Rat Mason

Rat Mason
Mason as of Season 6, by @doggirlsondrugs
Basic Information
Aliases	Rat Polk, Wyatt Mason
Team	LA Unlimited Tacos
Former Team(s)	Rising Stars
Status	Shadowed
Batting	(6.1)
Pitching	(2.6)
Defense	(3.1)
Running	(3.6)
Modifications	Ego+This Player has a boosted Ego.  ScatteredThis Player returned from Elsewhere a bit Scattered.  UncertainWhen this Player returns from Elsewhere, they'll be adjusted by -15% to +20%.
Items	Holey Ring of Dexterity ●●●
Dates Active	Jul 20, 2020–present
External Links	Blaseball-Reference Player Changes Player Page
Personal Information
Evolution	Base
Peanut Allergy	Not Allergic
Pregame Ritual	Spinning
Coffee Style	Plenty of Sugar
Blood Type	Acidic
Fate	81
Biographical Details
Pronouns	He/Him

Rat Mason is a player in the Shadows for the LA Unlimited Tacos, and has been with the team since Season 1. Mason played for the Rising Stars during the ILB Semi-Centennial.

Official League Records

Mason joined the ILB as a lineup player for the Los Angeles Tacos with the Return of Blaseball, with the name Rat Polk.

After the Season 3 elections, Mason was briefly known as Wyatt Mason due to The Wyatt Masoning. During The Unmasoning, Mason's name was partially restored to Rat Mason.

On Season 6, Day 85, Mason suffered an allergic reaction and a drop in stats, including a decrease in batting from to , as well as a decrease in pitching and baserunning stats to 0.

During the Tacos' Season 7, Day 89 game against the Houston Spies, Mason received a -star boost to batting and pitching, and a -star boost to baserunning and defense.

During the Coffee Cup, Mason played for Royal PoS as a lineup player.

During the Season 16 elections, Mason's batting increased from 4.2 → 5.0 and batting decreased 2.9 → 2.7 as a result of the Tacos' Transfuse will.

During the Season 19 earlsiesta, Mason was given the Uncertain modification as part of the seasonal reading.

During the ILB Semi-Centennial, Mason played for the Rising Stars. In the same game, the Vault Legends failed to collect Mason three times. Mason then returned to the LA Unlimited Tacos as a pitcher.

On Season 24, Day 32, Mason retreated to the Tacos' Shadows in exchange for McBaseball Clembons at Al Pastor Memorial Park via the Ratified Fax Machine.

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

History

Background

A transplant to Los Angeles from New York, Mason was an aspiring dancer before he surrendered to the call of professional blaseball. He is known for batting with his right hand but throwing with his left. When not on the field, he is often found in the back of one of the numerous taco trucks that surround the Tacos' stadium.

Mason lives in WeHo (The City of West Hollywood) with his husband Penny Polk, an LA native. The premiere Splorts Tabloid, the Blaseball Enquirer, has published a series of rumors that the couple are considering a divorce, citing that Polk has never been seen at one of Mason's games. Neither Mason nor Polk has commented on whether the divorce rumors are true.

The Many Faces of Rat Mason

According to the Interdimensional Rumor Mill, some things never change, even across dimensions. Someone, somewhere, decided to catalog all the different versions of Rat Mason in a Rumor Registry, but today the version from IF-41.597 is playing. Here’s what the rumors say...

Rat Mason and Their Pet Rat

Rat Mason, a young adult human, is never seen without the company of their pet rat. The pair's team has often reported finding them atop stairway railings or lockers while waiting for practice to begin, seemingly always moving. Graffitied walls spotted in and around Al Pastor Memorial Stadium are assumed to be Rat's work.

Prior to their career with the Tacos, Polk first entered the public eye when they held an elaborate marriage ceremony between their pet rat and a wild rat they referred to as Penny in the middle of Los Angeles. The reception was attended by several dozen mice, rats, squirrels, and other rodents, and afterward Polk paraded the couple through the streets with a megaphone, shouting "These Rats are Gay and there's Nothing you can do about it!"

Looking for a place to divert energy from mischief and hang out with people besides their pet rat, Polk signed up for Al Pastor's kickball league out of genuine interest. Finding out upon entry of the first scheduled day of practice that the league was indeed, not for Kickball, came as a shock, but the Rat duo quickly developed a knack for Blaseball. With their pet resting atop their head at bat, and promptly placed onto the field after hits to run bases together, the two have came to be known as a hit or miss duo, crucial to the Unlimited Tacos lineup.

The name Rat Polk, reported as their name in media outlets after the rat marriage, has been the only name to stick with them throughout their Blaseball career (albeit modified during the Wyatt Masoning). 'Polk' may or may not be short for 'Polkadot'.

Trivia

Mason has missed the exit from the 405 to the 101 several times.

Mason reportedly wears jersey number 69.

Fan Works

Non Visual Works

• RAT MASON song by The Los Angeli Jukebox

Gallery

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  Season 3 card, by @p_a_mcg

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  by @lunarboretum

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  Season 4 card, by @cozzymandiesque

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  Season 6 card, by @doggirlsondrugs

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  Rat

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  Ratamatronic Mason by Loxosceles

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  Rat Mason as a team of Rats and a Human by ShorterSneakier

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  Rat Mason by @Fancymancer

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  Rat at bat, bat it Rat by DrifterSoda

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  Seven of Swords, by @birbteef

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