Baltimore Crabs/Season 18

🦀 Baltimore Crabs
Season 18
Dates	May 10, 2021 – May 16, 2021
← Previous	Season 17
Next →	Season 19
Results
Postseason	Win 2-1 against 📱 Lose 2-3 against 🥧
Overall Record	53-46
Wins	54
Divine Favor	3
Division	2nd in Mild Low
League	4th in Mild League
ILB Placement	9th overall
Modifiers	CarcinizationWhen this Team activates the Black Hole, they will steal their opponent's best hitter for the remainder of the game.  UnholeyWhen this Team activates the Black Hole, a random Player on their opponent's Team will be impaired by 1%.  0Players with 0 will always swing at strikes while there are 0 Balls and 0 Strikes in the At Bat.
Renovations	Peanut MisterA Peanut Mister will occasionally cure a Player of their peanut allergy. Peanut Misters can also remove the Superallergic modification from players.  PsychoAcousticsIn Feedback or Reverb, PsychoAcoustics will occasionally Echo one of the Away Team's mods to the Home Team, for game-long use.  Secret BaseThe Secret Base is a hidden base beyond 2nd that allows a baserunner to hide between innings.  Flood PumpsFlood Pumps will prevent Flooding weather from making your Ballpark filthier.  Salmon CannonsSalmon Cannons have a chance of expelling pests from your Ballpark. Salmon Cannons can prevent Consumer attacks and send players on the away team Elsewhere.  Hotel MotelThe Hotel Motel will occasionally create Holiday Innings during the Earlseason, where you Party instead of Score.  SmithyThe Smithy will occasionally repair Items for Players playing in this Ballpark.
League Info
Active Rules	Eat The RichAt the end of each Season, the Fans with the top 1% of Coins will have their funds redistributed throughout the 99%.  Party TimeA Team will enter Party Time if receiving 1 Win per remaining game would not land them in the Postseason. In Party Time, they'll receive random Stat Boosts from Partying. See also: Glossary  Wild CardsAt the end of the regular season, 1 Wild Card will be drawn at random from the remaining Teams in each Sub-League to receive a Postseason Birth.  Based EvolutionEvery Third Championship a Team wins will cause the Team and its Players to Evolve. Players that round the phylogenic Bases will get to go Home.  Free WillsThe bottom four finishing Teams in the League will receive an extra Will in that Season's Election.  All You Can EatFans are free to buy and discard Snack Slots in their Snack Pack. The number of Slots they have will determine their Payout Modifier for all Snacks. The less slots, the higher the Payout Modifier.  Community ChestAnytime 3000 Runs are accumulated league-wide, every Team will receive an Item Crate for a random active Player on their Team.  FairgroundsAll games have a chance of being Prize Matches, in which the winning Team will open an Item Crate.
Roster Changes
Date Change Cause 18 42 - Jon Halifax + Parker Meng 🦀 Fax Machine 18 LS + Chorby Soul III 🦀 Gift Shop Chorby Soul, Collector's Edition 18 90 - Chorby Soul III + Zeruel Kramer 🦀 Incineration 18 99 + Samothes Thwompson 🦀 Postseason Birth 18 EL - Montgomery Bullock + - 🦀 Will (🦀) Move
Latesiesta
Renovations	The Crabitat will now have more Black Hole. The Crabitat was cleaned up! It is no longer Filthy.
Gift Shop	Soul Patches Tot Fox 2 -> 6 Trinity Smaht 3 -> 6 Finn James 4 -> 6 Kennedy Loser 5 -> 6 Enid Marlow 5 -> 6 Bargain Bin Montgomery Bullock -Bat +Mesh Head Jersey Chorby Soul, Collector's Edition: +Chorby Soul III, Lineup
Decrees
Trust Fall   +  TurntablesBallpark: Any Win earned from a non-loss in this Ballpark during the Regular Season will be converted to an Unwin. League: Any Win earned from a non-loss during the Regular Season will be converted to an Unwin.
Tidings
Ratification:   -  Hotel Motel   -  Turntables
Wills
Shadow Infuse   Parker Parra Batting 2.8 → 4.0 Move   🦀 Montgomery Bullock -> Lineup   🦀 Montgomery Bullock -> Shadows   Montgomery Bullock 11.7 → 12.3
Blessings
None

The Baltimore Crabs' Season 18 ...

Starting Roster

Lineup	Rotation
Tot Fox Kennedy Loser Trinity Smaht Enid Marlow Alston Cerveza Montgomery Bullock Pedro Davids	Lorcan Smaht Jon Halifax Adalberto Tosser Finn James
Shadows
Axel Campbell Pierre Haley Rosa Holloway Miguel Peterson Robbins Schmitt Alexandria Hess Joyner Rugrat Javier Howe Elijah Glover Thomas Marsh Matheo Tanaka Bevan Underbuck Hercules Lincecum Samothes Dembélé Parker Meng Parker Parra Squid Galvanic

Season Events

Stadium Renovations

• Black Hole + - 5,081,882 Coins Spent
  • The Crabitat will now have more Black Hole.
• Ballpark Cleanup - 3,721,965 Coins Spent
  • The Crabitat was cleaned up! It is no longer Filthy.

