August Mina

August Mina
Artist rendition courtesy of @JoshCloss
Basic Information
Team	Dallas Steaks
Status	Active
Batting
Pitching
Defense
Running
Personal Information
Item	None
Armor	None
Evolution	Base
Pregame Ritual	Fishing for compliments
Coffee Style	Cold Brew
Blood Type	Acidic
Fate	16
Soulscream	HAEIEHAEIEHOEAAXOEAAXOUIAOEUIAOEU
Biographical Details
Pronouns	she/her

August Mina is a pitcher for the Dallas Steaks. Mina has been with the Steaks since Season 2. She previously played for the Philly Pies.

Official League Records

Mina was traded to the Steaks for Jessica Telephone as a result of the Steal Best Hitter blessing from the Season 1 Elections.

Mina became a pitcher after the Steaks won the Mutual Aid blessing in the Season 5 Elections, swapping places with Conner Haley.

Biography

COMMUNITY REPORTS
The remainder of this article contains lore created collaboratively by the Blaseball community.

Cooking

Mina's cooking skills are renowned, and she worked at several Mlichelin-starred restaurants during her culinary career. Mina has shown versatility working with all kinds of ingredients and within many different cuisines, always making sure to work with chefs from other cultures to understand the significance those dishes hold for them. One food critic described Mina's style in this way: "Mina's cooking doesn't so much transform the ingredients as it transforms your perspective of what those ingredients can or should be."

The Midnight Cookoff

On a fateful Friday night shortly before Season 1 began, after a busy dinner shift at her restaurant, Mina Cuisina, Mina was biking home close to midnight when she noticed a "strange, glowy light" coming from a clearing in the woods just off the road. Upon investigation, she found a gelatinous forest sprite, hard at work preparing a feast. The sprite spotted Mina and, recognizing her culinary aura, challenged her to a mythical cooking contest to be judged by the Spirits of the Woods. If Mina won, the sprite would grant her one wish; if the sprite won, Mina would give them her cooking skills. Mina agreed and, by a razor-thin margin, outcooked the sprite by a final score of 373-372 on the traditional Forest Spirit 400-point scale.

Mina, who still loved cooking but longed for a change, wished for the ability to play Blaseball. Moments later, Mina regretted her wording, as she forgot to specify that she wanted to be good at Blaseball. As a consequence, Mina received skills only good enough to be a one-star hitter. The gelatinous forest sprite also muttered something cryptic about "When the fated hour comes," but Mina was too busy thinking about being a Blaseball player at that point to focus on that.

The next day, she handed over management of her restaurant to her employees and was signed by the Philly Pies. She still cooks occasionally, and has been seen picking up shifts during siestas and offseasons, but her main focus now is Blaseball.

If nothing else, ever since the Midnight Cookoff, Mina knew that she could always brag that she beat the Blobby Fey.

Career with the Pies, Season 1

During Season 1, Mina joined the Philly Pies on their championship run before being traded to the Dallas Steaks during the postseason.

Batting Career with the Steaks, Seasons 2-5

Mina was quickly accepted by the Dallas Steaks clubhouse after joining them in Season 2, thanks in large part to her embrace of the team culture and her cooking skills. Mina's skill in baking pies, on full display during her time with the Pies, was surpassed by her skill in grilling steak, almost garnering her more fans in Dallas' food scene than in Blaseball. She is renowned amongst both her teammates and Steaks fans for knowing exactly how someone wants to have their steak cooked without needing to ask, be it beef, tuna, cauliflower, or any other type of steak one might choose. Since joining the Steaks, Mina always has a pair of spring-loaded tongs ready to go, even during a game.

Pitching Career with the Steaks, Season 6 and Onward

In the Season 5 postseason, Mina amassed a staggering 1.500 OPS, far surpassing the expectations her star rating and past performance might warrant. The Blobby Fey, frustrated at her success, returned during the offseason and forbade her from batting, warning her of dire consequences if she did. The next day, Mina went in to Philomena A. Minyon's office to discuss the matter. Mina was relieved to discover that the team had received the Mutual Aid blessing, forcing her to switch roles with Conner Haley and thus averting whatever catastrophe the Blobby Fey had in mind.

Where Haley was a natural hitter who had been forced to pitch, Mina was not so fortunate with regards to her new role; she would have to once again learn a new skillset. Undeterred, Mina set to work, developing herself as a pitcher and hoping to one day outperform her stellar postseason performance with her work on the mound.

Fan Art

August Mina's Season 4 Tlopps Card. Art and Design by @JoshCloss

August Mina's Season 6 Tlopps Card. Art and Design by @JoshCloss