Rat Mason

Rat Mason
Mason as of Season 6, by @doggirlsondrugs
Basic Information
Aliases	Rat Polk, Wyatt Mason
Team	Yellowstone Magic
Former Team(s)	LA Unlimited Tacos, Rising Stars
Overall Rating	(3)
Batting	(3)
Pitching	(4.5)
Defense	(2.5)
Running	(3)
Vibes	(2.5)
Dates Active	Jul 20, 2020–present
External Links	Blaseball-Reference Player Changes Player Page
Biographical Details
Pronouns	He/Him
Member of the BlaseballCommunity Hall of Fame
Induction	Week 13
Vote	65.23%

Rat Mason is a player for the Yellowstone Magic, and has been with the team since Fall Ball. Mason has played for the LA Unlimited Tacos, and 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 β3 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 β6, 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 β7, 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 β16 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 β19 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 β24, Day 32, Mason retreated to the Tacos' Shadows in exchange for McBaseball Clembons at Al Pastor Memorial Park via the Ratified Fax Machine.

During the November 25, 2022 Fall Ball, Mason fell to the Yellowstone Magic.

During the Season 2 elections, Mason's pitching increased 3 → 4 as a result of the NEW Pitching Boost blessing.

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-10.332 is playing. Here’s what the rumors say...

Mech Suit Mason

Rat Mason (née Polk) dreamed of being a Broadway star, but their diminutive stature left them frequently stuck at the end of the chorus line. After making friends with the technical crew to pass the time, Rat became adept at creating elaborate mechanical costumes, and soon graduated to full-body suits which completely obscured the wearer. Over time, Rat amassed an impressive and diverse collection, which they began wearing all over New York, delighting in the simple pleasures of performing normal-sized tasks like riding a rollercoaster or climbing a ladder. After a moderate disagreement about the destructive capacity of these suits (which is yet unknown), Rat decided to abandon the theatre and the Big Apple entirely, setting their sights on Los Angeles and the emerging splort of Blaseball.

Since joining the Tacos, Rat has rarely been seen outside one of their suits, and only by teammates and close associates. The appearance of Rat’s suit varies from game to game, but is typically modeled after humans, rats, or some combination of the two. This has led to wild speculation among the general public as to who (or what) is actually piloting these things. When asked who was inside the suits, McDowell Mason replied, “That's [Rat's] business, not yours,” and quickly walked off. Reports of Rat maintaining an armory of mechanized suits in their basement are unconfirmed at this time.

Many Blaseball fans theorize Rat to be either a human in a mechanical rat suit or a rat in a mechanical human suit. The former is supported by a few details from their past. In a series of interviews conducted by an investigative journalist from a local middle school’s bi-monthly newsletter, Rat’s old friends from New York described him as “shy,” “really, really, like comically small,” and “no not a literal rat, what in the world are you talking about.” They also disagreed over whether Rat was Mason’s actual first name, with some referring to it as nickname and one particularly confused woman claiming it was short for “Ratrick.”

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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