Charleston Shoe Thieves/Beta/Season 2

In the Charleston Shoe Thieves narrowly secured the Good League's fourth and final playoff spot in Game 98 of , edging out the Yellowstone Magic to proceed to the playoffs with a final record of 50-49, the least wins of any playoff team that season. For their first postseason, the Thieves made it to the Internet Series finals before losing the championship to the Philly Pies. 
They won their first blessing during the with Yes Plz! improving their hitting by 10%.
==Starting Roster==
Lineup	Rotation	 	
*Morrow Doyle
*Ren Hunter
*Velasquez Alstott
*Antonio Wallace
*Stu Trololol
*Sebastian Townsend
*Workman Gloom
*Esme Ramsey
*Blankenship Fischer	
*Forrest Bookbaby
*Matteo Prestige
*Beasley Gloom
*Cornelius Games
*Snyder Briggs	 	
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*William Boone
*Oliver Hess
*Bennett Takahashi	
*Simba Davis
*Winnie Loser
*Carter Oconnor
*Rhys Rivera
*Rodriguez Sunshine
*Herring Winfield
*Donia Johnson
*Jorge Owens	 	
==Season==
===Roster Changes===
Despite Eclipse being the only weather, the Shoe Thieves experienced no changes in Season 2.
===Notable Games===
*On Day 26, Stu Trololol stole home in the bottom of the 14th to Shame the Hawai'i Fridays.
**On Day 71, Stu stole home once again in the bottom of the 8th inning to secure a 6-5 win for the Shoe Thieves against the New York Millennials.
*On Day 102, Matteo Prestige shut out the Dallas Steaks 7-0, initiating the reverse sweep.
*On Day 107, Matteo Prestige shut out the Boston Flowers.
**These two games being the only postseason games played by Matteo Prestige, they have a career postseason ERA of 0.
*On Day 108, The Shoe Thieves took a game from the Philly Pies, giving them their first ever playoffs loss.
==Postseason==
The Charleston Shoe Thieves made the Postseason as the 4th seed in the Good League.
===Round 1 vs. Dallas Steaks===
Day 	Weather	Away Pitcher 	Away Pitcher	Score 	Home Pitcher	Home Pitcher
Day 100	 	Snyder Briggs 	 	1 - 4 	 	Gabriel Griffith
Day 101	 	Forrest Bookbaby	 	1 - 5 	 	Leach Herman
Day 102	 	Matteo Prestige 	 	7 - 0 	 	Orville Manco
Day 103	 	Beasley Gloom 	 	11 - 5	 	Conner Haley
Day 104	 	Cornelius Games 	 	5 - 3 	 	Ronan Jaylee
The Shoe Thieves took the series 3 - 2 and advanced to the Semi-Finals.
===Semi-Finals vs. Boston Flowers===
Day 	Weather	Away Pitcher 	Away Pitcher	Score 	Home Pitcher	Home Pitcher
Day 105	 	Chambers Simmons	 	3 - 8 	 	Snyder Briggs
Day 106	 	Dunn Keyes 	 	4 - 5 	 	Forrest Bookbaby
Day 107	 	Zeboriah Wilson 	 	0 - 10	 	Matteo Prestige
The Shoe Thieves took the series 3 - 0 and advanced to the Finals.
===Finals vs. Philly Pies===
Day 	Weather	Away Pitcher 	Away Pitcher	Score 	Home Pitcher	Home Pitcher
Day 108	 	Nicholas Mora 	 	4 - 9 	 	Beasley Gloom
Day 109	 	Bright Zimmerman	 	12 - 2	 	Cornelius Games
Day 110	 	Ruslan Greatness	 	10 - 4	 	Snyder Briggs
Day 111	 	Betsy Trombone 	 	6 - 2 	 	Forrest Bookbaby
The Philly Pies took the series 3 - 1. The Shoe Thieves were eliminated.
==Election Outcomes==
The Shoe Thieves won their first ever Blessing in Season 2:
*Yes Plz! blessed the Charleston Shoe Thieves 
**Their hitting was improved 10%.
**The Shoe Thieves won with 17% of the vote. The Baltimore Crabs had 22% of the vote.
==Season Overview==
===The Underdog===
Following a season in which they entered the playoffs with the worst win/loss record of any playoff team, and defeating the league leaders the Dallas Steaks 3-2 and their division rivals the Boston Flowers 3-0, the Shoe Thieves faced the Philly Pies, who were the champions, undefeated in the postseason, and so far undefeated in the Season 2 playoffs as well. Despite being the betting odds underdogs, the Shoe Thieves beat the Pies 9-4, breaking their playoff victory streak. Beasley Gloom, the starting pitcher in game one, earned the nickname "underdog" both for his role in such a significant upset victory and his status as the team's only canine player.
===Cobbler Coffee===
During Game 2 of the Finals against the Philly Pies, starting pitcher Cornelius Games swapped his place on the mound with remarkably convincing doppelganger (later revealed to be a local tram operator Games encountered on the way to the stadium). The dubiously legal substitute performed notably worse than Games' average, allowing 12 runs and potentially contributing to the Shoe Thieves loss. However, the distraction allowed Games to successfully break into the Pies' locker room and steal a pair of sneakers from star batter Jessica Telephone's locker.
Over the course of the following off-season, Games was able to convince all of the Shoe Thieves' batters to drink from the sneakers, hoping ingesting trace amounts of the legendary hitter's sweat would substantially increase their batting prowess in preparation for .
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