Rat Mason
Rat Mason is a player in the Shadows for the LA Unlimited Tacos, and has been with the team since the ILB Semi-Centennial. Mason has played for the Rising Stars.
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.
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
Season 3 card, by @p_a_mcg
Season 4 card, by @cozzymandiesque
Season 6 card, by @doggirlsondrugs
Ratamatronic Mason by Loxosceles
Rat Mason as a team of Rats and a Human by ShorterSneakier
Rat Mason by @Fancymancer
Rat at bat, bat it Rat by DrifterSoda
Players | Batters | |
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Pitchers | ||
Shadows | ||
Buried | Wyatt Owens · Wyatt Pothos · Reggie Canberra · Caleb Alvarado | |
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Stats | Season | 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 |
Events | The Grand Unslam · The Wyatt Masoning · Party Time Speedrun · Snackrifice | |
Ballpark | Al Pastor Memorial Park | |
Community Lore | ||
Staff | Al Pastor · Lalengua · Pepito the Coyote | |
Places | Los Angeli | |
History | Unlimited Tacos' History · Los Angeli Research Division | |
Fan Culture 📣 · Fan Works 💌 · Tlopps Cards 🃏 | ||
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