Beta/Season 10

Season 10
By @jrfbz
Subtitles	Backdraft
Dates	October 12–18, 2020
Champion	Baltimore Crabs
Timeline
← Previous	Season β9
Next →	Season β11

Season 10 began on October 12, 2020. The regular season concluded on October 16, 2020, followed by the postseason and Internet Series on October 17, 2020. The Season 10 election will take place on October 18th, 2020. It is the 9th season of The Discipline Era. The Baltimore Crabs defeated the Charleston Shoe Thieves 3 games to -1 to win their third Internet Series championship and trigger Ascension.

Notable Events

End of the Discipline Era

After a full nine seasons under the rulings of The Forbidden Book, Season 10 marked the end of the tyranny of The Shelled One. The subtitle changed to Peace & Prosperity to signal the start of a new age.

Rise in Violence

See the main article on this topic: Idols#Season_10
On the evening of Thursday, October 15th, 2020, Baltimore Crabs began idolizing Tillman Henderson, who was recently incinerated, as an experiment. However, upon reaching Slot 18, which was marked with a Blooddrain icon, both the icon and the numerical marker lit up in a deep blue, much like the appearance of the Hall of Flame and speeches from The Monitor. Fans quickly mobilized to idolize more incinerated players, and by Day 97, six players had occupied all six weather icons, in order: Caligula Lotus, Landry Violence, Workman Gloom, Sebastian Telephone, Tillman Henderson, and Randall Marijuana. Additionally, fans placed Jaylen Hotdogfingers in slot 14, based on tweets from The Microphone repeatedly calling out to Jaylen. As usual, fans expected an event to be triggered at the end of Day 99.

However, as Day 99 came to an end, a late minute shift in the idol board led to unpredictable results. In a twist, Tillman Henderson came back to life to join the Charleston Shoe Thieves, while Jaylen Hotdogfingers was forced back into the Void, taking Henderson's position on the board in the Hall of Flame. Henderson gained the modification Returned, and is now the second player to have returned to active play from incineration. Hotdogfingers gained the new modification Fliickerrriiing, the effect of which was unknown at the time it was granted.

Lotus, Violence, and Gloom received the new season-based modifications, Friend of Crows, Fire Eater, and Siphon, respectively. Meanwhile, last minute shifts caused Thomas Dracaena to gain Siphon, and Hahn Fox to gain Friend of Crows.

The Death of the Shelled One

See the main article on this topic: Day X#Season 10

As in the end of Season 9, The Shelled One and THE SHELLED ONE'S PODS arrived to wage war on the League, this time against the Season 10 Champions, the Baltimore Crabs. In a show of absolute strength, the PODS defeated the Crabs in a single hit from Wyatt Quitter. Then, in a final gambit, The Microphone cashed in its deal, and the Hall Stars, a team composed of the 14 most beloved players in the Hall of Flame, arrived to challenge the Shelled One on behalf of the League.

After a full nine innings, Dominic Marijuana hit the final blow to win the game. The Monitor attacked and ate the Shelled One, claiming it was kinda bland, thus ending the Discipline Era.

Ascension of the Baltimore Crabs

See the main article on this topic: Ascension#Crabs_Ascend

Following a rematch with the Charleston Shoe Thieves in the Internet Series, the Baltimore Crabs became the first team in Internet League Blaseball history to win three championships, qualifying them for Ascension, a rule in The Book of Blaseball that states "If a team wins three championships, they, and Blaseball, shall ascend."

After winning against the Shoe Thieves -- and being defeated by THE SHELLED ONE'S PODS in Day X -- the Crabs were said to have been "Called Up" into the Big Leagues, which took them out of their place in the Wild League, to be replaced by Tokyo Lift, the first new team in ILB history. Shortly into Season β11, a new element appeared on the Blaseball Bulletin called Telescope, which tracks the scoring of the Crabs in the big leagues, but does not display the moment to moment gameplay.

The Boss Arrives

See the main article on this topic: Boss

Following the defeat of The Shelled One, The Monitor told fans that Boss is on her way. The next day, Boss arrived to announce that Blaseball was under new ownership, as well as the promotion of The Commissioner to CEO of Internet League Blaseball. She announced that there would be a Grand Siesta following Season 11, and made repeated claims that Blaseball was unfair and that the Future was in Fair Play.

