Charleston Shoe Thieves

Charleston Shoe Thieves
Logo by @chdhrrmnn
Division	Mild Low
Ballpark	Choux Stadium
Modifications	Blood ThiefIn the Blood Bath each season, this team will steal Stars from a division opponent that finished ahead of them in the standings.
Home Location	Charleston
Team Slogan	"Your Kicks Are My Kicks."
Team Colors	#ffce0a, #1E91CC, #202322
Emoji	👟
Rivals	Boston Flowers, Dallas Steaks
Mascot	Sneaker Pete
Uniform Colors	#122a22, #3788b2, #e7c24d, #fcf2d0
Social media	Fansite

The Charleston Shoe Thieves are an Internet League Blaseball team in the Mild Low division of the Mild League. They have been a part of the League since Season 1. The Shoe Thieves were previously in the Chaotic Good division of the Good League.

Roster

Lineup

• Hotbox Sato
• Richardson Games
• Velazquez Alstott
• Lachlan Shelton
• Stu Trololol
• Sebastian Woodman
• Howell Franklin
• Esme Ramsey
• Blood Hamburger

Pitchers

• Kevin Dudley
• Gunther O'Brian
• Beasley Gloom
• Cornelius Games
• Snyder Briggs

Select Tlopps cards can be found here.

Former Players

Incinerations

• Sebastian Townsend (replaced by Atlas Jonbois)
• Atlas Jonbois (replaced by Sebastian Woodman)
• Matteo Prestige (replaced by Gunther O'Brian)
• Blankenship Fischer (replaced by Blood Hamburger Season 3, Day 75)

Feedback Swaps

• Workman Gloom (Season 4, Day 28; replaced by Joe Voorhees)
• Morrow Doyle (Season 4, Day 58; replaced by Hotbox Sato)
• Ren Hunter (Season 4, day 83; replaced by Richardson Games)
• Antonio Wallace (Season 6, Day 23; replaced by Lachlan Shelton)

Blessings and Trades

For players who left the team via a method other than incineration, see Category:Former Charleston Shoe Thieves Players

Season Results

Season 2

The Shoe Thieves narrowly secured The Good League's fourth and final playoff spot in Game 98 of Season 2, edging out the Yellowstone Magic to proceed to the playoffs with a final record of 50-49, the least wins of any playoff team that season.

Season 5

In the Season 5 election, the Shoe Thieves won two blessings:

• Bad Neighbors, which impaired the overall rating of the rest of the Mild Low division by 3%.
• Soul Swap, which randomized the 5 worst players on the team:
  • Gunther O'Brian's pitching stats were randomized (0 -> 2)
  • Beasley Gloom's pitching stats were randomized (0.5 -> 0.5), then again (0.5 -> 2.5)
  • Kevin Dudley's pitching stats were randomized (0.5 -> 2)
  • Snyder Briggs's pitching stats were randomized (1 -> 0.5)

Season 6

In the Season 6 election, the Shoe Thieves won two blessings:

• Who?, which stole the least popular player in the league, hitter Howell Franklin, from the Houston Spies, and maxed their stats. Their worst hitter, Joe Voorhees, was sent in return.
• Mutually Arising, which improved the overall rating of the Mild Low division by 2%

Team Overview

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

For an in-depth look at the Shoe Thieves' history, see Charleston Shoe Thieves/History.

The Charleston Shoe Thieves are from Charleston. They are known for stealing shoes, espeically from rival teams. The Shoe Thieves are also known as "the second gayest team in Blaseball" after losing the top spot to the New York Millennials.

The team originally formed as a front for a heist, led by legendary master thief Cornelius Games. Once they realized that they were somewhat competent at the game, the team continued to play professionally. The current roster is a mixture of Games' original crew, professional Blaseball players, and Gunther.

The shoes thieves signal to each other by holding up coded shoes.

