Leach Herman

Leach Herman
Created by @BearOverdrive
Basic Information
Team	Dallas Steaks
Status	Active
Batting
Pitching
Defense
Running
Modifications	AlternateThis Player is an Alternate... Player is replaced with an alternate reality version, stats are randomized.  Friend of CrowsIn Birds weather, pitchers with Friend of Crows will encourage the Birds to attack hitters. The crows will attack a hitter, resulting in an automatic out.
Dates Active	Jul 20, 2020–present
External Links	Blaseball-Reference Player Changes Player Page
Personal Information
Item	None
Armor	None
Evolution	Base
Pregame Ritual	Bucket of fish
Coffee Style	Plenty of Sugar
Blood Type	Acidic
Fate	1
Soulscream	IXEIXIXEIXIEIAAHEIAAHEAUAUUAUAUUAXXAEHXXAEHX
Biographical Details
Species	Leech / Human
Eyes	Single-cell ocelli that barely perceive light / Green
Legs	None / Two
Personal Relationships
Partners	Each other
Relations	Literally parasitic / Emotionally dependent

Leach Herman is a pitcher for the Dallas Steaks, and has been with the Steaks since Season 1. In Season 3, Leach Herman was one of the best pitchers in the league, recording a 16-4 record and a 0.953 WHIP.

Official League Records

Due to the Decree Alternate Reality in Season 4, Herman was replaced with an alternate reality form of themselves.

In Season 6, Herman was replaced once again with an alternate reality form due to the Steaks winning the Collect Call blessing.

On Day 97 of Season 7, Herman received a boost thanks to Enhanced Party Time, raising each of their ratings by half a star.

During the Season 9 election, Herman received the Friend of Crows modification due to the passing of the Forecast: Birds decree.

On day 76 of season 10, Herman threw a no-hitter against the Charleston Shoe Thieves.

Biography

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

Nature of Being

While only a single player in the lineup, Leach Herman is actually a symbiote between a leech and a Herman. Herman is an average Longhorn demon who is being Ratatouille'd by a leech under his Blaseball cap.

It is unclear by what mechanism the leech is able to control Herman's actions, or how an organism with only a few nerve cells is able to take coaching, read signals, or understand the rules of the game.

History of Symbiosis

Although initially distressed by the blood-sucking parasite stuck to his scalp somehow manipulating his demonic body to perform feats of athletic ability, Herman has since come to view the situation as mutually beneficial, their relationship blossoming into a borderline-unhealthy co-dependency. Leach Herman (aka known as "Leach and Her Man" to fans) was named Blaseball's Hottest Couple 3 years in a row by Glossip magazine.

Their impressive WHIP in season 3 was considered a massive success and accomplishment for the acceptance of symbiote pitchers in Blaseball.

Bizarro Herman

At the end of Season 4, the leech was replaced with a doppelgänger from an alternate reality. Fans and teammates refer to the new symbiote as "Bizarro" Herman due to their unfamiliarity with the rules of blaseball. Steaks parapsychologist Ham Sanders refuses to break doctor-patient confidentiality, but suggests that "in many alternate dimensions, leeches are considered parasites."

Pro-glolf comments made by Bizarro Herman following Season 4, Day 45 prompted a formal investigation into the leech's home dimension. Initial findings suggest the Baseball-Glolf Clonflict ended differently there, with many blaseball stadiums replaced by glolf courses.

The Collect Call

The team attempted to locate Herman's original leech throughout Seasons 5 and 6. Area grilldads volunteered their garages, sheds, and rumpus rooms for the construction of a network of transuniversal ham radios known as the Collect Call. They were unable to locate the original leech, but made contact with a doppelgänger from a second alternate reality. She signed with the Steaks for a way out of a "bad situation," reportedly saying that the "blitz was coming" and that she "had to scramble to survive."

The location of Bizarro Herman's initial replacement leech is unknown and, unfortunately, so is the location of the original leech.

Quotes

"Oh God, gross, it’s in my hair, oh God, pull it out, ugh... n-no. No! it's stuck. It's stuck! Oh God, why?!" — Herman, upon first meeting leech

"My arms... wha- what's happening to my arms?" — Herman, the first time leech made him throw a fastball.

"I can't imagine life without you. Please never leave." — Herman, whenever things get too quiet.

"(squishing, sucking noises)" — leech, constantly.

Fan Art

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  Mini-Blaseballer by @HetreaSky

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  Leach Herman, Kline Greenlemon, and Kit Adamses at a team movie night, by @BearOverdrive