Chicago Firefighters

Chicago Firefighters
Logo by Wirspringen on Discord
Division	Wild High
Ballpark	The Fire House
Modifications	Blood PityIn the Blood Bath each season, this team must give Stars to the team that finished last in their division.  Targeted Shame (Season 4, 8, 10)Teams with Targeted Shame will start with negative runs the game after being shamed. See also: Glossary
Home Location	Chicago
Team Slogan	"We're From Chicago."
Team Colors	#8c2a3e
Emoji	🔥
Friends	N/A
Rivals	Fires, Unlimited Tacos, Hades Tigers, the Sun itself
Mascot	The Firefighter, Betsy
Captain	Everyone
Social media	Official Official Twitter, Official Twitter, Unofficial Twitter, Fansite

The Chicago Firefighters are an Internet League Blaseball team in the Wild High division of the Wild League. They have been a part of Internet League Blaseball since Season 1. They formerly played in the Lawful Good division of the Good League.

Roster

Lineup

• Goobie Ballson
• Swamuel Mora
• Baby Urlacher
• Lou Roseheart
• Socks Maybe
• Justice Spoon
• Isaac Johnson
• Joshua Butt
• Declan Suzanne

Pitchers

• Wesley Poole
• Caleb Alvarado
• Rivers Rosa
• Kennedy Rodgers
• Edric Tosser

Select Tlopps cards can be found here.

Former Players

Incinerated

• Tyreek Olive (Incinerated Season 2, Day 26)
• José Haley (Incinerated Season 8, Day 36)
• Thomas Kirby (Incinerated in the Season 9 elections by the Dead Weight blessing; replaced by Socks Maybe)

Feedback Swaps

• Paula Mason (Season 4, Day 4; replaced by Thomas Kirby)

Blessings and Trades

• Atlas Guerra (Season 3 elections; traded to the Kansas City Breath Mints for Axel Trololol)
• Axel Trololol (Season 5 elections; traded to the Baltimore Crabs for Joshua Watson)
• Joshua Watson (Season 7 elections; traded to the Mexico City Wild Wings for Axel Cardenas)
• Axel Cardenas (Season 7 elections; traded to the Mexico City Wild Wings for José Haley)
• Mullen Peterson (Season 7 elections; traded to the Mexico City Wild Wings for Kennedy Rodgers)

Season Results

In Season 1, the Chicago Firefighters went 56-43 (.566) in the season, advancing to the postseason. The Firefighters won against the Dallas Steaks in round one. The second match-up saw them win against the Boston Flowers with a 3-1 score, advancing to the finals, where they were defeated by the Philly Pies with a score of 3-1.

In Season 2, the Chicago Firefighters went 60-39 (.606) in the season, advancing to the postseason. The Firefighters lost against the Boston Flowers in the first round with a score of 3-2.

In Season 3, the Chicago Firefighters went 35-64 (.353) in the season. They did not advance to the postseason.

In Season 4, the Chicago Firefighters went 61-38 (.616) in the season, advancing to the postseason. The Firefighters won against the Charleston Shoe Thieves in round one with a score of 3-1. They lost to the New York Millennials in round two, with a score of 2-3. In the Season 4 Elections, the Firefighters were also hit with Targeted Shame, which states that should the Firefighters be shamed, they will start the next run with negative runs equal to their shame.

In Season 5, the Chicago Firefighters went 60-39 (.606) in the season, advancing to the postseason. The Firefighters won against the New York Millennials in round one with a score of 3-1. The second match-up saw them win against the San Francisco Lovers 3-2, advancing to the finals, where they defeated the Breckenridge Jazz Hands in a tense 3-2 series to become the Internet League Champions! In the Season 5 Elections, the Firefighters won Katamari which boosted their defense, but lost the election for the Fireproof Jacket (which was won and then promptly discarded by Mclaughlin Scorpler for Noise-Cancelling Headphones instead.)

In Season 6, the Chicago Firefighters went 50-49 (.505) in the season, finishing at the bottom of their new Wild High division. They did not advance to the postseason. To add further insult to injury, they lost the Fireproof Jacket blessing election again, this time to the Seattle Garages' Oliver Mueller.

In Season 7, the Chicago Firefighters went 50-49 (.505) in the season, finishing at the bottom of Wild High. They were the only Wild High team to not advance to the postseason. In the Season 7 Elections, the Firefighters won the Champs in the Making blessing and stole three players from the Season 7 champs the Mexico City Wild Wings. They also won the Hand-Me Downs blessing, which allowed Declan Suzanne to steal Oliver Muller's Fireproof Jacket. The Firefighters were also hit with Shame Bubble, which states that should the Firefighters be shamed during Season 8, they will start the next run with negative runs equal to their shame.