Stadium

The Choux Stadium is a French Patisserie in the forest of Mt. Pleasant, although its exact location is unknown. The stadium is maintained by a team of mysterious Gnomes who seemed to appear not long after the stadium was established. Their role in the disappearance of patrons' shoes is unconfirmed. Rumours that the gnomes are just mutant raccoons are unsubstantiated.

Staff

Ownership

The Shoe Thieves do not have a traditional owner. Ownership of the team is distributed amongst every patron of the Choux Stadium and returned upon exit.

Current Staff

• General Manager: Cornelius Games functions as the team's general manager, as well as being their ace pitcher.
• Manager: You!
• Pitching Coach: After their unfortunate delacing, Matteo Prestige's spirit became trapped in the upper decks of Choux Stadium. In between cries of eternal anguish, the spirit can be heard coaching the team's pitching staff. They have been given the honorary title of head pitching coach as a result.

Mascots

Sneaker Pete is the Shoe Thieves' current mascot and ward. Gunther O'Brian was the previous mascot until he was mistakenly drafted as Matteo Prestige's replacement.

Fan Culture

For a more in-depth look at Shoe Thieves fan culture, see Charleston Shoe Thieves/Fan Culture

Fans of the Charleston Shoe Thieves are also known as "Accomplices" or "Thieves". There is an emphasis on mutual respect, supporting fellow thieves, and the search for fresh kicks. The most common chant heard from fans is a call and response: "Whose Kicks? / Our Kicks!"

Historic Moments

Stu Stole Home (Season 2, Day 26)

In the bottom of the 14th inning in a game against the Hawaii Fridays, Stu Trololol stole fourth base (incorrectly notated as Home) to put the Fridays into Shame.

Stu Stole Home 2 (Season 2, Day 71)

In the bottom of the 8th inning in a game against the New York Millennials, Trololol again stole fourth base to secure a 6-5 win for the Shoe Thieves.

Box score of Stu Trololol stealing fourth base against the Hawaii Fridays

The Prestige (Season 2, Day 102)

After two consecutive losses in the first round of the Season 2 playoffs against the Dallas Steaks, Matteo Prestige pitched a 7-0 shutout that kept the Shoe Thieves in the playoffs despite the Steaks being the odds-on favorites, cementing their place as a Charleston Shoe Thieves legend.

The Underdog (Season 2, Day 108)

Following a season in which they entered the playoffs with the worst win/loss record of any playoff team, and defeating the league leaders the Dallas Steaks 3-2 and their division rivals the Boston Flowers 3-0, the Shoe Thieves faced the Philly Pies, who were the Season 1 champions, undefeated in the postseason, and so far undefeated in the Season 2 playoffs as well. Despite being the betting odds underdogs, the Shoe Thieves beat the Pies 9-4, breaking their playoff victory streak. Beasley Gloom, the starting pitcher in game one, earned the nickname "underdog" both for his role in such a significant upset victory and his status as the team's only canine player.

Cobbler Coffee (Season 2/3 Offseason)

During Game 2 of the Season 2 Finals against the Philly Pies, starting pitcher Cornelius Games swapped his place on the mound with remarkably convincing doppelganger (later revealed to be a local tram operator Games encountered on the way to the stadium). The dubiously legal substitute performed notably worse than Games's average, allowing 12 runs and potentially contributing to the Shoe Thieves loss. However, the distraction allowed Games to successfully break into the Pies' locker room and steal a pair of sneakers from star batter Jessica Telephone's locker.

Over the course of the following Offseason, Games was able to convince all of the Shoe Thieves' batters to drink Yes Plz! Coffee from the sneakers, hoping ingesting trace amounts of the legendary hitter's sweat would substantially increase their batting prowess in preparation for Season 3.

The Grand Unslam (Season 3, Day 73)

See the main article on The Grand Unslam.

In a game against the Los Angeles Tacos, at the top of the 15th inning, Shoe Thieves player Morrow Doyle hit a grand slam that shook the very foundations of Blaseball itself.

Fan Art

Created by ReleaseTheChimp	Logo by Cobaltcakes.	Art by Josh Millard.	Card template by @shenaniglenn and @JohannaGaudet
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