Baltimore Crabs/Season 19

🦀 Baltimore Crabs
Season 19
Dates	May 17, 2021 – May 23, 2021
← Previous	Season 18
Next →	Season 20
Results
Overall Record	55-44
Wins	-51
Partytime	Day 93
Divine Favor	14
Division	4th in Mild Low
League	8th in Mild League
ILB Placement	14th 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.  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.  Hype TrainShaming your opponent will build Hype in your Ballpark.  RatificationRenovations built by at least 18 Teams will be Ratified into Non-Physical Law for the entire League.  Hotel MotelThe Hotel Motel will occasionally create Holiday Innings during the Earlseason, where you Party instead of Score.  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.
Roster Changes
Date Change Cause β19 62 - Tot Fox + Conner Haley 💋 Feedback β19 LS + Aldon Cashmoney IV 🦀 Gift Shop Aldon Cashmoney, Hitting Edition β19 91 - Aldon Cashmoney IV + Avila Guzman 🎸 Feedback β19 EL00 - Parker Meng + Jacoby Podcast 🐌 Will (🐌) Equivalent Exchange β19 EL01 - Trinity Smaht + Fran Beans 🍗 Will (🦀) Equivalent Exchange
Earlsiesta
Tarot Results	⚾ Fool XII 🌞 The Hanged Man IIII 🥩 The Emperor TURN OVER, Lorcan Smaht +  UndertakerThis Player will dive in to Develop a Negative when a teammate goes Elsewhere.
Latesiesta
Renovations	The Crabitat is now 15% more viscous +  Heat MagnetThe Heat Magnet will absorb heat from an incineration and pass it on to the Thermal Converter.
Gift Shop	Fireproof, Team Edition +  FireproofPlayer: This Player cannot be incinerated. Team: This Team and the Players on it cannot be incinerated. See also: Glossary. Aldon Cashmoney, Hitting Edition: +Aldon Cashmoney IV, Lineup
Wills
Equivalent Exchange   🐌 - Jacoby Podcast + Parker Meng   🦀 - Parker Meng + Jacoby Podcast Equivalent Exchange   🦀 - Trinity Smaht + Fran Beans   🍗 - Fran Beans + Trinity Smaht
Blessings
Go Big? Go Home   Alston Cerveza   +  UnderachieverWhen this Player hits a Home Run, the polarity of the Runs or Unruns will be flipped (Runs become Unruns, Unruns become Runs). Pitching Practice   Lorcan Smaht Pitching 4.9 → 5.1   Jacoby Podcast Pitching 4.6 → 4.8   Adalberto Tosser Pitching 4.7 → 4.8   Finn James Pitching 4.3 → 4.4 Fax Numbers   Jon Halifax Pitching 3.0 → 3.3   Pierre Haley Pitching 1.5 → 2.2   Axel Campbell Pitching 3.4 → 4.2   Rosa Holloway Pitching 2.5 → 2.7   Bevan Underbuck Pitching 1.9 → 2.2   Hercules Lincecum Pitching 0.5 → 0.4   Samothes Dembélé Pitching 2.8 → 3.6   Samothes Thwompson Pitching 1.2 → 1.5   Miguel Peterson Pitching 2.0 → 2.6   Squid Galvanic Pitching 2.0 → 2.6   Robbins Schmitt Pitching 0.9 → 1.0   Alexandria Hess Pitching 2.3 → 2.8   Joyner Rugrat Pitching 1.2 → 1.9   Javier Howe Pitching 2.6 → 2.9   Elijah Glover Pitching 1.7 → 2.0   Thomas Marsh Pitching 1.7 → 2.3   Matheo Tanaka Pitching 2.8 → 3.1   Montgomery Bullock Pitching 5.8 → 6.6   Parker Parra Pitching 1.7 → 1.7 Shadowrun   Jon Halifax Baserunning 1.1 → 1.6   Pierre Haley Baserunning 1.4 → 2.0   Axel Campbell Baserunning 2.3 → 2.2   Rosa Holloway Baserunning 2.1 → 2.1   Bevan Underbuck Baserunning 4.4 → 4.8   Hercules Lincecum Baserunning 2.1 → 3.1   Samothes Dembélé Baserunning 3.1 → 3.2   Samothes Thwompson Baserunning 1.9 → 2.1   Miguel Peterson Baserunning 3.6 → 3.9   Squid Galvanic Baserunning 2.9 → 3.6   Robbins Schmitt Baserunning 3.0 → 3.5   Alexandria Hess Baserunning 1.5 → 2.1   Joyner Rugrat Baserunning 2.8 → 3.2   Javier Howe Baserunning 3.2 → 3.8   Elijah Glover Baserunning 2.7 → 2.6   Thomas Marsh Baserunning 1.7 → 1.8   Matheo Tanaka Baserunning 2.5 → 2.7   Montgomery Bullock Baserunning 2.4 → 2.4   Parker Parra Baserunning 4.4 → 4.6
Post-election
Other Events	+  Free GiftThis Team will receive an Extra Gift from the next Gift Shop.

