Talk:PolkaDot Patterson/Archive

Time with the Moist Talkers

Despite the large amount of fanfare surrounding their incorporation into the Moist Talkers, Patterson’s first couple seasons were characterized by a somewhat distant attitude towards their fellow players and an intense focus on their performance on the mound. Patterson declined to participate in many team’s morale building activities including: expeditions into the Underarena, The Moist Talkers weekly movie night and even Richmond’s Chill Zone Bean Bag Nap Corner. In an interview with the Halifax Gazette during Season 4, Jesús Koch stated “Look, for some people… other than me of course, PDP is pretty intimidating. It’s not like they’re rude or anything but if you’d seen what they can do with a Blaseball up close you’d keep your distance too.”

In recent seasons Patterson has begun to show more interest in their teammates including now ex-Moist Talker and partially retired Ortiz Morse. During the seasons before Patterson’s shelling the two shared a mutually supportive, and occasionally flippant, relationship in regards to their pitching styles, with Morse’s philosophy that “walks are better than home runs” constantly confounding Patterson.

Upon Patterson’s shelling in season 7 Morse took on the role of interpreter for Patterson, using his knowledge of Morse code to help Patterson communicate with the rest of the team. For Patterson this was the only means by which they were kept in the loop regarding current events. Upon Morse’s feedback on day  Season 9, Day 53, the Moist Talkers began taking turns communicating with Patterson despite their described “loose” knowledge of morse code.

Un-Shelling and Subsequent Activity

After the events of the Cosmic Meta-Material Neutralization Unshelling Event (C.M.M.N.U.E) at the end of the 9th season, Patterson was freed from their Peanut Shell by the Monitor. Having little idea what was occurring due to a breakdown of communication Patterson was surprised to be greeted with a pre-prepared welcome back party organized by an exasperated Mooney Doctor. Ziwa Mueller was quoted as saying “it was essentially a 50/50 shot but we figured aiming for a party instead of a funeral would be less morbid”.

Since their unshelling Patterson has taken on stewardship of Beasly Gloom, apparently as a favor to Workman Gloom, who’s relationship with Patterson is still unclear. Additionally, in an interview with one of the many Seattle podcast networks, Ortiz Morse claims that he received a postcard from Patterson congratulating him for pitching a no hitter on Day 38 of Season 8, after Patterson was unshelled.  Currently, Patterson has returned to their pitching career in good spirits and now regularly joins their fellow Moist Talkers for wet lunches in the Gleek Arena’s cafeteria. In fact, in an interview with Halifax's premiere Blaseball magazine, Blasian Fields Quarterly, Patterson was asked who on the team they’d like to take to dinner. Patterson responded “McBlase and I have had lunch a couple times, so probably them”. Eyewitnesses to these lunch dates have claimed that throughout the course of the entire meal neither of the two spoke to each other but that they both seemed to be enjoying themselves immensely.