Kansas City Breath Mints/History

The Kansas City Breath Mints have been an active Internet League Blaseball team since Season 1.

Full Timeline

The Discipline Era

• In Season 1, the Breath Mints went 47-52, finishing 3rd in the Lawful Good Division and tied for 13th overall.
  • Blessings: The Breath Mints won the Max Out Pitcher blessing, maximizing the pitching stats of Polkadot Patterson. Patterson was then traded to the Baltimore Crabs as a result of the Crabs Steal Best Pitcher blessing, sending back Winnie Hess in exchange. A Mystery Improvement also blessed Hess, improving their pitching from 0 → 2.5 .

• In Season 2, the Breath Mints went 41-58, finishing 4th in the Lawful Good Division and 18th overall.
  • Decree Effects: The Breath Mints were one of 4 teams affected by the Fourth Strike decree, granting them a fourth strike for the following season.
  • Blessings: The Breath Mints won the Wind Sprints blessing, improving baserunning by 15%. The Breath Mints also won the Literal Arm Cannon blessing, maximizing the pitching stats of Axel Trololol.

• In Season 3, the Breath Mints went 49-50, finishing 3rd in the Lawful Good Division and tied for 10th overall.
  • Weather: Rodriguez Internet (Day 13), Grey Alvarado (Day 13), and Eduardo Ingram (Day 15) experienced Allergic reactions.
  • Blessings: The Breath Mints won the Summoning Circle blessing, randomizing the hitting of Rodriguez Internet, Grey Alvarado, and Eduardo Ingram. The Breath Mints also won The Rack blessing, improving defense by 15%. Axel Trololol was traded to the Chicago Firefighters as a result of the Firefighters Vulture blessing, sending back Atlas Guerra in exchange.

• In Season 4, the Breath Mints went 48-51, finishing 4th in the Lawful Good Division and 13th overall.
  • Weather: Whit Steakknife (Day 14, replaced by Stew Briggs) and Eduardo Ingram (Day 55, replaced by Lenny Spruce) were incinerated.
  • Decree Effects: All teams were effected by the Alternate Reality decree. This resulted in the alteration of Rodriguez Internet and Oscar Vaughan.
  • Blessings: The Breath Mints won the Non-Dominant Arms blessing, improving pitching by 13%.

• In Season 5, the Breath Mints went 51-48, finishing 4th in the Lawful Good Division and tied for 8th overall, just missing the postseason due to Divine Favor.
  • Decree Effects: Leagues were reshuffled due to the High Filter decree. The Breath Mints were placed into the Mild High Division.
  • Blessings: The Breath Mints won the Keeping It Wavy blessing, improving minimum vibes by 15%.

• In Season 6, the Breath Mints went 51-48, finishing 2nd in the Mild High Division and tied for 5th overall, earning their first postseason qualification. They lost 3-2 in the first round versus the Hades Tigers.
  • Weather: The Breath Mints rotation was shuffled in the reverb (Day 68).
    • Blooddrain: Dickerson Morse siphoned baserunning ability from Ortiz Morse (Day 14).
  • Blessings: The Breath Mints won the Headliners blessing, arranging their lineup in order of Idolatry. The Breath Mints also won the Spin Attack blessing, improving speed by 15%.

• In Season 7, the Breath Mints went 60-39, finishing 1st in the Mild High Division and 2nd overall. They lost 3-1 in the first round versus the Mexico City Wild Wings.
  • Weather: On day 96, leadoff hitter Boyfriend Monreal was incinerated, and replaced by Pudge Nakamoto.
    • Blooddrain: Marquez Clark siphoned defensive ability from Valentine Games (Day 15), and hitting ability from Workman Gloom (Day 51). Baserunning ability was siphoned from Boyfriend Monreal by Elijah Valenzuela (Day 20), and hitting ability was siphoned from PolkaDot Zavala by Theodore Duende (Day 62).
  • Decree Effects: The Breath Mints were targeted by the Bless Off decree, denying their ability to win blessings for the season.
  • Blessings: The Breath Mints received Targeted Shame for the following season as a result of the Hawai'i Fridays Shame Bubble blessing.