In Season β19 the Baltimore Crabs finished eighth in the Mild League and fourteenth in the ILB.

Lorcan Smaht gained the Undertaker modification, flipping several players negative and missing much of the season. Tot Fox was caught and traded with Conner Haley in the team’s second ever feedback, and the Crabs Aldon Cashmoney IV Replica followed suit, swapping for Avila Guzman shortly afterwards. In the Election Trinity Smaht was traded for Fran Beans, Parker Meng was traded for the flickering Jacoby Podcast, and Alston Cerveza gained the Underachiever modification.

Starting Roster

Lineup	Rotation
Tot Fox Kennedy Loser Trinity Smaht Enid Marlow Zeruel Kramer Alston Cerveza Pedro Davids	Lorcan Smaht Parker Meng 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 Jon Halifax Parker Parra Squid Galvanic Samothes Thwompson Montgomery Bullock

Season Events

Tarot Reading

In the Earlsiesta, the Crabs were effected by a tarot reading for the first time - with Lorcan Smaht gaining the Undertaker modification.
TURN OVER

 

⚾

Fool

XII

🌞

The Hanged Man

IIII

🥩

The Emperor

TURN OVER, Lorcan Smaht +  Undertaker

Stadium Renovations

The Crabs built two renovations.

• Viscosity + - 2,891,996 Coins Spent
  • The Crabitat will now be 15% more Viscous!
• Heat Magnet - 2,770,671 Coins Spent
  • The Crabs connected a Heat Magnet to the Thermal Converter in The Crabitat.
  • The Crabitat gained the Heat Magnet modification.
    • +  Heat Magnet

Gifts

A thank you Card from the Crabs for their gifts in season 19.

Due to staff error, the Gift tally was miscounted, causing several teams to receive fewer gifts than expected; including the Crabs.

• Crabs received 2 Gifts! - 12,262,630 coins contributed
  • Top Contributors:
    • 👟 Shoe Thieves - 46%
    • 🍬 Breath Mints - 11%
    • 🔥 Firefighters - 9%
  • Fireproof, Team Edition - Wishlist #1
    • The Crabs are safe from incinerations for the rest of the season!
      • +  Fireproof
  • Aldon Cashmoney, Hitting Edition - Wishlist #2
    • A Replica of Aldon Cashmoney is granted to the Crabs.
      • 🦀 + Aldon Cashmoney IV, Lineup

Roster Changes

In Season 19 the Crabs were subject to two feedbacks, five parties, and had one allergy cured.

• On Day 62 Tot Fox and Conner Haley were caught in the Feedback
• On Day 87 Conner Haley was cured of their peanut allergy.
• On Day 91 Avila Guzman and Aldon Cashmoney IV were caught in the feedback
• On Day 93 Adalberto Tosser partied.
• On Day 96 Enid Marlow partied.
• On Day 97 Adalberto Tosser partied.
• On Day 98 Adalberto Tosser partied.
• On Day 99 Kennedy Loser partied.

