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Sandford is an incredibly handsome man in his mid-thirties with brown hair, marked by distinquished streaks of grey. He attended ''Ye Olde' San Francisco Law School'' in the [[San Francisco#The Royal Kingdom of San Francisco|Royal Kingdom of San Francisco]]. Upon earning his law degree and passing the BAR, he relocated to [[San Francisco#The%20Romantic%20Collaborative%20of%20San%20Francisco|The Romantic Collaborative of San Francisco]] where he met his partner [[Knight Triumphant]]. When not playing [[Blaseball]] he works as a solicitor for ''Garner, Garner, Garner and Garner.'' A law firm he established with his three identical twins.
 
  
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Sandford is an incredibly handsome man in his mid-thirties, whose brown hair is marked by streaks of a premature but distinguished grey. He attended Ye Olde' San Francisco Law School in the Royal Kingdom of San Francisco. Upon earning his law degree and passing the BAR, he relocated to the Romantic Collaborative of San Francisco, where he met his partner Knight Urlacher. When not playing Blaseball, he works as a solicitor for Garner, Garner, Garner and Garner, a law firm he established with his three identical quadruplets.
  
It is reported that early in his Blaseball try-outs Sandford kept distracting the local umpires with his extremely good looks. He made the team despite his incredible lack of Blaseball skills, largely because everyone liked looking at him so much. He was so attractive that other players would frequently inform him of his appearance in their dreams. This event was so common that it earned him the nickname '''The Sandman''<nowiki/>'. When Sandford steps up to pitch Lovers fans can often be heard chanting ''"MISTER SANDMAN, MAN ME A SAND!"''
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It is reported that early in his Blaseball try-outs Sandford kept distracting the local umpires with his extremely good looks. He made the team despite his incredible lack of Blaseball skills, largely because everyone liked looking at him so much. He was so attractive that other players would frequently inform him of his appearance in their dreams. This event was so common that it earned him the nickname 'The Sandman'.
  
== Trivia ==
 
After Season 4, due to an increase in elbows, it's now easier to tell Sandford apart from his brothers.
 
  
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Unbeknownst to most, Sandford actually possesses the ability to enter the dreams of others while he sleeps. In his younger years, when he was more cutthroat with his law practice, he attempted to use this ability to gain an edge against defendants by searching their dreams for secrets he could use against them. However, he eventually had to accept that people’s dreams are too much of a garbled mishmash to rely on for finding any sort of truthful information, even about unimportant things.
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Over the years, the calming, spiritual nature of passing through others’ dreams with no goals in mind began to mellow out Sandford’s attitude. One day, he found himself passing through the dreams of Knight Urlacher, who was a lucid enough dreamer to recognize him as a foreign presence and strike up a conversation with him. Their meeting stuck with Sandford, who began to seek out Knight’s dreams every night, and then eventually seek him out in the waking world to start a relationship.
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Sandford was initially hesitant about joining Knight’s proposed Blaseball team, but after meeting the rest of his teammates, he was too charmed by them to turn them down. He began walking through their dreams (with their consent) to learn more about them, originally not focusing on anywhere in particular—until he got to know Don Mitchell.
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He was appalled to learn that Don was an active, remorseless criminal, but couldn’t shake his inexplicable, powerful attraction to him. Unable to ignore his feelings or convince Don to go straight, he eventually softened his views on Don’s brand of nonviolent, “steal from the rich” crime, and switched his law practice from prosecution to defense so that he could at least help keep his boyfriend out of jail.{{TeamNavSelector|lovers}}
  
 
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Revision as of 19:59, 21 October 2020


Sandford Garner is a pitcher for the San Francisco Lovers who joined the team on Season 3, Day 5 following the incineration of Paul Barnes.

Official League Records

After the Season 4 Elections, Garner was affected by the Extra Elbows blessing two times, increasing his pitching ability by a total of 40% and bringing his rating up from to .

History

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

Sandford is an incredibly handsome man in his mid-thirties, whose brown hair is marked by streaks of a premature but distinguished grey. He attended Ye Olde' San Francisco Law School in the Royal Kingdom of San Francisco. Upon earning his law degree and passing the BAR, he relocated to the Romantic Collaborative of San Francisco, where he met his partner Knight Urlacher. When not playing Blaseball, he works as a solicitor for Garner, Garner, Garner and Garner, a law firm he established with his three identical quadruplets.

It is reported that early in his Blaseball try-outs Sandford kept distracting the local umpires with his extremely good looks. He made the team despite his incredible lack of Blaseball skills, largely because everyone liked looking at him so much. He was so attractive that other players would frequently inform him of his appearance in their dreams. This event was so common that it earned him the nickname 'The Sandman'.


Unbeknownst to most, Sandford actually possesses the ability to enter the dreams of others while he sleeps. In his younger years, when he was more cutthroat with his law practice, he attempted to use this ability to gain an edge against defendants by searching their dreams for secrets he could use against them. However, he eventually had to accept that people’s dreams are too much of a garbled mishmash to rely on for finding any sort of truthful information, even about unimportant things.

Over the years, the calming, spiritual nature of passing through others’ dreams with no goals in mind began to mellow out Sandford’s attitude. One day, he found himself passing through the dreams of Knight Urlacher, who was a lucid enough dreamer to recognize him as a foreign presence and strike up a conversation with him. Their meeting stuck with Sandford, who began to seek out Knight’s dreams every night, and then eventually seek him out in the waking world to start a relationship.


Sandford was initially hesitant about joining Knight’s proposed Blaseball team, but after meeting the rest of his teammates, he was too charmed by them to turn them down. He began walking through their dreams (with their consent) to learn more about them, originally not focusing on anywhere in particular—until he got to know Don Mitchell.

He was appalled to learn that Don was an active, remorseless criminal, but couldn’t shake his inexplicable, powerful attraction to him. Unable to ignore his feelings or convince Don to go straight, he eventually softened his views on Don’s brand of nonviolent, “steal from the rich” crime, and switched his law practice from prosecution to defense so that he could at least help keep his boyfriend out of jail.