Borg Ruiz

is a lineup player for the Hellmouth Sunbeams, and has been with the team since the Endseason.
==Official League Records==
Ruiz joined the ILB as a player in the Shadows for the Hellmouth Sunbeams as the Sunbeams' Overbracket Playoff Birth.
On , Day 72, Ruiz joined the Sunbeams' lineup in exchange for Guy Gulp due to Night.
==History==
===Early Life===
Born in Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico, Borg "Bo" Ruiz was adopted at a young age by Carmen, Roberta, and Apinya Ruiz and grew up in Spokane, Washington with older sister, Magi Ruiz. Standing at 5'2", Ruiz has proudly maintained poorly dyed purple hair since Ruiz was young. The two siblings were close as children, but they began to drift apart when Magi started to get more invested in her magic studies, something Ruiz initially had a hard time relating to. However, while Magi pored over her studies, learning about magic and its practical applications, Ruiz decided to try studying a separate kind of magic — divination. Over time, Ruiz became increasingly fascinated with tasseography, scrying, and cartomancy: particularly tarot. 
Through tarot study Ruiz quickly amassed an impressive collection of decks, finding and using one for a few weeks at most before deciding that it "didn't fit the vibe" and moving on to the next. One night, after months of searching for the "perfect deck" and coming up empty, Ruiz began to sort through previous decks in an attempt to revisit them only to find that Ruiz had accidentally been mixing them up in storage with playing and trading cards, creating multiple sets of mismatched decks. Feeling inspired, Ruiz tested the unique new decks by giving each of Ruiz's three moms a reading. When asked to describe the feeling of using the unusual decks, Ruiz compared it to "the feeling of putting on a pair of fitted leather gloves for the first time."Never, at any point in life, has Ruiz owned a pair of leather gloves. After proudly showing this discovery to Magi she decided to celebrate this by giving Ruiz the nickname "Ace of Spades," likely in reference to Ruiz’s grey-asexuality. As much as Ruiz respects the title, various sources[Who?] have reported that Ruiz has attempted the usage of "Ace of Diamonds" to lesser success. 
===Magi & The Garages===
Following Magi signing with the Seattle Garages, Ruiz began occasionally tagging along with her to band and blaseball practices. Despite not previously showing any interest in the Garages, band or blaseball, Ruiz frequently sought out bandmates and teammates of Magi's with questions, learning more about work as a sound technician and about the splort. During this time Ruiz befriended Magi's roommate Sparks Beans and her fellow pitcher Alaynabella Hollywood. After being caught reading tea leaves at their apartment one weekend, Beans showed Ruiz how to brew Turkish coffee and then how to read the coffee grounds. 
While visiting the Seattle Aquarium to watch one of the bi-weekly river otter duels, Ruiz happened to meet Lenjamin Zhuge, the brilliant[citation needed] mind behind the event when Ruiz attempted to pocket their staff ID. Ruiz argued that if Zhuge needed it, they should not have left it hanging from the sign for the octopus exhibit and that it would be such a nice addition to Ruiz's current deck. Upon seeing the mismatched deck, Zhuge excitedly pulled out their equally bizarre tarot deck and the two became fast friends after spending the rest of the otter duel showing off their favorite cards to one another. 
Towards the end of Season 19 Ruiz became involved in "The Plan" to save Sparks Beans from complete incineration, helping Magi with upgrading Avila Guzman's mechanical arms so they would function as effectively specialized lightning rods. After helping Magi and Guzman save the electrical form of Beans, Ruiz made a decision. Taking advice from former Sunbeam Alaynabella Hollywood, Ruiz headed to Hellmouth, determined to predict and prevent future incinerations, joining those at the Shadow Moabbey just as Beans had done before.
==Career with the Sunbeams==
Upon arrival at the Moabbey, Ruiz found the days to filled with typical Prospective duties: manuscript illumination, fighting off the lava bats that get too close to Smoothyggdrasil at night, and building up tolerance to smoothies.Still working on this. Not long after Ruiz finished unpacking, Ruiz noticed that the room was already occupied by someone else; a Utah Banded Gecko. Attempts to leave the animal alone, waiting for it to leave when it felt so inclined were ultimately dashed one fateful morning when, according to Ruiz, "I woke up and there it was asleep on my forehead. I still don't know what to name it."[What?] It was only around this time that Ruiz had begun to get compliments around Ruiz's "beautiful, magical, flowing hair"[When?] that many other monks believed to be Ruiz's own magical ability. However, when Ruiz informed them that this was a new occurrence many believed that it was a factor of a greater Adaptation, though Ruiz thinks it may possibly be the only Adaptation gained.