Notable Games

In Season 19 some notable games for the Crabs were:

• On Day 10 The Crabs Double loop the Pies (Watch here on Before)
• On Day 62 Tot Fox Feedbacks for Conner Haley (Watch here on Before)
• On Day 91 Avila Guzman joins the team (Watch here on Before)

Election Outcomes

Tidings

• sorry again
  • here you go crabs
    • +  Free Gift

Wills

• 
  Equivalent Exchange
  • The Worms vote to swap Parker Meng and Jacoby Podcast.
  • The Crabs and Worms made a trade.
    • 🦀 - Parker Meng + Jacoby Podcast
    • 🐌 - Jacoby Podcast + Parker Meng
• 
  Equivalent Exchange
  • The Crabs vote to swap Fran Beans and Trinity Smaht.
  • The Wild Wings and Crabs made a trade.
    • 🍗 - Fran Beans + Trinity Smaht
    • 🦀 - Trinity Smaht + Fran Beans
  • Equivalent Exchange - 22% of all Crabs Will Votes
    This Filing - 4% of Crabs Equivalent Exchange Votes
    Final Odds - 1% chance of happening.
• 
  Shadow Infuse
  • The Crabs vote to infuse Montgomery Bullock's Pitching ability.
  • Montgomery Bullock's Pitching is Infused.
    • Pitching 4.3 → 5.8
  • Shadow Infuse - 38% of all Crabs Will Votes
    This Filing - 95% of Crabs Shadow Infuse Votes
    Final Odds - 36% chance of happening.

