York Silk

York Silk
Basic Information
Team	Canada Moist Talkers
Former Team(s)	Hawai'i Fridays, THE SHELLED ONE'S PODS
Status	Active
Batting
Pitching
Defense
Running
Modifications	Super IdolThis player will earn Fans double the rewards from all Idol Snacks. See also: Glossary  Honey RoastedThis Team or Player has been Honey-Roasted. Honey-Roasted players on Crunchy teams perform 100% better with 200% power. Honey-Roasted players may shell an opposing player in Peanuts weather.
Dates Active	Jul 30, 2020–present
External Links	Blaseball-Reference Player Changes Player Page
Personal Information
Item	Vibe Check
Armor	None
Evolution	Base
Pregame Ritual	LARPing
Coffee Style	Plenty of Sugar
Blood Type	Grass
Fate	76
Soulscream	OAEUOOAEUOOIOAAUIOAAUI

York Silk is a lineup player for the Canada Moist Talkers and has been with the team since the Season 10 elections. Silk has previously played for the Hawai'i Fridays and THE SHELLED ONE'S PODS.

Official League Records

Season 2

Silk joined the league as a member of the Hawai'i Fridays on Season 2, Day 74 due to the incineration of Jessi Wise. Silk gained the Gunblade Bat as a result of a Blessing at the end of Season 2.

Season 3

Silk finished season 3 with the 3rd highest batting average in the league (0.374), 2nd highest hits (147), 2nd most home runs (31), 2nd highest OBP (0.422), 2nd highest RBI (86), 8th highest slugging percentage (0.634), tied with Elijah Valenzuela for third in stolen bases (10), and 2nd most runs scored (89).

Season 4

Silk had a career year in season 4, finishing the season #1 in BA (0.363), #4 in doubles (22), #1 hits (139), #1 home runs (45), #2 OBP (0.408), #3 in runs (79), #1 RBI (100), and #2 slugging (0.783).

Season 5

During the Season 5 election, Silk's batting and baserunning fell half a star as a part of the Charleston Shoe Thieves' Bad Neighbors blessing.

Season 7

During the Season 7 elections, Silk was given the Center of Attention blessing, giving them the Super Idol modification.

Season 8

At the end of the regular season, Silk was in the second position on the idol leaderboard, and as such, got the modification Shelled.

Season 9

On Season 9, Day X, Silk was conscripted to THE SHELLED ONE'S PODS as a lineup player. Following the dispersal of the PODS during the Season 10 elections, Silk joined the Canada Moist Talkers.

Coffee Cup

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

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

History

Background

Silk is an eight year old child and hit his first home run at two years old. Silk's strong performance on the field and off the field performance allowed him to negotiate a strong rider for the Fridays ensuring the dugout keeps an ample supply of Capri Sun and Sunny D at all times.

Silk's Gunblade Bat is formally recognised as The Vibe Check, a title Silk gave the gunblade himself, and is quite proud of. The team saved up all of their arcade tickets to get him the blessing for his birthday.

Silk joined the team on their 8th birthday and since then, every 74th day of each season of Blaseball, the team and fans celebrate Silk turning 8—never older.

When not at bat, Silk is the Fridays' batboy.

Sponsorships

Silk is currently backed by many different sponsors which are represented by the jibbitz on his famous Crocs: Slunny D, Clapri Sun, Hawai'ian Plunch (which everyone agreed was a little on the nose), Plower Wheels, Plogs, Razor Sclooters, Hleelies, PBS (the Plublic Blaseballcasting Slervice), and The King Arthur Baking Company.

His PBS sponsorship mandates that he finishes all his interviews with thanking "vliewers like you."

He has been offered many car sponsorships but when he tries to accept them people remind him that because he is 8 he can't even drive. He responds to this with "I can drive this ball out of this field!" and proceeds to hit a homerun.

Shelling Controversy

After season 7, Silk was almost caught above the Ominous Red Line that had in prior seasons shelled his stepmother Nagomi Mcdaniel and friend Jessica Telephone. Although the Snackrifice helped move Silk closer to the bottom of the list, up until the last few hours, he was caught in a maelstrom with Jessica Telephone and PolkaDot Patterson. Silk attempted to fight the Peanut with the Vibe Check to help the other two escape, but with another selfless sacrifice, Patterson stepped in the way at the last moment and took the shelling before Silk was hit. The outcome of this, as well as the departure of long time teammates Elijah Valenzuela and Karato Bean had an obvious impact on Silk's Season 8 mood and performance, marking the first season in which he posted his first sub 0.300 batting average (0.297) and lowest full-season home run in his career (26).

At the end of Season 8, Silk was again caught above the Ominous Red Line but was not able to escape shelling. Through the shell, reporters were able to gather that he was still safe and that he had his Glameboy with him. He refused further comment after declaring that he was working on his Plokemon speed run.

Taken by The Shelled One

When York Silk was shelled at the end of Season 8, he was disconnected from the magical time-warping powers of Our Lady of Perpetual Friday, which both keeps the islands in eternal Friday and kept Silk at the age of 8. When he emerged from his shell to play for THE SHELLED ONE'S PODS, his former teammates—and most importantly, his mom—were shocked to see that the little boy they had known was gone, though some witnesses swore that his smile was the same as ever.

The shock of this revelation was temporarily delayed by the attack of THE SHELLED ONE'S PODS. Once they had processed the events of Season 9, Day X, Silk's former teammates came to regard the tragedy of his stolen childhood as another injustice dealt by the Shelled One. The Fridays have not celebrated York Silk's game 74 birthday since Season 9.

When she was finally able to be reached for comment, York Silk's mom simply said, "He will always be my little boy, whether he’s 8 or 88."

Trivia

• The crowd will cheer "👏 YORK'S 👏 OUR 👏 DORK 👏" whenever Silk enters the field, regardless of his performance. As one Fridays fan said, "Win or lose, he's a good boy."
• Silk is one of the few Fridays players to wear cleats, or footwear at all for that matter. He is known around the league for playing in a pair of kids size 10 Crocs. They have jibbetz on them representing all of his sponsors. When he is playing in the outfield he puts his shoes into defensive mode and puts the straps to the front. When he is hitting or on base he puts his shoes into offensive mode, with the straps at the back. He likes to make a big deal out of it, not unlike when Ash Ketchum switches his hat to enter a Pokemon battle. When he runs the bases his shoes light up green and blue to represent the duality outfield and the surf respectively.
• Silk was recruited onto the Fridays by his stepmother Nagomi Mcdaniel, who at the time was dating his mother.

Gallery

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  Rare Season 3 Tlopps card.

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  Season 3 card.

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  By Bells.

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  By CocacolaGarlic.

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  Postcard (front) written to Nagomi from York.

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  Postcard (back) written to Nagomi from York.

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  By Fancymason.

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  Season 6 card by Hokuto.

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  Birthday party invite, Season 5 by Li0ness.

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  York's magic hat, a birthday gift from the Yellowstone Magic in Season 6.

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  York Silk and Vibe Check by @fairchart

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  York Silk getting LARP equipment for his birthday by @Thelonious_Junk.

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  Season 7 card.

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  Shelled York, by Bells (bellart03)

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  More of this by Bells

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  York and Polkadot Patterson by Bells

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  Mini-Blaseballer by @HetreaSky

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  York Silk, shelled and playing GlameBoy with time now to "perfect this speed run". Art by -Z-#1286

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  Season 9 Tlopps card (inside shell) by Orgo

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  York Silk on the Fridays by @shenaniglenn

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  York with NaN and Lars Taylor at the Vlalentines Day ren faire by CassiniKepler