Pitching Machine
Pitching Machine is a lineup player for the Ohio Worms and has been with the team since the Season 12 elections. Machine has previously played for the Unlimited Tacos, THE SHELLED ONE'S PODS, and the Seattle Garages.
Official League Records
Machine joined the league on Season 8, Day 1, as a pitcher for the Unlimited Tacos. Due to the fan-organized Snackrifice, all of the previous pitchers on the Tacos were Shelled, therefore preventing them from participating in regular play. At the start of Season 8, Machine was added to the pitching rotation as the only pitcher on the team capable of performing the role. Machine pitched every active game until Sexton Wheerer was deshelled by the birds.
At the end of the regular season, Machine was in the first position on the idol leaderboard, and as such, got the modification Shelled.
On Season 9, Day X, Machine was conscripted to THE SHELLED ONE'S PODS as a lineup player. Following the dispersal of the PODS during the Season 10 elections, Machine joined the Seattle Garages as a pitcher.
During the Coffee Cup, Machine played for Macchiato City as a pitcher.
Machine was traded to the Ohio Worms in exchange for Mindy Kugel during the Season 12 elections via the Exchange will. This trade also resulted in Machine becoming a batter due to Kugel's position.
COMMUNITY REPORTSThe remainder of this article contains lore created collaboratively by the Blaseball community.
Aftermarket Upgrades
During Season 8, in its third game against the Baltimore Crabs, Tacos hitter Vito Kravitz "upgraded" Pitching Machine with a number of accessories including a bayonet and a laser sight. This had the unfortunate consequence of allowing the opposing batters to see exactly where the ball was aimed. The Crabs scored 8 runs before teammate Mcdowell Mason removed the laser sight.
The bayonet was not removed.
Media Relations
Attempts to interview Pitching Machine have so far been unsuccessful. Machine has never responded to journalists' questions at press conferences, and teammates say that it is stoic in the dugout as well. However, it is well documented that reporters who objectify it as "the" or "a" pitching machine must duck to avoid a barrage of blaseballs being hurled their way.
Relationships
Pitching Machine has what some fans would call a relationship with Ortiz Lopez, although it's still unclear whether it's all just coincidence Lopez has attributed meaning to or the feelings are reciprocated. The relationship was the basis for the first entry in a book series by famous author Chulck Tangle.
Pitching Machine also appears to have a close relationship with Oliver Notarobot, the two having inspired one another in various ways. Notarobot assisted in applying the "This Machine Kills Fascists" sticker to the side of it when it joined the league, and Pitching Machine was reportedly the reason Notarobot decided to tell the league of his android nature.
Malik Destiny frequently feeds guitar picks (referred to by him as “tricoins”) to Pitching Machine in a literal attempt to feed the meter. Despite the team’s insistence that Destiny stop, the picks have not appeared to negatively affect Pitching Machine’s performance. It has been noted that Pitching Machine will always accept these, regardless of form.
Arrival to the Garages
After the aftermath of the great Unshelling, the Garages did not expect Pitching Machine to come crashing through the roof of the Big Garage onto the field. As Oliver Notarobot began assisting in reassembling it, it suddenly flickered from pitching machine form to that of an android. Since then, Pitching Machine has been observed to change between various forms at random. The Garages members seem unfazed by this, assuming it has something to do with it being from Los Angeli. A few things remain consistent throughout the iterations:
- Pitching Machine remembers everything that has happened to its previous iterations upon arrival.
- Pitching Machine is always a pitcher (Time with the PODS notwithstanding.)
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Performance on the field
Season 11 Playoffs
Pitching Machine was instrumental in the Seattle Garages’ victory in the Season 11 MLDS against the Charleston Shoe Thieves, allowing only 2 hits and 1 run in the crucial Game 5, clinching the series. Against the Hellmouth Sunbeams in the Internet Series, Pitching Machine allowed only 4 runs in a close Game 2 loss, performing the best out of any Garages pitcher against the eventual champions.
During Pitching Machine’s playoff heroics, the nickname “Parking Meter” was coined to honor one of the Garages’ most stoic and reliable pitching talents. Fans chant “FEED THE METER” to encourage PM, and erupt in cheers when PM records a strikeout.
Fan Art
Mini-Blaseballer by @HetreaSky
Made by Athunin#6908 on Discord.
Pitching Machine by DonnFirinne on Discord
Unlimited Blaseballs
Pitching Machine by @Fancymancer
Pitching Machine by @Fancymancer
Pitching Machine by @Fancymancer
Pitching Machine's Sticker Collection w\contributions from the entire league maintained by DeeJayRingis
Pixel Pitching Machine by @danglebob
Pitching Machine is super effective by @danglebob
Pitching Machine 2448 by Rhystique
Pitching Machine 5778 by @Razura
PM by @sunglasseshorse
Pitching Machine Tower by @mychal.lines
Pitching Machine by @Fancymancer
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| Stats | Season | 12 |
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| History | Ohio Worms' History | |
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