Gifts

Crabs received 3 Gifts! - 13,233,606 coins contributed

• Top Contributors:
  • 🗣️ Moist Talkers - 19%
  • 🔥 Firefighters - 14%
  • 🔱 Georgias - 9%
• Soul Patches - Wishlist #1
  • Tot Fox's soul was increased.
    • 2 -> 3
  • Tot Fox's soul was increased.
    • 3 -> 4
  • Tot Fox's soul was increased.
    • 4 -> 5
  • Trinity Smaht's soul was increased.
    • 4 -> 5
  • Finn James' soul was increased.
    • 4 -> 5
  • Finn James' soul was increased.
    • 5 -> 6
  • Trinity Smaht's soul was increased.
    • 5 -> 6
  • Tot Fox's soul was increased.
    • 5 -> 6
  • Kennedy Loser's soul was increased.
    • 5 -> 6
  • Enid Marlow's soul was increased.
    • 5 -> 6
• Bargain Bin - Wishlist #2
  • Montgomery Bullock dropped Bat.
    • - Bat
    • Overall 11.7 + 0.3 -> 11.7
  • Montgomery Bullock gained Mesh Head Jersey.
    • + Mesh Head Jersey
    • Overall 11.7 -> 11.7 + 0.2
• Chorby Soul, Collector's Edition - Wishlist #3
  • A Replica of Chorby Soul is granted to the Crabs.
    • 🦀 + Chorby Soul III, Lineup

Election Outcomes

Wills

• 
  Shadow Infuse
  • The Crabs vote to infuse Parker Parra's Batting ability.
  • Parker Parra's Batting is Infused.
    • Batting 2.8 → 4.0
  • Shadow Infuse - 35% of all Crabs Will Votes
    This Filing - 71% of Crabs Shadow Infuse Votes
    Final Odds - 25% chance of happening.
• 
  Move
  • The Crabs vote to move Montgomery Bullock to their Shadow Rotation.
  • The Crabs made a roster move.
    • 🦀 - Montgomery Bullock, Lineup
    • 🦀 + Montgomery Bullock, Shadows
  • Montgomery Bullock entered the Shadows.
    • Combined 11.7 → 12.3
  • Move - 41% of all Crabs Will Votes
    This Filing - 78% of Crabs Move Votes
    Final Odds - 32% chance of happening.

Season Overview

Season 18: Shaking the Dust off

The following summary mixes canon events with community lore.
After returning from the siesta the first thing the team noticed was an immediate change in their teammate Kennedy Loser. His hauntings had slowed down considerably, and finally let him shine both on and off the field. On the other hand Jon Halifax was quick to gain the ire of fans as he stepped in to claim the reward from the ILB’s first even prize match: A Hot Bat of Stamina, which was useless for pitching with. Luckily that ire didn’t last long as on the 43rd game of the season Parker Meng was able to make her Baltimore pitching debut as Halifax gave up 10 runs in the 9th inning against the Philadelphia Pies.

The peace was not to last though, as in the lateseason the Crabs were “gifted” a replica of an old familiar face, Chorby Soul III. Still unstable, and with two eclipses in the forecast, the Crabs feared for the worst after the death of Luis Acevedo in the previous season. Soul III did not go down quietly though. After a bizarre event where Greer Lott attempted to siphon their blood and improved Soul III’s defense, Soul III batted through the first eclipse game unflinchingly on Day 84, and in the second on day 90 they made it to the 10th inning against the Dallas Steaks before being incinerated by a rogue umpire and being replaced with the fresh faced Zeruel Kramer, batting for the Baltimore Crabs.

The Lovers Celebrating their victory

Elsewhere in the League the Philly Pies were poised to break the Crab's longstanding season win record of 80-19 season, with 80 non-losses as they entered game 97 with a series against the San Francisco Lovers. The Lovers then proceeded to sweep the Pies, resulting in a tie, with the record now shared between them.

The Crabs scrapped their way into the postseason with a three-way tie going into game 99, but despite being knocked out, they put up an admirable showing.

Between eir 2 postseason games, Lorcan came home with an ERA of 0.2, being scored on once by the New York Millennials, and then using Triple Threat to score 0.6 un-runs, and then shutting out the league dominating Philly Pies.

Not to be upstaged, Adalberto Tosser and Kennedy Loser made an impression with their show against the Millennial’s 8.6 star pitcher Castillo Turner, with Tosser holding them to 1 run, and Loser scoring 3 Home Runs in a row with only 4 plate appearances, and the game ending at 3-1 for the Crabs.

Finally in their last victory of the postseason, Parker Meng shut out the Pies right until the last out of the game, but the Crab’s lineup was able to score a total of seven runs against famed pitcher Elvis Figueroa despite the Pie’s Home Field Advantage with Tot Fox, Montgomery Bullock, and Pedro Davids scoring four home runs between them.

Election

In an uncharacteristically quiet election, the Crabs were denied any blessings yet again, but they were no strangers to that. Instead they moved their attention to their Wills, and to their shadows in particular - sending Montgomery Bullock to act as their relief pitcher, and infusing Parker Parra.

With Bullock now poised to take over pitching when they are called, and Parra ready in the wings, the Crabs prepared to step into what was sure to be a highly unusual season.