In Season 8, Day 16, the Firefighters and San Francisco Lovers made Blaseball history with the first ever double shut-out. Due to Firefighters being Shamed in their Day 15 match against the Lovers, and starting Day 16 with -1 runs due to Shame Bubble, the game concluded with a score of -1-0 to the Lovers.

At the end of Season 9, the Chicago Firefighters received one of the first two wildcard picks in Blaseball history. The other wildcard went to Hawaii Fridays. During Season 9 Postseason, an unbreakable bond was formed between the two wildcard teams. Unfortunately, the Chicago Firefighters lost out to the Hellmouth Sunbeams and were eliminated from the postseason. The Hawaii Fridays won game two in an upset victory against the Hades Tigers. In a moving display of solidarity for the Fridays, the Chicago Firefighters declared every day in Chicago as Friday. The Fridays ended up losing game three, but the bond formed between the Firefighters and the Fridays continues to hold strong. As a result of the Season 9 Election, the Firefighters were subjected to Targeted Shame, but protected by the Wild High Fifth Base Bubble.

Team Overview

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

For a more in-depth look at the team, see Chicago Firefighters/History.

After the Chicago Firefighters arrived at the Great Chicago Blaseball Fire and put it out, they stuck around and formed the Firefighters team as it is known today. Since that day, the Chicago Firefighters have played their home games at The Fire House. Like all of us, they are from Chicago.

After receiving the katamari blessing in Season 5, the Chicago Firefighters created a katamari named Mother Blase, with the intent of rolling the world into Outer Chicago. The first location to be added to Outer Chicago was Ocean City - recruiting its mayor, Joshua Watson, as a batter for the Firefighters in the process.

They, as a team, are believed to be completely immune to incinerations due to improvements made on The Fire House after Tyreek Olive died.

Player Numbers

Each player's number corresponds to the Chicago zip code they live in. Players all have their number tattooed on the knuckles of one hand and WAFC tattooed on the other hand.

Players who inherit a number are from the zip code corresponding to their inherited number. If they were not from that zip code, they are now.

Staff

Coaches

The original Chicago Firefighters once had a manager and a coach. Legends claim that the original coach was even Chicago itself. Ever since the Great Chicago Blaseball Fire, the Firefighters have been a player-owned team, as all players are the coach and the manager.

The only other member of the coaching staff is the Third Base Coach. Each game, a lucky fan is chosen from the stadium and promoted to Third Base Coach, gaining the title Coach Casimir Pulaski Day. At the end of the game, the fan is subsequently demoted and their original name returned.

Bat Hat

A sentient pile of fire hats wearing a trench coat that seems to have resided in the stadium since the fire house was created, the Bat Hat is a friendly helper that does its best to help the Firefighters. Always there to deliver a sharpened batting axe or pick up a foul blaseball, fans often fondly remember the mind bending break in reality that is associated with not quite fully seeing or understanding how the Bat Hat gets around. The only time the Bat Hat has ever been seen outside of the Fire House is rumored sightings conducting the L train to and from lowest Wacker.

The Axeman

The Axeman is the creator of all equipment used by the Chicago Firefighters. Little is known of their origin, and what is known is a closely kept secret.

Mascots

• The Firefighter
• Betsy

Fan Culture

For more information regarding the Firefigters' fan culture, see Chicago Firefighters/Fan_Culture.

All fans of the Chicago Firefighters are from Chicago. Once someone chooses to be a fan of the Chicago Firefighters, they are from that moment on from Chicago. At this time, it is unknown if this changes should a fan no longer support the Chicago Firefighters, as no one has yet been foolish enough to try.

Common chants include "We Are From Chicago" and its variations. It is also commonly shorted to "WAFC" and accompanied by the 🔥 emoji. Occasionally, it is a hashtag. Fans will shout these chants together in unison as a show of solidarity for many events, including winning a game, gaining a point, or even personal achievements. It is considered a greeting, farewell, and motto all at once. When asked, fans indicate that the "we" in "we are from Chicago" either refers to everyone who has ever been and will ever be a fan of the Firefighters, or every being ever to exist. It is not known which of these is the truth.

Fan Art

For fan art and team branding, see Chicago Firefighters/Fan_Art.

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  Made by PhirephighterFil

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  Original logo

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  Logo by @wirspringen

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  Firefighters Lineup as of Season 6-7 by @_Waalkr

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  Firefighters Lineup Party Time BBQ as of Season 8 by @_Waalkr