be awarded to a randomly selected team. Votes from a team's fans increase the likelihood of that team receiving a blessing. Each team can win at most one blessing.
Name | Effect |
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NEW Team Boost | Your Team is boosted Overall by 1/2 a Star. |
NEW Batting Boost | Your Team's Batting is boosted by 1 Star. |
NEW Pitching Boost | Your Team's Pitching is boosted by 1 Star. |
NEW Max Out Batter | Max out a random Batter on your Team's Zone. |
NEW Max Out Pitcher | Max out a random Pitcher on your Team's Zone. |
NEW Steal Best Batter | Steal the best Batter from the Black Hole for your Team. |
NEW Steal Best Pitcher | Steal the best Pitcher in the Black Hole for your Team. |
NEW Randomize Players | Call the Alternates for your Team's 5 worst Players. |
Strong Start | Sort your Lineup by Batting Rating. |
Shadow Play | Swap your worst Player out for someone in your Shadows. |
Wind Sprints | Your Team's Defense and Running are boosted by 1 Star. |
Yeet | Send your Team's worst Player into the Black Hole and receive a random Player back. |
Strike Zero | A Division Rival will receive the worst Overall Player from the Black Hole. |
Guess Whose Thwack | Boost your Lineup's Thwack by 1 Star. |
Shore Up | Boost a random Player on your Team's worst Attribute by 5 Stars. |
Election Results
Decrees
- NEW Open the Forbidden Book passed.
- THE BOOK OPENS
- SOLAR ECLIPSE
- UMPIRES' EYES TURN WHITE
- STAR PLAYER ANASTASIA ISAROBOT IS INCINERATED. THEY ARE REPLACED ON THE MEXICO CITY WILD WINGS BY GÖRAN NDOYE.
- STAR PLAYER TERRELL BRADLEY'S ALTERNATE IS CALLED.
- STAR PLAYER ZEPHYR MCCLOUD IS CURSED. EYES CLEAR. HEART FILLS. THEY CAN'T LOSE.
- STAR PLAYER SIMON HALEY SWEARS IN. THEY EMBARK ON A SIDE QUEST IN THE SHADOWS. PIXIE CARBERRY CLOCKS IN.
- BRECKENRIDGE BREAKS
- THE CORONATION ERA BEGINS.
Blessings
- NEW Steal Best Batter
- The Baltimore Crabs reaches into the Horizon and steals Tiera Wigdoubt.
- 🦀 + Tiera Wigdoubt, Lineup
- Won with 10.338373822508675%
- The Baltimore Crabs reaches into the Horizon and steals Tiera Wigdoubt.
- NEW Max Out Pitcher
- Abner Pothos' entire Zone heats up. It's Red Hot!
- Won with 4.151796660037594%
- NEW Randomize Players
- Eddie Mulberry's Alternate is Called!
- + Alternate
- Una Manhattan's Alternate is Called!
- + Alternate
- Edric Tosser's Alternate is Called!
- + Alternate
- Serge Shortvat's Alternate is Called!
- + Alternate
- Eddie Mulberry's Alternate is Called!
- + Alternate
- Won with 2.8611619074412715%
- Eddie Mulberry's Alternate is Called!
- Wind Sprints
- The Yellowstone Magic' Lineup gains 1 Star of Defense and 1 Star of Running.
- Running 2.2 → 3.2
- Defense 2.2 → 3.2
- Won with 10.946945195471192%
- The Yellowstone Magic' Lineup gains 1 Star of Defense and 1 Star of Running.
- Yeet
- The Hades Tigers yeets Eddie Tumblehome into the Horizon! The Black Hole Burps out Frazier Tosser in return.
- 🐅 - Eddie Tumblehome, Lineup
- 🐅 + Frazier Tosser, Lineup
- Won with 2.554868712073952%
- Note: Frazier Tosser had earlier been seen to fall from the Black Hole during a game, and it can now be inferred that they landed on the Pies but were not visibly on the Pies on the site. This can be inferred because when the trade went through, Tumblehome did not vanish into the Black Hole, but instead was traded to the Pies. As of this writing, Tosser is not visibly on the Tigers, but Tumblehome can be seen at the top of the Pies lineup.
- The Hades Tigers yeets Eddie Tumblehome into the Horizon! The Black Hole Burps out Frazier Tosser in return.
- NEW Steal Best Pitcher
- The Charleston Shoe Thieves reaches into the Horizon and steals Derrick Krueger.
- 👟 + Derrick Krueger, Rotation
- Won with 5.6553764600733505%
- The Charleston Shoe Thieves reaches into the Horizon and steals Derrick Krueger.