Blessings

• 
  Go Big? Go Home blessed the Boston Flowers.
  • Flowers avoided Underachievement.
    The Crabs' Alston Cerveza is now an Underachiever.
    • +  Underachiever
  • The Flowers had 2% of the Votes
    Highest Bidder - The Crabs with 20%
    354,059 votes were cast.'
• 
  Pitching Practice blessed the Baltimore Crabs.
  • The Crabs' had their Rotation's Pitching adjusted by 1 to 4%.
  • The Crabs were boosted.
    • Pitching 4.2 → 4.2
  • Lorcan Smaht's pitching was boosted.
    • Pitching 4.9 → 5.1
  • Jacoby Podcast's pitching was boosted.
    • Pitching 4.6 → 4.8
  • Adalberto Tosser's pitching was boosted.
    • Pitching 4.7 → 4.8
  • Finn James' pitching was boosted.
    • Pitching 4.3 → 4.4
  • The Crabs had 10% of the Votes
    Highest Bidder - The Fridays with 19%
    1,536,185 votes were cast.
• 
  Fax Numbers blessed the Baltimore Crabs.
  • The Crabs' had their Shadow player's Pitching adjusted by -5 to 20%.
  • Jon Halifax's pitching was boosted.
    • Pitching 3.0 → 3.3
  • Pierre Haley's pitching was boosted.
    • Pitching 1.5 → 2.2
  • Axel Campbell's pitching was boosted.
    • Pitching 3.4 → 4.2
  • Rosa Holloway's pitching was boosted.
    • Pitching 2.5 → 2.7
  • Bevan Underbuck's pitching was boosted.
    • Pitching 1.9 → 2.2
  • Hercules Lincecum's pitching was impaired.
    • Pitching 0.5 → 0.4
  • Samothes Dembélé's pitching was boosted.
    • Pitching 2.8 → 3.6
  • Samothes Thwompson's pitching was boosted.
    • Pitching 1.2 → 1.5
  • Miguel Peterson's pitching was boosted.
    • Pitching 2.0 → 2.6
  • Squid Galvanic's pitching was boosted.
    • Pitching 2.0 → 2.6
  • Robbins Schmitt's pitching was boosted.
    • Pitching 0.9 → 1.0
  • Alexandria Hess' pitching was boosted.
    • Pitching 2.3 → 2.8
  • Joyner Rugrat's pitching was boosted.
    • Pitching 1.2 → 1.9
  • Javier Howe's pitching was boosted.
    • Pitching 2.6 → 2.9
  • Elijah Glover's pitching was boosted.
    • Pitching 1.7 → 2.0
  • Thomas Marsh's pitching was boosted.
    • Pitching 1.7 → 2.3
  • Matheo Tanaka's pitching was boosted.
    • Pitching 2.8 → 3.1
  • Montgomery Bullock's pitching was boosted.
    • Pitching 5.8 → 6.6
  • Parker Parra's pitching was impaired.
    • Pitching 1.7 → 1.7
  • The Crabs had 6% of the Votes
    Highest Bidder - The Tacos with 17%
    3,443,325 votes were cast.
• 
  Shadowrun blessed the Baltimore Crabs.
  • The Crabs' had their Shadow player's Baserunning adjusted by -5 to 20%.
  • Jon Halifax's baserunning was boosted.
    • Baserunning 1.1 → 1.6
  • Pierre Haley's baserunning was boosted.
    • Baserunning 1.4 → 2.0
  • Axel Campbell's baserunning was impaired.
    • Baserunning 2.3 → 2.2
  • Rosa Holloway's baserunning was boosted.
    • Baserunning 2.1 → 2.1
  • Bevan Underbuck's baserunning was boosted.
    • Baserunning 4.4 → 4.8
  • Hercules Lincecum's baserunning was boosted.
    • Baserunning 2.1 → 3.1
  • Samothes Dembélé's baserunning was boosted.
    • Baserunning 3.1 → 3.2
  • Samothes Thwompson's baserunning was boosted.
    • Baserunning 1.9 → 2.1
  • Miguel Peterson's baserunning was boosted.
    • Baserunning 3.6 → 3.9
  • Squid Galvanic's baserunning was boosted.
    • Baserunning 2.9 → 3.6
  • Robbins Schmitt's baserunning was boosted.
    • Baserunning 3.0 → 3.5
  • Alexandria Hess' baserunning was boosted.
    • Baserunning 1.5 → 2.1
  • Joyner Rugrat's baserunning was boosted.
    • Baserunning 2.8 → 3.2
  • Javier Howe's baserunning was boosted.
    • Baserunning 3.2 → 3.8
  • Elijah Glover's baserunning was impaired.
    • Baserunning 2.7 → 2.6
  • Thomas Marsh's baserunning was boosted.
    • Baserunning 1.7 → 1.8
  • Matheo Tanaka's baserunning was boosted.
    • Baserunning 2.5 → 2.7
  • Montgomery Bullock's baserunning was boosted.
    • Baserunning 2.4 → 2.4
  • Parker Parra's baserunning was boosted.
    • Baserunning 4.4 → 4.6
  • The Crabs had 13% of the Votes
    Highest Bidder - The Jazz Hands with 14%
    1,449,254 votes were cast.

Season Overview

Season 19: Crabs Good | Crabs Bad Superposition

The following summary mixes canon events with community lore.
With the passing of Turntables and its immediate ratification into non-physical law, the Baltimore Crabs’ chances at a postseason seemed unlikely, given their performance the season prior. Additionally, both their planned wills for the previous season had resolved successfully and shored up the team’s consistency: with their team looking stable, most Crabs fans agreed to simply accept the likely unwin tank in the oncoming season, in the assumption that Turntables would eventually be repealed.

Featuring a 2-run Home Run by Cedric Gonzalez.

The Crabs' performance in the earlseason, however, brought an unexpected shred of hope that Time For Crab could potentially still be on the horizon: on Day 10, in a game against league superstars (and thus, later, first to partytime of the season) the Philly Pies, the Crabs managed to loop and gain legitimate wins from Sun 2's blessings twice in one game before losing.

This incredible performance boosted the Crabs’ standing on the board by two Sun-wins and one unloss, leaving them in second place for their division. The Crabs then proceeded to loop twice more in the earlseason, seeming just within playoff contention through their earlseason performance if the loop-wins could simply continue.