• In Season 8, the Breath Mints went 34-65, finishing 5th in the Mild High Division and 19th overall.
  • Weather: Eizabeth Guerra experienced an Allergic Reaction (Day 87). Dickerson Morse and Marco Stink of the Dallas Steaks swapped teams in the feedback (Day 63).
    • Blooddrain: PolkaDot Zavala siphoned pitching ability from Cell Barajas (Day 57). Hitting ability was siphoned from Stew Briggs by Joshua Watson (Day 33). Pitching ability was siphoned from Lenny Spruce by Rafael Davids (Day 57), and from Winnie Hess by Ron Monstera (Day 58).
  • Blessings: The Breath Mints won the Party Line blessing, adding Mooney Doctor II to the rotation and sending Atlas Guerra to the shadows. The Breath Mints were swapped into the Mild Low Division as a results of the Wild Wings Divisional Swap blessing.
  • Parties: Leach Ingram (Day 84), Oscar Vaughan (Day 86), PolkaDot Zavala (Day 86), Grey Alvarado (Day 87), Hewitt Best (Day 88), Winnie Hess (Days 89, 90, 98), Eizabeth Guerra (Day 89), Atlas Guerra (Day 92), Marquez Clark (Days 93, 98), Marco Stink (Day 94), Rodriguez Internet (Days 96, 99)
    • The Breath Mints and the Yellowstone Magic entered partytime on the same day, for the first ever co-hosted partytime since the Enhanced Party Time decree was passed in Season 6.

• In Season 9, the Breath Mints went 51-48, finishing 3rd in the Mild Low Division and tied for 9th overall.
  • Weather: The Breath Mints rotation was shuffled in the reverb (Day 31). Marquez Clark experienced an Allergic Reaction (Day 42). Mooney Doctor II (Day 86) and Lenny Spruce (Day 85) experienced Yummy reactions.
  • Decree Effects: All teams were effected by the Forecast decrees. Winnie Hess gained the Siphon modification, Mooney Doctor II received the Friend of Crows modification, and Rodriguez Internet gain the Fire Eater modification.
  • Blessings: The Breath Mints received a Fifth Base for the following season as a result of the Baltimore Crabs Fifth Base Bubble blessing, and received Targeted Shame for the following season as a result of the Boston Flowers Shame Bubble blessing.
  • Parties: Grey Alvarado (Day 94), PolkaDot Zavala (Day 95), Rodriguez Internet (Day 96), Winnie Hess (Day 96, 99), Marco Stink (Day 97), Mooney Doctor II (Day 99)

• In Season 10, the Breath Mints went 56-43, finishing 2nd in the Mild Low Division and 6th overall. They lost 3-2 in the first round versus the Charleston Shoe Thieves.
  • Weather: Winnie Hess siphoned pitching ability from Wyatt Glover (Day 10). Defensive ability was siphoned by Glabe Moon from Pudge Nakamoto (Day 34), Hewitt Best (Day 36), and Stew Briggs (Day 36).
  • Blessings: The Breath Mints shadows were boosted by 3% due to the Charleston Shoe Thieves Shadow Ban Together blessing. The Breath Mints won the Rogue Waves blessing, granting the Repeating modification to Marquez Clark, Stew Briggs, Grey Alvarado, Rodriguez Internet, and Hewitt Best. The Breath Mints also won the Hidden Power blessing, calling up Helga Washington to the lineup and sending Marquez Clark to the Shadows.
  • Following Season 10 Day X, Jessica Telephone fell to the Breath Mints from THE SHELLED ONE'S PODS, and was added to the lineup.

Peace and Prosperity

• In Season 11, the Breath Mints went 45-56, finishing 4th in the Mild Low Division and 15th overall.
  • Blessings: The Breath Mints were assigned the Arcana XIII.
  • Parties: Helga Washington (Day 97)

The Coffee Cup

• Four active Breath Mints players appeared in the Coffee Cup; Winnie Hess (Cold Brew Crew), Jessica Telephone (Macchiato City), Marco Stink (Milk Proxy Society), and Rodriguez Internet (Royal PoS).

The Expansion Era

• In Season 12, the Breath Mints went 53-46 with a total 49 wins, finishing 3rd in the Mild Low Division and tied for 10th overall.
  • Weather: Stew Briggs experienced an Allergic Reaction (Day 24).
  • Wills: The Breath Mints received Enrich and Revoke as wills, boosting Pudge Nakamoto's stats from 6.4 → 11.7 total, then Revoking them, giving them the Roamin' modification, before they wandered to the Charleston Shoe Thieves. Additionally, Jessica Telephone was swapped to the Mexico City Wild Wings due to the Wings winning the will Plunder, sending back Joshua Watson.
  • Parties: PolkaDot Zavala (Day 95), Mooney Doctor II (Day 95), Rodriguez Internet (Day 97), Lenny Spruce (Day 98)

