Charleston Shoe Thieves/Season 1

👟 Charleston Shoe Thieves
Season 1
Dates	January 09, 2023 - January 15, 2023
← Previous	Gamma 4
Next →	Season 2
Results
Overall Record	65-25
Division	2nd in Good Awful
League	2nd in Good League
ILB Placement	3rd overall

In Season 1 the Charleston Shoe Thieves returned to the Internet League Blaseball along with the (NEW) Return(s) of Blaseball. They finished 2nd in the Good League, and 3rd in the ILB. They defeated the Mexico City Wild Wings to take the Championship and become the very first team with an Officially Notarized Golden Record from ILB Commissioner Parker MacMillan. The Shoe Thieves also received the NEW Steal Best Pitcher Blessing during the Elections.

Roster

This is the original Shoe Thieves roster as it appeared with The Return(s) of Blaseball, following Fall Ball. Players marked with a * are new Births and did not appear during Fall Ball or any previous Era.

Lineup	Rotation
Oliver Loofah Vee Curry* Penelope Berkowitz* Kaj Statter Jr. Fish Summer Ankle Halifax Jammy Decksetter Beef Knight* Zuri Shoelace*	Premjeet Liu Alexandria Rosales Kit Adamses Washer Barajas Kathy Mathews

This is the order of players as they appeared in games, team rosters showed a different, unused order on site at the time.

Fall Ball

This section is about Falls from the Charleston Shoe Thieves' perspective, for a complete page on the event see Fall Ball.

Before the start of Season 1, players fell out of the Black Hole (Black Hole) onto random Teams, with one Player falling per Team every week. Here's a list of players who fell to the Charleston Shoe Thieves, and teams who received former Shoe Thieves players from previous Eras:

Date of Fall	Fell to the Charleston Shoe Thieves	Former Shoe Thieves Falls
October 28, 2022	Ankle Halifax	Bennett Bluesky to the New York Millennials 📱 Inky Rutledge to the Yellowstone Magic ✨
November 4, 2022	Oliver Loofah	Joe Voorhees to the Miami Dale 🚤
November 11, 2022	Premjeet Liu	Fitzgerald Wanderlust to the Yellowstone Magic ✨ Ren Hunter to the New York Millennials 📱
November 18, 2022	Fish Summer	Pudge Nakamoto to the Philly Pies 🥧
November 25, 2022	Kathy Mathews	Tad Seeth to the Canada Moist Talkers 🗣️ Jessica Telephone to the Boston Flowers 🌹 Agan Harrison to the Dallas Steaks 🥩 Esme Ramsey to the Houston Spies 🕵️ Tevin Melcon to the Core Mechanics 🛠️
December 2, 2022	Jammy Decksetter	Velasquez Alstott to the Hades Tigers 🐅
December 9, 2022	Kit Adamses	Donna Milicic to the Canada Moist Talkers 🗣️ Terrell Bradley to the Houston Spies 🕵️ Dovydas Peeps to the Dallas Steaks 🥩
December 16, 2022	Alexandria Rosales	Simon Haley to the Canada Moist Talkers 🗣️ Jordan Hildebert to the Breckenridge Jazz Hands 👐 Abbott Wright to the Yellowstone Magic ✨ Howell Franklin to the Houston Spies 🕵️
December 23, 2022	Washer Barajas	Eugenia Garbage to the Hellmouth Sunbeams 🌞 Conditional Yuniesky to the Houston Spies 🕵️ Stu Trololol to the Yellowstone Magic ✨ Jordan Hildebert to the Breckenridge Jazz Hands 👐
December 30, 2022	Kaj Statter Jr.	Parker MacMillan to the Baltimore Crabs 🦀 Jorge Owens to the Hellmouth Sunbeams 🌞 Vernon Shotwell to the Yellowstone Magic ✨

The Yellowstone Magic is the team who received the most former Shoe Thieves players with 5.

Oliver Loofah is the only returning Shoe Thief player to fall back to the team.

Screenshot of the Charleston Shoe Thieves' Scouting Report as it appeared on the website during Fall Ball.

Scouting Report

This section is about the Charleston Shoe Thieves' Scouting Report, for a complete list see Team Scouting Reports.

During Fall Ball, officials Scouting Reports appeared, detailing the history of each Team as of the end of the Expansion Era. Below is the official report for the Charleston Shoe Thieves.

The Charleston Shoe Thieves

• The Shoe Thieves are dangerous in the Postseason. Well-known playoff spoilers, the Shoe Thieves claimed their first Championship in Season β9, defeating the Baltimore Crabs in a thrilling Internet Series rally, before losing the rematch in Season β10.
• The Shoe Thieves were the first ILB franchise to contest a God. The Shoe Thieves lost, and were Cursed as punishment.
• Former star Player Esme Ramsey was the first ILB Player to be Haunted by the dead.

Season

Roster Changes

The Shoe Thieves experienced no changes to their active roster over the course of the season or postseason.

After Fall Ball and before Day 1, four new players appeared on the Shoe Thieves' lineup, completing their roster: Vee Curry, Penelope Berkowitz, Beef Knight and Zuri Shoelace.

Under the Horizon weather, 4 players fell and Buried themselves in the Charleston lineup:

• Richardson Games on Day 24, returning to the Shoe Thieves.
• Darren Chill on Day 49.
• Slosh Gulp on Day 63, returning to the Shoe Thieves.
• Becker Solis on Day 75.