Ongoing Decrees

• Eat The Rich (Season β3): Funds from the top 1% of coin-havers will be redistributed to the remainder of Fans at the end of the postseason. This decree will remain in effect indefinitely.
• Enhanced Party Time (Season β6): When a team is in Party Time -- mathematically eliminated from the postseason -- they'll have a chance of receiving random permanent stat boosts during their games.
• Wild Cards (Season β8): Every Season, a random team from each Subleague will leave Party Time to become the 5th Playoff team. A best of 3 Wild Card series will happen on Fridays.
• Forecast: Birds (Season β9): One pitcher on each team has the modification Friend of Crows. Blessed pitchers may encourage birds to attack opposing hitters during Lots of Birds weather, resulting in an out.
• Forecast: Blooddrain (Season 9): One player on each team has the modification Siphoner. Blessed players will siphon blood more often during Blooddrain weather. Siphoning may remove a ball from the pitch count or add a defensive out as appropriate for the siphoner.
• Forecast: Solar Eclipse (Season 9): One player on each team has the modification Fire Eater. Blessed players swallow fire instead of being incinerated during Solar Eclipse weather. Players who swallow fire become Magmatic and hit a home run in their next at-bat.

Standings

Wild League	Record	Mild League	Record
Wild High		Mild High
Baltimore Crabs 🦀*	69-30	Canada Moist Talkers 🗣️*	67-32
San Francisco Lovers 💋*	65-34	Hades Tigers 🐅	53-46
Chicago Firefighters 🔥	45-54	Seattle Garages 🎸	47-52
Breckenridge Jazz Hands 👐	41-58	New York Millennials 📱†	47-52
Mexico City Wild Wings 🍗	40-59	Dallas Steaks 🥩	41-58
Wild Low		Mild Low
Houston Spies 🕵️*	60-39	Charleston Shoe Thieves 👟*	65-34
LA Unlimited Tacos 🌮*	51-48	Kansas City Breath Mints 🍬*	56-43
Boston Flowers 🌹	50-49	Philly Pies 🥧*	54-45
Miami Dale 🚤	44-55	Yellowstone Magic ✨	32-67
Hellmouth Sunbeams 🌞†	33-66	Hawai'i Fridays 🏝️	30-69

* Denotes teams that made it to the playoffs.
† Denotes Wild Card recipients.

Divine Favor

Ties:	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Team:	🌞	🥧	🍗	🌹	🔥	🗣️	🎸	💋	🐅	🏝️	🥩	🚤	👟	🦀	🕵️	🍬	🌮	📱	✨	👐

Postseason

Four teams from each league advance to the post season: the winners of each division, and the next two best teams by total wins. As of Season β5, teams alternate home games with the higher seed hosting first. As of Season β9, a fifth team is chosen as a Wild Card. The Wild Card games are a best-of-three series played on a Friday, while every other round is a best-of-five series played on a Saturday.

	Wild Card Games					Division Series					Championship Series					Internet Series
						1	Canada Moist Talkers	1
	4	Philly Pies	0			5	New York Millennials	3
											2	Charleston Shoe Thieves	3
	5	New York Millennials	2			Mild League
											5	New York Millennials	0
						2	Charleston Shoe Thieves	3
						3	Kansas City Breath Mints	2
																ML	Charleston Shoe Thieves	-1
																WL	Baltimore Crabs	3
						1	Baltimore Crabs	3
	4	Unlimited Tacos	0			5	Hellmouth Sunbeams	0
											1	Baltimore Crabs	3
	5	Hellmouth Sunbeams	2			Wild League
											2	San Francisco Lovers	0
						2	San Francisco Lovers	3
						3	Houston Spies	2

Election Ballot

Decrees

The Decree with the most community votes will go into effect.

Icon	Name	Effect
	Black Hole	If your team scores 10+ runs in a game, open a Black Hole.
	Eliminator	Every time a team hits a Home Run, there is a chance your Opponent loses a hitter for the remainder of the game.
	Self-Destruct	When your Team is Shamed, initiate the Countdown.

Blessings

Each blessing will be awarded to a randomly selected player or team based. Votes from a team's fans increase the likelihood of that team receiving a blessing.

Name	Effect
An Actual Airplane	Item. Take off. A random player on your Team scores 0.2 runs on each Stolen Base next season.
Doctor Smedley's Umpire Cream	Rub it in. Your Team is permanently Fireproof.
The Nut Button	Your Team is no longer allergic to Peanuts.
Noise-Cancelling Headphones	Items. Your players are protected from Feedback.
Bird Seed	Birds will unshell your players much more often.
Sealant	Plug the leak. Your Team cannot have blood stolen in Blooddrain.
Rogue Waves	5 Hitters on your Team become permanently Repeating.
O-No Blood Type	Oh Yes. Give your Team O No Blood Type.
Traveling Team	Your Team plays 5% better during Away Games.
Tag-Team Fourth Strike	Give Your Team and the last place Team in the opposite Sub-League the Fourth Strike next Season.
Divisional Walk in the Park	Take a stroll. Your Division Walks on Ball 3 next season.
Haunted	Haunt a random player on your Team.
Shadow Ban Together	Ban together. Improve your Division’s Shadows overall by 3%.
Dark Star	Recruit the best pitcher from your Shadows to your Rotation.
Hidden Power	Recruit the best hitter from your Shadows to your Lineup.
Popular by Association	OMG they noticed us. Steal a random player from the Idol Leaderboard.
Divisional Swap	Swap your Team into the other Division in your Subleague.
Subleague Swap	Swap your Team into another Division in the opposite Subleague.
Sharing Signs	It's not stealing if we all do it. Improve your division by +10% hitting, -5% pitching.
People's Champion	Steal 3 random players from the Internet Series Champion.