• In Season 13, the Breath Mints went 34-65 with a total 33 wins, finishing 6th in the Mild Low Division and 21st overall. They were selected as the Mild Wild Card, defeating the New York Millennials 2-1 in the Wild Card Games. They were then defeated by the Baltimore Crabs in a 3-0 sweep.
  • Weather: Rodriguez Internet experienced an Allergic reaction (Day 62). Lenny Spruce was swept Elsewhere (Days 59-71, 12 total).
  • Midseason Events: Construction of The Meadow began during Earlsiesta and was completed during Latesiesta. Loge was selected as the Ballpark prefab.
  • Decree Effects: The Breath Mints benefited from the Free Will decree, receiving three wills instead of two.
  • Wills: The Breath Mints received the wills Exchange, trading Eizabeth Guerra to the Mexico City Wild Wings for Jessica Telephone; Revoke, giving Stew Briggs the Roamin' modification and sending them to the Houston Spies, and Plunder, trading Lenny Spruce to the Boston Flowers for a newly-resurrected Sutton Picklestein. However, Picklestein's Returned modification triggered immediately thereafter, sending Picklestein back to the Hall of Flame and pulling Marquez Clark off the Mints' bench as a replacement.
  • Parties: Winnie Hess (Days 82, 86), Leach Ingram (Days 82, 89, 94), Grey Alvarado (Day 83), Hewitt Best (Day 86), Lenny Spruce (87), Eizabeth Guerra (Day 93), Joshua Watson (Days 94, 95), Marco Stink (Day 96)
    • "Plot Relevance": Brisket Friendo was added to the Breath Mints shadows as their Season 13 postseason birth. During the election, Friendo was given the Redacted modifier, and could no longer be found in the Breath Mints shadows. The same was true of Tad Seeth, the Season 12 postseason birth for the Charleston Shoe Thieves. Notably, these are the two teams which had a Returned player called back to the Hall.

• In Season 14, the Breath Mints went 52-47 with a total 52 wins, finishing 3rd in the Mild Low Division and tied for 8th overall.
  • Weather: Grey Alvarado experienced an Allergic Reaction (Day 6), but was cured of their allergy just a few days later by the Crabitat's Peanut Mister. Joshua Watson (Days 23-42, 19 total), Grey Alvarado (Days 64-92, 28 total), Rodriguez Internet (Days 92-96, 4 total), and Helga Washington (Day 87-99+) were swept Elsewhere. Helga Washington did not return by the end of Season 14.
  • Midseason Events: Renovations were completed on Ballparks during the Latesiesta, granting The Meadow the Big Buckets and PsychoAcoustics renovations. As a result of the Meadows new PsychoAcoustics renovation, the Breath Mints received Wyatt Mason XIII during the Second Wyatt Masoning. Mason XIII was added to the Mints rotation, and pitched one full game (Day 78), before they Echoed into the Static alongside Shoe Thieves pitcher Wyatt Mason XII in the first inning of Day 84.
  • Wills: The Breath Mints received the Foreshadow will, sending Grey Alvarado to the Shadows in exchange for Kina Larsen, and the Infuse will, increasing the stats of Hewitt Best from 16.4 → 20.7 .
  • Parties: Hewitt Best (Day 96)
    • "Plot Relevance": During the Election, The Meadow gained the Crime Scene modification, as did The Choux.

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The Discipline Era

Seasons 1-3

The Breath Mints routinely performed in the middle of the pack in seasons one through three, their true potential as a team not yet unleashed. They finished 3rd in the Lawful Good Division in the first season, a strong finish that was admirable, but not powerful enough to earn them a spot in the postseason. Following the opening of the forbidden book, The Breath Mints bid farewell to their pitcher PolkaDot Patterson, receiving Winnie Hess in his stead. Winnie, a low performing pitcher from the Crabs, ended up finding renewed vigor in Kansas City, and quickly shaped up to be one of the team's strongest presences on the mound.

The team also saw a change of scenery around this time, as they moved from the Kansas City FreshDome to an Open Meadow on the Outskirts of Town, following resident sweetheart Boyfriend Monreal’s tumultuous breakup with the former stadium. Since this split, they have ended up reconnecting, and are now good friends.

Going into season two, the team had high hopes, but these were hopes that ultimately bode ill-fulfilled. The Breath Mints ended the season in the bottom four of the league, a position which earned them the Fourth Strike blessing after the Pies clinched the championship for the second time in a row. Additionally, Breath Mints pitcher Axel Trololol received affirming-surgeries that began his transformation into a car. This manifested itself not only as a chassis, but also as a Literal Arm Cannon, equipment that boosted his pitching stats to the maximum. This, alongside the Wind Spirits that washed through Kansas City and blessed the teams blaserunning, set them up perfectly to have a strong shot at the playoffs in season 3.

