Milwaukee Bluers

The Milwaukee Bluers are a Blaseball team in The Underleagues. Their official team colors are Blue and Blue. Their home stadium is Cobalt Park—more casually known as "The Fishbowl" or "The Dome" among fans.

## History

In a citywide effort to reexamine Milwaukee's Slports infrastructure, it was decided to put to vote whether or not to attempt to renovate the city's aging County Blaseball Stadium into a more modern Splorts arena. The proposition overwhelmingly failed in a vote of ███ to █████████. However, the outcome of this vote was ignored for the good of all, and plans for what is now Cobalt Park were quickly drawn up. Ideas for the re-branding of the loose collective of anti-capitalist teams that made use of the old County Stadium however were in short supply, and a subject of hot debate. That is, until the arrival of Biggest Blue.

In order to meet the monumental architectural demands of Cobalt Park's now famous retractable roof design it was necessary to use a construction tri-manifold of equally monumental proportions. Allowances were made for the then-largest construction tri-manifold in existence, Biggest Blue, to be brought onto the project. Residents were awed by it. Never before had anyone in Milwaukee seen a piece of machinery so big, nor so perfectly, magnificently blue. Those who gazed upon it reported an experience akin to that of being awash in levels of raw blue they had never before imagined possible. A sensation now widely referred to as experiencing "True Blue". As news of this phenomenon spread in great waves across the city, fervent interest in the construction asset quickly reached a public crescendo. The decision was unanimously made to incorporate the tri-manifold directly into the structure of the stadium itself, holding aloft Cobalt Park's signature mirror disc to reflect the blue of The Lake when weather allows. The question of what to name the new Blaseball team, then too, became obvious to all. Thus the Milwaukee Bluers were born; and Biggest Blue was never returned.

## Relationship to Internet League Blaseball

### As a Franchise

In the early years of the Bluers, the question of whether or not to attempt to join proper Internet League Blaseball or to stay in The Underleagues was a subject of frequent debate. Milwaukee had never historically had an ILB team to speak of, but in the clear blue eyes of many proponents, Cobalt Park had become a stadium worthy of professional immaterial play. Detractors, however, largely wished to keep the status quo, citing issues such as cost, franchise freedom, and "actually not being that good" as primary reasons to remain in The Underleagues, where the Bluers enjoyed a premier reputation as a largely stable place to play Blaseball, uncharacteristic of The Underleages in general. These arguments were expressed best in then-Head Coach Tony Lafayette's now infamous locker room speech *"Let's be realistic here guys, I mean c'mon"*, which would ultimately swing the team's official decision towards staying in The Underleagues where it has remained ever since. Lately however, the Bluers' continued, moderate success as a team has led to the renewal of the age old debate on whether or not properly joining the ILB is a possibility. These speculations have been further accelerated among fans by recent unconfirmed sightings of The Commissioner in the upper levels of Cobalt Park. Current Bluers management has not officially released a statement on the matter, but rumors nevertheless continue to swirl.

### Player Contributions

As members of The Underleague, the Milwaukee Bluers are a frequent source of player scouting and development for Internet League Baseball. As such, many members of the Bluers later go on to enjoy, or not enjoy, careers playing in the ILB, where their overall rate of incineration has been historically below average. Various ILB teams have fielded prominent players who once played for the Milwaukee Bluers, including the Baltimore Crabs, the Kansas City Breath Mints, and the New York Millennials; but the Canada Moist Talkers in particular have a long history of sourcing new talent directly from Cobalt Park. This list notably does not include the Chicago Firefighters despite Milwaukee's relatively close proximity to the concept of Chicago. With the advent of the opening of two Portillos locations in Milwaukee however, Blaseball analysts speculate this may be soon to change.