- NEW Max Out Batter
- Gumdrop Che Amran' entire Zone heats up. It's Red Hot!
- Won with 1.9100935518068705%
- NEW Batting Boost
- The Moab Hellmouth Sunbeams' Lineup gains 1 Star of Batting.
- Batting 2.8 → 3.8
- Won with 11.367165400772777%
- The Moab Hellmouth Sunbeams' Lineup gains 1 Star of Batting.
- Shadow Play
- James Boy is called up to replace Yusef Puddles. Yusef Puddles retreats to the shadows...
- 🍗 Yusef Puddles -> Shadows
- 🍗 James Boy -> Lineup
- Won with 3.752543139175646%
- James Boy is called up to replace Yusef Puddles. Yusef Puddles retreats to the shadows...
- Guess Whose Thwack
- The Seattle Garages' Lineup gains 1 Star of Thwack.
- Won with 11.046309370331716%
- Shore Up
- Svetlana Dickens shores up their worst Attribute!
- Won with 10.525273528392495%
- NEW Team Boost
- The Boston Flowers gain 1/2 a Star Overall.
- Won with 4.794977496315768%
- Strike Zero
- The Black Hole Burps out Shaquille Torres to the Chicago Firefighters! The Houston Spies receive Strike 1.
- 🔥 + Shaquille Torres, Lineup
- 🕵️ + Strike 1
- Won with 2.6317888188850787%
- The Black Hole Burps out Shaquille Torres to the Chicago Firefighters! The Houston Spies receive Strike 1.
- NEW Pitching Boost
- The Breckenridge Jazz Hands' Rotation gains 1 Star of Pitching.
- Pitching 2 → 3
- Won with 3.373744698964229%
- The Breckenridge Jazz Hands' Rotation gains 1 Star of Pitching.
- Strong Start
- The Core Mechanics optimized their Lineup!
- Won with 2.18729580080476%
Takeover Messages
Following the Election, an emergency alert happened corresponding to the players voting for the Decree "NEW Open the Forbidden Book".
EMERGENCY ALERT
THE BOOK OPENS
SOLAR ECLIPSE
[ WHISTLES ]
Following this alert, 4 Umpires appeared, each appearing to correspond to a different division. They then spoke on what would happen.
PLAY IS NOW UNDER REVIEW
A POWER VACUUM IS DETECTED
SECTION 6 RULE G STATES
IN THE EVENT OF A POWER VACUUM
A TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS SHALL BE CALLED
TO NAME A NEW ACE
AND CLAIM THE MOUND.
SECTION 6 RULE H STATES
A CREW OF UMPIRES SHALL ASSEMBLE
TO HERALD THE TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS
AND ENFORCE THE RULES OF PLAY.
SECTION 6 RULE I STATES
A TEAM MUST HOLD A GOLDEN RECORD
TO PARTICIPATE IN THE TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS
ONLY OFFICIALLY NOTARIZED GOLDEN RECORDS SHALL BE RECOGNIZED
SO SAY THE RULES.
MORE TO COME.
After a brief pause, this was followed by one more emergency alert announcing the name of the era.
Offseason
During the Offseason, Universal Bets and Income were not given out.
Unredacting of the Book
Shortly after the beginning of the Offseason the Umpires appeared again:
BEHOLD
SECTION 2
THE LEAGUE
THE RULES MUST BE ENFORCED
READ THE RULES
Afterwards parts of section 2 of the The Forbidden Book were unredacted. As well as rules g, h, and i in section 6, which the Umpires recited in their previous appearance.
24 hours later the Umpires appeared once more:
BEHOLD
SECTION 3
THE SEASONS
THE RULES MUST BE ENFORCED
READ THE RULES
This was followed by the unredaction of parts of section 3.
After another 24 hours, the Umpires unredactded section 4 with another appearance.
BEHOLD
SECTION 4
THE GAME
THE RULES MUST BE ENFORCED
READ THE RULES
After yet another 24 hours, the Umpires unredacted Section 5 with another appearance.
BEHOLD
SECTION 5
FANDOM
THE RULES MUST BE ENFORCED
READ THE RULES
Full Timeline | ||
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Fall Ball | Overview · 1st Fall · 2nd Fall · 3rd Fall · 4th Fall · 5th Fall · 6th Fall · 7th Fall · 8th Fall · 9th Fall · Final Fall | |
Season 1 | Overview · Charge Changes · Bonus Burps · The NEW Forbidden Book · The Umpires · Offseason | |
Season 2 | Overview · The Four Eclipses · INTERNAL ERROR · Postseason Switch · Election · Offseason | |
Siesta | ||
Community Lore | ||
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