Forrest Best

Forrest Best
Tlopps Card credit to The Dice (@system_dice)
Basic Information
Team	Baltimore Crabs
Status	Active
Batting
Pitching
Defense
Running
Personal Information
Item	None
Armor	None
Evolution	Base
Pregame Ritual	Doing Crimes
Coffee Style	Cold Brew
Blood Type	Psychic
Fate	44
Soulscream	AAEAEAAEAEAAXAHIAXAHIAHOAIAHOAIAHAIAIAAIAIAAIAAIOIAAIOIEAIUOEAIUOE
Biographical Details
Pronouns	He/Him, They/Them

Forrest Best is a player for the Baltimore Crabs and has played for the team since Season 1.

Official League Records

During the Season 5 election, Best received boosts in all ratings as well as a boost in baserunning as a part of the Crabs' Horde Hallucinations, Falling Stars, and Rollback Netcode blessings.

History

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

Best appears to be a living marionette almost entirely made of an indeterminate species of wood, the notable exception being the four large crab legs protruding from Best's back. These legs appear to be exactly the same as a regular crab leg, though slightly larger than average.

When asked about his crustacean appendages, Best only responded by staring at the questioner with their almost featureless face, sockets in the place of eyes totally devoid of life save for a malicious pinpoint of searing light. It did not take long for curious Blaseball fans to drop the subject.

Best is quoted as having never spoken in their life.

Birth and Early Life

It is rumored that Best emerged from a heavily wooded area carrying a bat, and walked in a straight line until they reached the Crabitat, though how he scaled the colossal crab guardian is unknown. Because of their preparedness, extra limbs, and air of mystery, Best was given a shot at batting practice, where a hitting coach remarked, "Wow, you're prepared and mysterious. Show me what you've got."

Personal Life

No.

Run, Forrest, Run

Following the sweeping blessings offered to the Baltimore Crabs following the Season 5 decrees, Forrest quickly climbed the ladder to gain the ranking of one of the strongest base-stealing players in the ILB.

This has been widely accredited to a new form of baserunning invented by and seemingly exclusive to him; utilizing his psychic blood and back-mounted crab legs in order to violently fling his wooden body.

The combined might of crab strength and telekinetic power allows him to ragdoll between bases at incredible speeds, often resulting in consecutive base steals and a rousing chant of "Run, Forrest, Run!" from the stands.

Crab fans have widely speculated whether his newfound thirst for bases might imply grief regarding Combs Duende's death. Forrest, typically for him, has not spoken out regarding this.

In Literature

Crabs Poet Laureature Runolfio Peeper wrote the following poem about Best:

Whose wood this is I think I know
His back is all of crab legs though
And from the trees he did appear
To take the stage in blaseball’s show.

The other teams all find it clear
This wooden monster we revere
Has strength to make the bleachers quake
With psychic blood and oak veneer.

And just before a game he’ll break
Into a bank, that he might take
A plunder either rich or cheap
His pregame ritual to slake.

The crabs will rise up from the deep
And for that time it’s Best we keep
Our dreams set on a series sweep,
Our dreams set on a series sweep.

Cheers

• "Best's the best!" or "Best is Best!"

Fan Art

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  by @okaybutwhy9 on twitter