While Ruiz preferred to spend free time alone, continuing practicing divination and unwinding with solitaire, teammates Zack Sanders and Harriet Gildehaus quickly took a liking to the new player, and Ruiz could often be found performing a variety of card tricks for one or both of them around the Moabbey grounds. Additionally, Ruiz has been spotted taking trips in the boat of Kaj Statter Jr. in search of interesting little treasures out in the desert or just as a means of relaxation with a friend. 
As the Moabbey crew mainly assisted Statter Jr. in sailing boat through the desert, various teammates began to notice Ruiz's excitement over the event. Unlike many of the other members of the team who were far more emotionally invested in the return to the desert they once called home, Ruiz was highly interested in the work of the entity known as The Reader as a fellow tarot reader. It was for this reason that, when given the chance on Day 72, Ruiz swapped for teammate Guy Gulp in a night shift. At that moment Gulp noticed a particularly interesting card poking out of one of Ruiz's decks and decided to grab it for unknown purposes. Ruiz, however, was notably distracted in leaving the crew and now getting the chance to actually speak with The Reader as the entity's self proclaimed "Biggest Fan", though this claim is unfounded. Regardless, it is clear that the aesthetics of the player and the entity do align quite heavily and inspiration was likely taken from one to the other. 
Off the field, Ruiz can be found inside Sigmund Castillo, often in the room that formerly served as Ruiz’s bedroom and has now been converted into a makeshift workshop, or at the house Ruiz recently has moved into with fellow Sunbeams rookies Guy Gulp, the Besties, and Phineas Wormthrice.Senior teammate and neighbor Howell Franklin, who helped the youngsters move in was quoted saying that that while the house is "cute on the outside" it also has a "pretty bad" bread infestation: On weekends, teammate Paula Reddick is occasionally seen at the group’s residence, hir truck loaded up with spare parts for Ruiz to rummage through. After sharing the brand new permanent address with friends around the league, Ruiz has received a number of new "cards" to add to Ruiz's endless card and deck collection. Most recently Ruiz has <choose uncached="">
<option>acquired a small package from one Kennedy Rodgers containing an ordinary deck of Blicycle playing cards tucked inside a clockwork "pack" about the size of a brick and weighing three pounds. The pack was specially made to shuffle the cards automatically, but the mechanism must be wound up prior with a special clockwork key, a process that takes a minimum of five minutes. Ruiz thanked Rodgers, but mainly uses it as a complicated paperweight.</option>
<option>been sent a letter from Walton Sports. Enclosed was a doodle of XVI The Tower in golden Shlarpie on a detached Playball cover featuring Annie Get Your Gunblade. The page is now stuck to the inside of Ruiz's pantry door with blue sticky tack.</option>
<option>obtained a set of enchanted postcards from Kirkland Sobremesa. The cards were delivered via the landline telephone that is installed in the home's single bathroom. These postcards depict various locations around Yellowstone, and are infused with the power of Sun .1, giving them the ability to transport the owner to the location depicted. Ruiz currently keeps these cards divided between multiple decks, and only accidentally visits the Park(Park) through them on occasion.</option>
<option>acquired a scrap of shoebox cardboard with a list of remindersTo-Do's:
*Reschedule batting practice
*Dad’s birthday don't forget
*"Buy" shoes
*New beams' house party?
*Buy flour
 written in Esme Ramsey's handwriting. Despite finding it in a coat pocket hanging near the door after the housewarming party, Ruiz was certain this was intended to be a gift and placed it on the dining room table before it was promptly covered by art supplies and never seen again.</option>
</choose>
==Trivia==
*Ruiz barely pays attention to actual games of Blaseball, possibly a product of becoming a member of the team during such a strange period of time, and is usually being pushed into position by a teammate.
*As a lover of card tricks, Ruiz performs magic shows on weekends at the Bourbon Legend, and would practice minor card tricks for fellow Prospectives at the Moabbey for fun.
*Ruiz rides a roomba about the field. When asked how this is done most reports claim it is similar to riding a skateboard.
*Ruiz’s "pregame ritual" habit of playing Solitaire isn't exclusive to before the game, but during the game as well. There is a table in the Solarium dugout so Ruiz can keep playing Solitaire, though the lack of such a table at away games has never stopped a game before.