Despite a valiant effort, however, this was a dream that never came true. The Breath Mints, despite an incredible start, were hit with three consecutive allergic reactions to stray peanuts during games, greatly reducing the performance of Grey Alvarado, Eduardo Ingram, and Rodriguez Internet (also known as Rod.net). This night of terror sliced the building momentum that had been growing in Kansas City, and the Breath Mints finished the season with a disappointing record of 49-50, finishing once again in the bottom half of the league.

The post season bore a mixed bag of fruit for the Breath Mints. They were awarded with two blessings, Summoning Circles, and the Rack, both of which more than made up for the nerfs to the batting lineup during the Peanut Plague. However, the team's star pitcher, and local hero, Axel Trololol, was traded to the Chicago Firefighters. The team was sad to see Axel go, but they knew he had better horizons ahead of him. In return, they received Eizabeth Guerra’s sister, and the second of the Guerra’s siblings, Atlas Guerra, who despite a subpar star rating, was a welcome addition to the team. They set off for season 4 seemingly back in the balance they had at the start of the season, eager to prove their worth this time around.

Season 4

The Breath Mints started season four with a promising vigor, the morale of the team greatly championed by team captain Whit Steakknife, and resident sweetheart Boyfriend Monreal. The loss of Axel Trololol, who had been a Breath Mint since season one, was difficult, but the teams and fans found solace in the fact that he had grown beyond them, and found a place in Chicago where he could truly be himself.

The Breath Mints had an impressive winning streak in the first third of the season, with star favorites Oscar Vaughan and Grey Alvarado leading the charge on the field. This momentum was cut short though, when on a tragic day, Whit Steakknife was incinerated by a rogue umpire. The players on the field reported this death as “the Breath Mints’ darkest day”, however the shadow it cast over the team was soon drowned out by the rallying cry of grief: “We Hit For Whit”. Whit’s replacement, Stew Briggs, was quickly appointed as the new team captain, and became a fan favorite after several powerful bouts at bat. This moment is when the Breath Mints became Unleashed.

The team carried this energy through more games and more series, taking some significant upsets against powerhouse teams such as the Millennials and the Firefighters. However, it was not long until they were nerfed by another tragedy. Star batter Eduardo Ingram, who was the recipient of buffing at the hand of last season's summoning circles, was soon incinerated as well. This loss was especially tragic as Ingram was a player often looked over, despite his incredible batting record, which at the time of his death was the best in the league. He had only really come into his own in season 4, and seeing his life cut so short was a real blow to the team. Eddie left behind his wife, Leach, whose pitching notably worsened as she battled with grief. Eddie’s replacement Lenny Spruce provided some relief from this pain, but there are some holes not even a joke slinging sentient tree can fill. This marked the second third of the Breath Mints season, a leg of series in which the Breath Mints fell into a massive losing slump. Most notably, they were swept by the Tacos, arguably one of the worst performing teams in the league at the time.

Despite hopes that the Breath Mints would rally in the final third of the season, as they are wont to do in games, the team from Kansas City never managed to eke out above their rivals, the Charleston Shoe Thieves, despite their best efforts. In their last 30 games, they won only 9 of them, a losing streak that solidified their place as fourth in the Lawful Good Division. The season finished with them in a middling 13th place, and with a win loss record of 48-51, disqualifying them for the postseason. This stretch of the season was not without its upsides, moments such as Eizabeth Guerra stealing all four bases in one inning serving as important rallying points for the team. (despite the lack of a blagonball awarded) These moments were, however, not enough to curb the tides of fate, and soon the season was over.

The team cheered on the good league’s champions, The New York Millennials, in the finals, and were disappointed to see them swept by the Hades Tigers. The season ended with the Breath Mints eagerly strategizing for the upcoming election, and with the errant stirring of the potential of being unleashed once again.

Season 6

During season 6 some fans began demanding a reorder of the Breath Mints batting lineup. They felt that Boyfriend Monreal needed even more opportunities to go on extensive walks and that Rodriguez Internet needed to be discouraged from his excessive base stealing attempts.

General manager and team owner Max Betmint was initially skeptical. He quickly changed his mind though, when it was pointed out to him, that the invisible hand of the fandom would surely produce the best batting lineup, much as the invisible hand of the free market distributed goods and services in an optimal way.

Hewitt Best wanted to protest against this argument on principal but was convinced to abstain from voicing their concerns out of solidarity with Boyfriend Monreal. The change in lineup order was approved at the end of season 6.