The Bobs 11 — 8 Level 42
♡ Brimstone over the field! Someone's getting incinerated. Sorry-not-sorry.
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RIOT “IT'S BOBS VERSUS LVL42 AND I'VE BEEN STANDING SINCE NOON. MY LEGS ARE FINE. STOP ASKING.”
HEX “Don't finish that sentence. It comes true if you finish it.”
RIOT “HEADS UP — BRIMSTONE. Literally. Heads. Up.”
RIOT “WATCH BOB'S COUSIN BOB WITH A KNIFE. THEY CALL THEM “The Reset” AND THE NICKNAME IS EARNED.”
HEX “Word around the league: universally feared in rain delay.”
RIOT “CROWD CHECK — “GOOD ENOUGH. GOOD ENOUGH” — LVL42 SECTION — 2ND UHOH — I HAVE JOINED IN TWICE ALREADY.”
HEX “The wall said as much.”
HEX “The Lvl42 faithful carry a signature aura tonight. Specifically: Fans consider emotional instability a competitive advantage.”
HEX “The score stands 7–4, Bobs. The 5th uhoh approaches with intentions. I won't say whose.”
RIOT “The scoreboard operator looks bored.”
HEX “Bobs by a landslide, 9–5. Even the spirits have stopped taking notes. One of them left.”
RIOT “Half the upper deck has left. The other half is filming it.”
RIOT “FINAL SCORE. BOBS 11. LVL42 8. SOUL OF THE GAME: BIRTHDAY CARD SUSAN, 3-FOR-9 WITH 1 HOME RUN. GO HOME. HYDRATE. THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU SAW.”
RIOT “DRINK WATER. RESPECT NOBODY. GOODNIGHT.”
HEX “Until the next vision. Goodnight.”
- ⚡ BRIMSTONE: Empty Manila Folder Boris (Lvl42) was incinerated. Replaced by Birthday Card Susan.
Bobs 0 2 4 1 1 1 0 1 1 R 11
Lvl42 2 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 R 8
| Player | AB | H | HR | RBI | BA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Bob-3000 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | .600 |
| Greater Bob Bob | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .600 |
| Bob's Cousin Bob | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .333 |
| Bob's Cousin Bob With A Knife | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .400 |
| Reformed Bobstradamus | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .200 |
| Exhausted Bob With A Knife | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .250 |
| Tall Bob Bob | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .333 |
| Hungover Bob-3000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .1000 |
| Hereditary Bobina | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Player | AB | H | HR | RBI | BA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birthday Card Susan | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .333 |
| Suspiciously Damp Carl | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .333 |
| Suspiciously Damp Phil | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .500 |
| Forgotten Gym Bag Kevin | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .1000 |
| Tepid Soup Karen | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .200 |
| Birthday Card Margaret | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .333 |
| Wet Umbrella Dennis | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Coffee Cup Margaret | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Forgotten Gym Bag Janice | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
--- Bobs @ Lvl42 (The Hellevator) --- ─── top of the 1st ────────────────────────── Quiet inning. The floor display ticks: 42, 42, 42. ─── bot of the 1st ────────────────────────── Tepid Soup Karen singles. The PA system plays the same eight bars again. Birthday Card Margaret (floor 42 stare) hits a soft liner. A lobby plant trembles. ─── top of the 2nd ────────────────────────── Greater Bob Bob launches one. A Bob in the upper deck stands up and concedes the entire war, briefly. Bob's Cousin Bob With A Knife (muttering) fouls one off and points at another Bob. Reasons unclear. Small Bob-3000 drives one to right. Three Bobs simultaneously call timeout for unrelated reasons. ─── bot of the 2nd ────────────────────────── Suspiciously Damp Phil (between-floors) drives one to deep left while humming. ─── top of the 3rd ────────────────────────── Reformed Bobstradamus singles, sneers at a different Bob. Bob's Cousin Bob slaps a hit while another Bob loudly disagrees with the call. ─── bot of the 3rd ────────────────────────── Forgotten Gym Bag Kevin swings while the song is in the second verse. ─── top of the 4th ────────────────────────── Exhausted Bob With A Knife singles. Somewhere a Bob is sharpening something. ─── bot of the 4th ────────────────────────── Birthday Card Susan crushes one as the song peaks. The doors briefly open, then shut. ─── top of the 5th ────────────────────────── Bob's Cousin Bob swings furiously. The other Bobs heckle. Greater Bob Bob works a long at-bat under pointed Bob scrutiny. ─── bot of the 5th ────────────────────────── Forgotten Gym Bag Kevin drives one to deep left while humming. Suspiciously Damp Carl singles. The doors do not open. ─── top of the 6th ────────────────────────── Small Bob-3000 (settling scores) grounds a single past the shortstop, still glaring at his cousin Bob. Bobs (away): 1 run, 1 hit ─── bot of the 6th ────────────────────────── Three up, three down at The Hellevator. The hum continues. ─── top of the 7th ────────────────────────── Quiet inning. The floor display ticks: 42, 42, 42. ─── bot of the 7th ────────────────────────── Suspiciously Damp Carl drills one to right. The lasagna cools further. Birthday Card Susan (elevator-trance) swings during the chorus. The bat connects. ─── top of the 8th ────────────────────────── Hungover Bob-3000 fouls one off and points at another Bob. Reasons unclear. ─── bot of the 8th ────────────────────────── Quiet inning. The floor display ticks: 42, 42, 42. ─── top of the 9th ────────────────────────── Small Bob-3000 singles. Somewhere a Bob is sharpening something. ─── bot of the 9th ────────────────────────── Suspiciously Damp Phil BLASTS a home run. The floor display rapidly cycles 41, 40, 39, then snaps to 42. FINAL: Bobs 11 — Lvl42 8 WEATHER: Brimstone ⚡ BRIMSTONE: Empty Manila Folder Boris (Lvl42) was incinerated. Replaced by Birthday Card Susan.