*To this day Ruiz has never eaten hot food.
==Fan Works==
Fanfiction
*Moabbey Blues by @moonofpluto - Magi & Borg Ruiz experience memory shenanigans.
File:Borg 🔮.png|alt=Sketches of Sunbeams player Borg Ruiz, depicting Bo as a person who wears clothing with long flowing sleeves, large circle sunglasses, crystal jewellery, and a wide brimmed hat. Borg has long hair that appears to levitate and is occasionally worn in a ponytail, and Bo is sometimes depicted wearing a mask with geode and crystal patterns on it that completely covers Bo's face. Bo also has a pet gecko.|Borg Ruiz Conceptby 
File:♦♠♣♥.jpg|alt=A drawing of Hellmouth Sunbeams player Borg Ruiz. Bo is a person with light brown skin, long, curly dark brown hair in a loose ponytail, and dark brown eyes. Bo is wearing a black t-shirt with purple cards on it, purple jeans, and a long purple, pink, and blue ombre coat with sparkles. Bo has a purple, magical visor in front of Bo's eyes and is holding a hand up and playing cards are floating around Bo's hand. The background is plain light purple.|by @_iznj
File:It's in the cards, man.jpg|It's in the cards, man...by Ash
File:God I can already tell I'm gonna run out of card trick joke file names so fast.png|alt=A digital drawing of Borg Ruiz and Guy Gulp. Borg is a person with brown skin, long purple hair tied into a ponytail, and a black mask with a smiling face projected onto it. Bo is wearing a yellow striped Sunbeams uniform with additional purple sleeves attached to the otherwise sleeveless top. Bo is showing off tarot cards to Guy, an individual with afro-textured hair, brown skin, and a hearing aid in zir left ear. Guy is wearing a Sunbeams Shadows uniform with a nametag pinned to the front, and a yellow visor.|Borg Ruiz with Guy Gulpby Olive
File:The Deck is Being Shuffled.jpg|alt=A digital drawing of Borg Ruiz. Bo is a person with light brown skin and wavy purple hair that reaches past Bo's shoulders. Bo is wearing a sleeveless white collared shirt with a large loose purple bow tie, a black high-waisted skirt, darker purple over-the-knee socks, and black boots. Bo is also wearing a mask, pushed off to the side so that it doesn't cover Bo's face. Bo is in the process of shuffling a deck of cards, and is smiling with eyes closed.|by Chamomile
File:Hmm‌.png|alt=A black and white digital sketch of Sunbeams player Borg Ruiz. Bo is wearing a windbreaker over a black shirt, and one of Bo's signature masks, this one inspired by Oaxacan alebrijes. Bo's hands are in the pockets of the windbreaker, and Bo's hair floats and flows upwards.|by Ash
File:Bo‌.jpg|alt=A digital drawing of Sunbeams player Borg Ruiz from the waist up. Bo is a brown skinned Latine person with floating light purple hair wearing a purple, yellow, and white windbreaker with red and green accents over a black shirt, and black fingerless gloves. There is a gold bracelet on Bo's right wrist, and covering Bo's face is a purple and black mask with red and gold accents inspired by Oaxacan alebrijes|by Ash
File:Magical, Majestic, Mawesome.jpg|alt=A digital illustration of Sunbeams player Borg \"Bo\" Ruiz done in a limited palette. Long dark hair frames Borg, who is wearing a purple jacket with white stripes and yellow hood over a simple black shirt, purple pants with white stripes, paired with yellow and white sneakers, and is floating against a purple and yellow background. Bo is looking up and smiling widely, hands slightly raised on either side. In Bo's left hand Bo is holding an Oaxacan alebrije inspired mask, and a scattered deck of cards containing cards made from receipts and pieces of paper is spread out in an arc above Bo's head.|Magical, Majestic, Mawesomeby @ChezForShire
File:Shadow Kids.jpg|alt=A digital drawing of Tot Best, Borg Ruiz, Guy Gulp, and Phineas Wormthrice. Borg, a person with light brown skin, and floating purple hair is standing between Tot and Guy. Bo is wearing a purple sweater and darker purple pants and is fanning out cards for the other two to draw from. Tot, a dark-skinned individual with dark cornrows dipped in green wax is standing to the left of Bo. They are wearing a sleeveless green tank and darker green pants, and their arms are covered in scales similar to a pangolin. In their left hand they hold a red card and their right hand rests on a cane. Guy, a person with short afro-textured hair, brown skin, and a hearing aid in zir left ear is is to the right of Bo. Ze is wearing a light green button up shirt, matching green visor, and light brown pants. In zir right hand ze is pulling a blue card from the selection offered by Bo, and in zir left hand ze is holding Finny, a little creature made of pink string with button eyes wearing a black jester cap and matching black bow. Finny appears to also be reaching for a card.|Borg Ruiz with Tot Best, Guy Gulp, and Phineas Wormthriceby Olive