Sadly, it was not to be. The rest of their season passed devoid of any further Sun 2 loops, and as they steadily slipped back updown the division leaderboard, the Crabs at last finished almost square in the middle of the pack with 51 unwins; far outside of playoff’s reach.

Despite quickly falling away from having a reasonable chance of making the playoffs, Season 19 was anything but a quiet season for the Baltimore Crabs.

During the Earlsiesta, shortly after watching both team captain Kennedy Loser and local umbramancer Enid Marlow swept away by floods of Immateria, star party pitcher and Smaht sibling Lorcan Smaht found themselves Turning Over into an Undertaker by the Reader’s influence: yet, trapped on the mound as a pitcher, eir inability to dive in after swept-away teammates quickly made itself clear. (Kennedy would return only twelve days later, while Enid would take almost the entirety of the season to find her way back.)

This turnover only marked the beginning of changes for the Crabs, as on Day 62, a surge of Feedback raised between the Crabs and the San Francisco Lovers. This was the first time the Baltimore Crabs had been exposed to Feedback since Season β4 had brought Tot Fox into their lineup, and in a stroke of irony, Tot was the very player lost to the Feedback in Season 19, replaced by now-Old Bay spiced ILB star Conner Haley.

Only a game after Conner had joined the team, a flood of Immateria swept away both himself, Zeruel Kramer, and the grill the two had happened to be repairing at the time. While Kramer returned only three days later, Conner remained absent for the rest of the season, perhaps to leave the Crabs to process the departure of their beloved fox.

During the Lateseason, in fear of the possibility of getting Chorbied once more, the Crabs took every measure to protect themselves; installing Heat Magnets into the Crabitat, coating the team in Eclipse SPF sunscreen, and also creating a replica of Aldon Cashmoney to protect the team from the Legendary Super Roamin’ Fifth Base. (They also made the Crabitat more Viscous, yet again.)

Their addition of the faux-Aldon (quickly nicknamed Crabmoney), however, ended up protecting them from weather in an unexpected way: a second wave of feedback left the Crabs unintentionally guilty of Funko Fraud, as Cashmoney IV was exchanged for expert batter and barista Avila Guzman of the Seattle Garages.

Only a game after this unprecedented exchange, the Crabs slipped into Party Time, and though a majority of their partying was at the hands of ‘heart of the fry economy’ Adalberto Tosser, the Crabs nonetheless managed to party and rest for the last week of the mainseason.

Election

Despite the mainseason already proving chaotic to the Crabs, the election proved just as tumultuous (if not more so) for the cantankerous crustaceans.

On the side of Wills, while beloved Crabs pitcher Montgomery Bullock was successfully infused within the team’s Shadows, a sole wimdy sent Trinity Smaht exchanged for Fran Beans of the Mexico City Wild Wings, leaving the Smaht siblings tragically separated.

Furthermore, unsatisfied with his performance, the Worms elected to ship Jacoby Podcast right back to the Crabs (after having stolen them in Season 15) and, this time, taking Parker Meng in his place. The Crabs are overjoyed to have Podcast back home, and wish Meng all the best in her new, loamy home.

As for Blessings, a two-season drought was broken as the Crabs reaped in three blessings: Pitching Practice, Fax Numbers, and Shadowrun, powering up the pitchers on their main rotation and supercharging their shadows players for future use. Meanwhile, despite having the highest quotient of votes on it, the Crabs lost the Go Big? Go Home blessing to the Boston Flowers. In a twist of fate, out of all the players the blessing could target as the Flowers avoided it, it went straight for the Crabs, leaving Alston Cerveza an Underachiever and his prospects as a slugger highly ambiguous.

With their team looking thoroughly different from its status at the beginning of the season but nevertheless solid, and with Sun(Sun) effectively repealing Turntables, only time could tell what could be in store for the Crabs the next season.