Election Results

Tidings

• Crabs Ascend
  • The Baltimore Crabs have been Called Up.
  • Good Luck on your Journey!
  • They shall be replaced in the ILB by the Tokyo Lift.
• THE SHELLED ONE'S PODS
  • The Shelled One's Pods have fallen back to the plane!
  • Peanut Bong fell to the Tacos.
  • Wyatt Quitter fell to the Lift.
  • Francisca Sasquatch fell to the Dale.
  • Patel Beyonce fell to the Steaks.
  • Alejandro Leaf fell to the Millennials.
  • Wyatt Pothos fell to the Jazz Hands.
  • Pitching Machine fell to the Garages.
  • Peanutiel Duffy fell to the Firefighters.
  • York Silk fell to the Moist Talkers.
  • Jessica Telephone fell to the Breath Mints.
  • Peanut Holloway fell to the Firefighters.
  • Jaylen Hotdogfingers fell to the Lovers.
• The Hall Stars
  • The Deal is complete.
  • Boyfriend Monreal has been Released.
  • Landry Violence has been Released.
  • Randall Marijuana has been Released.
  • Workman Gloom has been Released.
  • Tyreek Olive has been Released.
  • Dominic Marijuana has been Released.
  • Scrap Murphy has been Released.
  • Morrow Doyle has been Released.
  • Sebastian Sunshine has been Released.
  • Kiki Familia has been Released.
  • Yazmin Mason has been Released.
  • Caligula Lotus has been Released.
  • Emmett Internet has been Released.
  • Axel Trololol has been Released.

Decrees

• Black Hole passed with 343,191 Votes, 50% of all Decree Votes.
  • TIME TANGLES
  • RETROCAUSAL EVENT RECORDED
  • INITIATING PLAYBACK:
  • WARNING: SUN 1 LOW FUEL
  • PRESSURE AT CRITICAL
  • SUN 2 WAIVERS

Blessings

List of Blessings Results:

• Divisional Swap blessed the Canada Moist Talkers.
  
  • The Moist Talkers swapped into the Mild Low.
  • The Pies were swapped back to take their place in the Mild High.
  • The Moist Talkers had 38% of the votes and were the highest bidders. 8,913 votes were cast.
• Popular by Association blessed the San Francisco Lovers.
  
  • The Lovers add Montgomery Bullock.
  • Milo Brown retreats to the Shadows...
  • TIME UNTANGLES
  • TWO THREADS EMERGE
  • The Lovers add Bontgomery Mullock.
  • Milo Brown retreats to the Shadows...
    • Both the Hawai'i Fridays and the San Francisco Lovers paradoxically stole the same player. One of the two was renamed to differentiate them.
  • The Lovers had 1% of the votes. The Houston Spies had 26% of the votes. 412,787 votes were cast.
• Subleague Swap blessed the San Francisco Lovers.
  
  • The Lovers swapped into the Mild High.
  • The Tigers were swapped back to take their place in the Wild High.
  • The Lovers had 25% of the Votes and were the highest bidders. 12,298 votes were cast.
• Noise-Canceling Headphones blessed the Charleston Shoe Thieves.
  
  • The Charleston Shoe Thieves gain Noise-Canceling Headphones!
  • The Shoe Thieves had 38% of the Votes and were the highest bidders. 160,969 votes were cast.
• Traveling Team blessed the Charleston Shoe Thieves.
  
  • The Shoe Thieves are now a Traveling team.
  • The Shoe Thieves had 8% of the Votes. Canada Moist Talkers were the highest bidders with 14% of the votes. 672,013 votes were cast.
• Tag-Team Fourth Strike blessed the Charleston Shoe Thieves.
  
  • The Shoe Thieves get the Fourth Strike!
  • The Sunbeams get the Fourth Strike!
  • The Shoe Thieves had 16% of the Votes and were the highest bidders. 141,785 votes were cast.
• Haunted blessed the Charleston Shoe Thieves.
  
  • Esme Ramsey is now Haunted!
  • The Shoe Thieves had 6% of the Votes. The Hellmouth Sunbeams were the highest bidders with 27% of the votes. 631,785 votes were cast.
• Shadow Ban Together blessed the Charleston Shoe Thieves.
  