File:MiniBo.png|Mini-Blaseballerby @HetreaSky
File:Is this your card?.png|alt=A digital drawing of Borg Ruiz of the Hellmouth Sunbeams. Bo is a person with light brown skin and wavy hair that's colored purple ombre, becoming increasingly lighter as it reaches Bo's shoulders. Bo is wearing a sleeveless white collared shirt with a purple tie, and a black high-waisted skirt held up by a belt. Bo is also wearing a mask, pushed off to the side so that it only covers the right half of Bo's face. Bo's right hand is raised and a single card, the Ace of Spades, is between the index and middle fingers.|Is this your card?by Chamomile
File:Lenji and Borg.jpg|alt=A digital drawing of Lenjamin Zhuge and Borg Ruiz at a computer. Lenji is a Chinese person with webbed-looking shark fins for ears. Borg is a Fillipino person with dark skin and bright purple hair, wearing a hat with crystals on it and a light-up LED mask with a purple frowny face on it. The two of them are complaining about a mysterious person stealing all of their good cards on "Ylugioh Divination Dot Com." The top part of the drawing reveals that the mysterious person is in fact Megan Ito, a fat Japanese butch woman wearing orange sunglasses that are stylized to look like they are exploding.|Borg and Lenjamin Zhuge deal with a mysterious card thiefby Cori
File:What the Future Holds.png|alt=A digital drawing of Sunbeams player Borg Ruiz. Bo is a Latine individual with lighter brown skin and long wavy purple hair. Bo is wearing a loose dark purple shirt with large detached sleeves and a golden mask shaped like an eye, pushed up so that Bo's face is visible. Matching dark purple curtains frame Borg, who is seated in front of a table, where a single dollar, purple calculator, receipt, pencil, and blaseball with eyes drawn on it float above the table's purple tablecloth. Bo has both hands spread over these items, and the background is a starry night sky.|by 
File:Lenji and bo.jpg|alt=Digital drawing of Lenjamin Zhuge and Borg Ruiz at the aquarium. Lenji is a Chinese American person with short black hair, slight facial hair, and sharp teeth. They are wearing a light blue flannel over a dark blue shirt and are explaining fish and marine life to Borg. Bo is a Mexican American individual with medium-brown skin and long purple hair. Bo is wearing a purple, yellow, and white windbreaker over a black shirt and is holding a purple popsicle. A striped gecko is perched on Bo's shoulder and is sneaking a lick of said popsicle.|Lenji explaining the many benefits of being a marine biologist to Borgby Ash
File:The pico has combusted.png|alt=Digital drawing of Sunbeams players Sandy Crossing, Miguel James, and Borg Ruiz having a carne asada.|“the pico has combusted...”by Ash
File:🃏🔮🃏.png|alt=A digital drawing of Borg Ruiz. Bo is Latine with light brown skin and long, curly hair that's dyed purple and shaved on the left side. Bo is wearing a sweater vest with an argyle pattern over a plaid long sleeved sweater, an ankle-length skirt, leggings with a card-suite pattern up the inner leg, and purple high-top sneakers with sun emblems on the inner heel. Seven aces of spades float in a circle around Bo.|by 
File:We like cards.png|thumb|alt=A digital drawing of Guy Gulp, Lenjamin Zhuge, and Borg Ruiz playing cards together. Guy Gulp has brown skin, short afro-textured hair and is wearing a green jumper, olive green pants, and green shoes, taking a card from Lenji. Lenji is a Chinese person with dark hair and a goatee, wearing a purple shirt, jeans, and purple shoes. Borg Ruiz has floating bright purple hair and a multi-coloured crystal mask covering Bo's face. Bo is cross-legged holding yellow and black cards.|Borg with Lenjamin Zhuge and Guy Gulpby Olive
==References==
Category:Playoff Births
Category:Former Shadows Players