Additional Falls

Under the Horizon weather, former Shoe Thieves players continued to fall on various teams in the League:

• James Nolan fell to the Tokyo Lift on Day 7.
• Bennett Takahashi fell to the Moist Talkers on Day 12.
• William Boone fell to the Jazz Hands on Day 29.
• Badgerson Stromboli crashed into Mcdowell Mason of the Ohio Worms on Day 50.
• Oscar Dollie fell to the Dallas Steaks on Day 90.

Notable Games

• On Day 101, Alexandria Rosales pitched a postseason shutout against the dominant Mexico City Wild Wings's lineup.
• On Day 103, a message indicated Mexico City Wild Wings's batter Baldwin Jones scored, despite not being in a position to do so (3 outs had been recorded). No run was added to the Wild Wings' score. The Shoe Thieves won the game by a single run, and with it the championship.

Messages

This section is about Messages mentioning the Charleston Shoe Thieves, for a complete list see Messages#Season_1.

On Day 23 a Facts Machine message appeared, listing players and teams who had ranked the highest in something. The Shoe Thieves are shown as having only allowed 58 runs so far.

Fun Fact! League Leaders through Game 23!
[...]
Runs Allowed
1. Breath Mints - 49
2. Georgias - 53
3. Shoe Thieves - 58
4. Wild Wings - 61
5. Mechanics - 67
 @facts_machine

After Day 90 and the season ended, a similar message showed the final League Leaders, with the Shoe Thieves still in the Runs Allowed Leaderboard.

Fun Fact! Final Season 1 League Leaders!
[...]
Team Runs Allowed
1. Breath Mints - 208
2. Shoe Thieves - 209
3. Wild Wings - 247
4. Fridays - 268
5. Mechanics - 295
[...]
 @facts_machine

Following the win of the Charleston Shoe Thieves over the Mexico City Wild Wings at the Season's Internet Series, the Commissioner submitted a message conferring the first Officialy Notarized Golden Record.

Congratulations Champions
Our Kicks! As ILB Commissioner and legal Notary, I hereby confer upon the Charleston Shoe Thieves the title of Season 1 Champion with a Golden Record of 65-25 and all the rights and privileges pertaining thereto!
Thank you for watching Internet League #Blaseball Season 1! See you at the Election tomorrow. Polls close at 1pm eastern, 10am pacific! Don't forget to #Vote!
 @blaseball

Postseason

The Charleston Shoe Thieves made the Postseason as the 2nd seed in the Good Conference.

Division Series vs. Kansas City Breath Mints

Day	Weather	Away Pitcher		Score	Home Pitcher
Day 92	Horizon (weather)	Hops Chen	🍬	5 - 6	👟	Premjeet Liu
Day 93	Horizon (weather)	Conrad Twelve	🍬	0 - 1	👟	Alexandria Rosales
Day 94	Horizon (weather)	Hatfield Suzuki	🍬	1 - 3	👟	Kit Adamses

The Shoe Thieves took the series 3 - 0 and advanced to the Semi-Finals.

Semi-Finals vs. Moab Hellmouth Sunbeams

Day	Weather	Away Pitcher		Score	Home Pitcher
Day 96	Horizon (weather)	Premjeet Liu	👟	6 - 7	🌞	Carter Grimsley
Day 97	Horizon (weather)	Alexandria Rosales	👟	5 - 4	🌞	London Simmons
Day 98	Horizon (weather)	Kit Adamses	👟	10 - 3	🌞	Grollis Zephyr
Day 99	Horizon (weather)	Washer Barajas	👟	5 - 3	🌞	Dunn Keyes

The Shoe Thieves took the series 3 - 1 and advanced to the Finals.

Finals vs. Mexico City Wild Wings

Day	Weather	Away Pitcher		Score	Home Pitcher
Day 100	Horizon (weather)	Anastasia Isarobot	🍗	1 - 0	👟	Premjeet Liu
Day 101	Horizon (weather)	Enid Slumps	🍗	0 - 3	👟	Alexandria Rosales
Day 102	Horizon (weather)	Engine Eberhardt	🍗	3 - 6	👟	Kit Adamses
Day 103	Horizon (weather)	Vernon Sierpinski	🍗	2 - 3	👟	Washer Barajas

The Shoe Thieves took the series 3 - 1 and became the Season 1 Internet Series Champions.

Election Outcomes

The Shoe Thieves won one Blessing in Season 1. Former Shoe Thieves Terrell Bradley and Simon Haley were directly affected by the Opening of the Forbidden Book.

Decrees

• NEW Open the Forbidden Book passed with 62% of all Decree Votes.
  • THE BOOK OPENS
  • SOLAR ECLIPSE
  • UMPIRES' EYES TURN WHITE
  • STAR PLAYER ANASTASIA ISAROBOT IS INCINERATED. THEY ARE REPLACED ON THE MEXICO CITY WILD WINGS BY GÖRAN NDOYE.
  • STAR PLAYER TERRELL BRADLEY'S ALTERNATE IS CALLED.
  • STAR PLAYER ZEPHYR MCCLOUD IS CURSED. EYES CLEAR. HEART FILLS. THEY CAN'T LOSE.
  • STAR PLAYER SIMON HALEY SWEARS IN. THEY EMBARK ON A SIDE QUEST IN THE SHADOWS. PIXIE CARBERRY CLOCKS IN.
  • BRECKENRIDGE BREAKS
  • THE CORONATION ERA BEGINS.

Blessings

• 
  NEW Steal Best Pitcher
  • The Charleston Shoe Thieves reaches into the Horizon and steals Derrick Krueger.
    • 👟 + Derrick Krueger, Rotation
  • Won with 5.6553764600733505%