  • The Breath Mints Shadows are boosted by 3%.
  • The Fridays Shadows are boosted by 3%.
  • The Moist Talkers Shadows are boosted by 3%.
  • The Shoe Thieves Shadows are boosted by 3%.
  • The Magic Shadows are boosted by 3%.
  • The Shoe Thieves had 11% of the Votes. Mexico City Wild Wings were the highest bidders with 19% of the votes. 46,219 votes were cast.
• Rogue Waves blessed the Kansas City Breath Mints.
  
  • The Breath Mints are hit by Rogue Waves!
  • Marquez Clark is Repeating!
  • Grey Alvarado is Repeating!
  • Stew Briggs is Repeating!
  • Rodriguez Internet is Repeating!
  • Hewitt Best is Repeating!
  • The Breath Mints had 9% of the votes. The Canada Moist Talkers were the highest bidders with 23% of the votes. 250,013 votes were cast.
• Hidden Power blessed the Kansas City Breath Mints.
  
  • The Breath Mints call up Helga Washington. Marquez Clark retreats to the Shadows.
  • The Breath Mints had 9% of the votes. The Seattle Garages were the highest bidders with 41% of the votes. 383,237 votes were cast.
• Doctor Smedley's Umpire Cream blessed the Hades Tigers.
  
  • The Tigers have covered themselves with Doctor Smedley's Umpire Cream, and are now immune to Incinerations!
  • The Tigers had 35% of the votes and were the highest bidders. 615,442 votes were cast.
• Sealant blessed the Hades Tigers.
  
  • The Tigers have gained Sealant.
  • The Tigers had 24% of the votes and were the highest bidders. 745,186 votes were cast.
• Sharing Signs blessed the Unlimited Tacos.
  
  • Improved the Wild Low's hitting rating by 10% and impaired their pitching rating by -5%
  • The Tacos had 34% of the votes and were the highest bidders. 213,710 votes were cast.
• Dark Star blessed the Seattle Garages.
  
  • The Garages call up Goodwin Morin. Mike Townsend retreats to the Shadows.
  • The Garages had 35% of the votes and were the highest bidders. 606,129 votes were cast.
• An Actual Airplane blessed the New York Millennials.
  
  • Thomas Dracaena gained An Actual Airplane.
  • The Millennials had 1% of the votes. The Charleston Shoe Thieves were the highest bidders with 20% of the votes. 102,708 votes were cast.
• Bird Seed blessed the New York Millennials.
  
  • The Millennials have gained Bird Seed.
  • The Millennials had 20% of the votes. The Unlimited Tacos were the highest bidders with 21% of the votes. 52,311
• The Nut Button blessed the Hellmouth Sunbeams.
  
  • The Sunbeams are no longer allergic to Peanuts!
  • Sandoval Crossing is suddenly Superyummy!
  • The Sunbeams had 30% of the votes and were the highest bidders. 477,593 votes were cast.
• Divisional Walk in the Park blessed the Hellmouth Sunbeams.
  
  • The Wild Low teams all take a Walk in the Park together!
  • The Sunbeams had 22% of the votes. The Charleston Shoe Thieves were the highest bidders with 26% of the votes. 129,659 votes were cast.
• O-No Blood Type blessed the Yellowstone Magic.
  
  • Blood Transfusion.
  • All of the Yellowstone Magic's players now have O No blood type!
  • The Yellowstone Magic now have the power of O No!
  • The Magic had 23% of the votes. The Unlimited Tacos were the highest bidders with 24% of the votes. 913,206 votes were cast.
• People's Champions blessed the Hawai'i Fridays.
  
  • The Hawai'i Fridays stole hitter Nagomi Mcdaniel, from the Baltimore Crabs. They sent back Evelton McBlase II.
  • The Hawai'i Fridays stole hitter Sutton Dreamy, from the Baltimore Crabs. They sent back Baldwin Breadwinner.
  • The Hawai'i Fridays stole pitcher Montgomery Bullock, from the Baltimore Crabs. They sent back Bevan Underbuck.
  • The Fridays had 6% of the votes. The New York Millennials were the highest bidders with 13% of the votes. 440,594 votes were cast.
    • Both the San Francisco Lovers and the Hawai'i Fridays paradoxically stole the same player. One of the two was renamed to differentiate them.

Game Events

Incinerations

When any player is in a match during a Solar Eclipse, there is a chance they will be incinerated and killed by a Rogue Umpire. Known cases of this in Season 10 are listed below.

Day	Player	Replaced by	Team
13	Yeong-Ho Benitez	Yusef Puddles	Philly Pies
39	Annie Roland	Bonk Jokes	Yellowstone Magic

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