Karato Bean

Karato Bean
Basic Information
Team	Houston Spies
Former Team(s)	Hawai'i Fridays
Status	Active
Batting
Pitching
Defense
Running
External Links	Blaseball-Reference Player Changes Player Page
Personal Information
Item	None
Armor	None
Evolution	Base
Pregame Ritual	Oiling glove
Coffee Style	Cream & Sugar
Blood Type	Basic
Fate	77
Soulscream	IOEAIIOEAIIIEAIIIEAIIIAEAEOAEAEOAEEAAOEEAAOEAOAUXAOAUXA

Karato Bean is a pitcher for the Houston Spies. Bean has been with the team since Season 7 after being traded from the Hawai'i Fridays.

Official League Records

Bean joined the ILB as a pitcher for the Hawai'i Fridays at the beginning of Season 1.

On Season 5, Day 6, Bean became a lineup player due to Reverb.

During the Season 5 election, Bean's batting, baserunning, and defense fell half a star as a part of the Charleston Shoe Thieves' Bad Neighbors blessing.

On Season 6, Day 62, Bean's baserunning ability was siphoned by Dallas Steaks batter Summers Pony due to Blooddrain weather, reducing it from to .

During the Season 7 election, Bean was traded to the Houston Spies for Evelton McBlase II by the Lottery Pick blessing.

On Season 9, Day 52, Bean became a pitcher due to Reverb.

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

History

Background

Karato Bean is a five-time national surf champion. Prior to the first season, Karato had a video game deal in the works, but he decided to enter the ILB in memory of their late father, with whom she had a tumultuous relationship. They honestly would much rather be surfing right now.

Season 5 Positional Change

On Day 6 of Season 5, Bevan Wise and Oscar Dollie were teaching York Silk how to do magic in the outfield. Unfortunately, there was an accident that caused chaotic reverberations, after which all the Fridays found themselves in different positions. Bean decided they liked batting and being in the outfield, saying, "I can finally surf while playing Blaseball." It's not entirely clear how they surf the outfield or around the bases when the Fridays aren't playing near a body of water, and at this point, reporters are too afraid to ask.

Season 6 Surfing Accident

As one of the only professional surfers not intimidated by Summers Pony's muscles, Bean offered to teach Pony how to surf on Day 62 of Season 6 in the middle of the game. Pony was given new boots for surfing, incidentally also helping their traction while baserunning, but unfortunately, at the top of the 7th, both Bean and Pony crashed into each other. Neither were injured, although Bean's favorite surfboard was destroyed. Bean only said, "It, like, works, but, you know, it's not the same," in the post game interview before leaving for the beach.

Transfer to the Spies

The Houston Spies' grand plan to rid themselves of Evelton McBlase II, the clone of Evelton McBlase, awarded them Hawai'i's famed surfing star, Karato Bean. But with the transfer to Houston came adaptation: the city's surfing scene is limited to catching the wakes of passing ships, but the Spies stadium's brutalist architecture lends itself quite well to skateboarding.

Alexandria Rosales, an experienced quad skater, often joins Bean in their attempts to "grind every sick rail in this joint." She has also taken up teaching Son Scotch—always seen in knee- and elbowpads, wrist guards, and Spies-themed helmet covered in stickers—to skate. The trio, often accompanied by noted thrill-seeker Theodore Holloway, can often be spotted skating together before matches, giving thumbs-up to onlookers.

Pitching

Always in search of the next great test of their skills, Bean left his position as hitter during Season 9. As pitcher, xe's shown unexpected talent. Most Spies fans—who were dearly mourning the swap, which followed the elbow replacements recently installed in both Math Velazquez and Denzel Scott—expected the increased downtime from only playing one in five games to distract Bean. Instead, she's shown remarkable dedication. Their days off are spent skateboarding around An Undisclosed Location, letting em come to each match refreshed and energized.

Trivia

• When stepping onto the mound, the crowd simultaneously cheers "Surf's Up!" to get Karato energized and "Surf's Down!" to discourage Karato from leaving in the middle of the game to surf.
• As a pitcher, she was known for giving up several runs in the late innings of a game.

Gallery

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  Season 2 Tlopps card.

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  Rare Season 3 card showing the cover of the canceled PS2 game Karato Bean's Pro Surfer.

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  Season 4 card (front).

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  Season 4 card (back).

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  Beanball, first in a series of blaseball video games featuring Karato Bean.

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  Season 7 card depicting Karato batting with his surfboard.