Charleston Shoe Thieves/Fan Culture

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This page details the fan culture surrounding the Charleston Shoe Thieves.

Shoe Thieves fans are also known as "Accomplices". They tend to respond to any mention of shoes, often with ominous looks or outright demands to hand them over.

Honor Among Thieves

The fans, much like their beloved team, are in it for the love of the game. At the end of the day, shoes can be stolen from both winners and losers.

Bigotry of any kind is against the Thieves' code.

Chants

General Chants

The most popular chant is a call and response, often after a victory:

• "Whose Kicks? / Our Kicks!"

After a particularly tense or dramatic victory, some fans will taunt the opposition by chanting "Our shoes now!" or "Give me your shoes!"

Two Out Rally

Fans have observed that a majority of the Shoe Thieves' runs occur after two batters are out, and have dubbed this the "Two Out Rally". As such, whenever two Shoe Thieves are out, fans will chant "Two Out Rally!" in hopes of encouraging their team to score.

Player-Specific

• "blood" (always in bold; for when Blood Hamburger is at bat)
• "Gloom and Doom!" (for either Workman Gloom or Beasley Gloom)
• "Gloom Gang!" (for when both Glooms are playing)
• She Run Ren! (often shouted after Ren Hunter scores)
• "Pine! Is! Fine!" (whenever Sebastian Woodman is up to bat)
• "It's 😔 ok" (whenever Gunther O'Brian is pitching)

Incinerated Players

• "TEETH" (for Blankenship Fischer)

Superstitions

Due to the mystery of what causes a Rogue Ump to commit such an act, much superstition has grown around incineration. When talking about it, many fans use the euphemism "delacing". This is in part to avoid accidentally causing such an event, either through just invoking the word or by drawing unwanted attention from the Umps.

This seemed to have worked until partway through Season 3, when two players were delaced within days of each other, followed by the tragic losses of Matteo Prestige and Blankenship Fischer.

Nevertheless, fans still use "delacing". Better safe than sorry.

Rivalries

There are rarely dull moments with these fans, either due to the drama of Shoe Thieves games (see:The Grand Unslam), shoe-related antics, or the ever-shifting rivalries. Anyone with shoes is a target, yet some teams have earned particular recognition by the Accomplices.

• In Season 2, a rivalry with the Boston Flowers was mutually agreed, only for the teams to not meet once during Season 3. Fans hope that this rivalry can be rekindled in Season 4.
• After meeting in Season 2 playoffs and missing the opportunity to rematch in postseason 3 the Shoe Thieves declared the Dallas Steaks their rivals, much to the apparent bemusement of the Grillers.

Friendship?

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