Grand Unslam

In blaseball, The Grand Unslam refers to an event that took place on Day 73 of Season 3, during the 15th inning of a game between the Charleston Shoe Thieves and the Los Angeles Tacos. Very little is known or understood about the exact nature of the events that took place, or what its implications are for the greater Blaseball cosmology. In the hours following the event, The Peanut took over the front page of blaseball.com, broadcasting a message to the entire League.

Timeline of Events

With one out at the top of the 15th inning, the Charleston Shoe Thieves were building to a 14-13 lead, when Sebastian Woodman took to bat against Los Angeles Tacos pitcher Lee Davenport, drawing a walk and loading the bases. Following him, Workman Gloom batted a single, and Esme Ramsay drew a walk, putting the score at 16-13 Shoe Thieves. Blankenship Fischer struck out, leaving Morrow Doyle to get at bat. Following a strike on the first pitch, he hit the grand slam, bringing the score to 20-13.

Play seemed to proceed as usual following the event. Ren Hunter hit a single, and Velazquez Alstott got up to bat. The circumstances leading to Alstott getting the third out for his team are unclear, due to either an unusual amount of birds on and around the field, or a small disruption to the timeline.

Bottom of the 15th started, with Moses Simmons going up at bat against Beasley Gloom. After one out in three pitches, the state of the game reverted to top of the 15th, no outs, and a 16-13 score. Play then stopped, and a Bad Gateway event started, prompting umpires to call a Siesta.

Interpretations

Baseball scholars disagree on the meaning or the implications of the Great Unslam. While some blaseball scientists see this as a simple disruption of the space-time continuum consistent with running games on the Immaterial Plane, Blaseball theologists argue that such a Grand Slam at such a late point in a regular season game is an event of great power and divinity. Citing the Peanut Broadcast, they argue that The Grand Unslam marked a point of particular proximity with the Blaseball Gods, and that the following events were an expression of their wrath. In an article for "Blaseball Worship Today", philosopher Hamilton Stilts wrote: "If the arrival of birds was a sign that the Gods were watching us, The Grand Unslam represents the moment Blaseball looked back. Were we worthy to see the faces of our Gods? Based on the events that followed, it is obvious that we weren't."