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[[Baltimore Texas]]

[[Baltimore Piano Tuners]]

=Rivalries=

Suggested rivalries:

* SDBA: This rivalry is defined by sheer, unrelenting heartbreak across multiple eras of Golly. The Balloon Animals have eliminated Baltimore from the postseason eight times, more than any other team, acting as a consistent and painful thorn in their side. This history suggests a deep, almost cosmic curse that Baltimore has been unable to break.

* SAC (Brownfield Crown): The rivalry with the Boot Lickers is characterized by periods of intense, one-sided torment for both teams. Started with Hellmouth III Cup, BTX2 tormeting SAC; kicked up a notch with Hellmouth V, SAC tormeting BTX2 - Sacramento repeatedly crushed Baltimore's hopes in the League Championship Series (all 3 LCS losses in HIII were to SAC), establishing a pattern of dominance that makes them a particularly bitter rival. The matchups are less a competition and more a recurring nightmare for the city of Baltimore.

* EA: The rivalry with the Elko Astronauts is forged in the highest stakes of the postseason. Every single playoff defeat Baltimore has suffered at the hands of Elko has been in the League Championship Series, just one step away from the cup. This pattern makes the Astronauts the ultimate gatekeepers, consistently appearing to deny Baltimore their championship dreams at the final hurdle.

==Time Machine==

https://wiki.golly.life/wiki/User:Ch4zm/November_2023/Crown_Lore_Jam

BTX2 vs the World

* btx2-slc: gulf stream crown
* btx2-abq: left shoulder crown
* btx2-ea: ?
* btx2-ff: ?
* btx2-tb: ?
* <s>btx2-sac: big boots crown</s> (done - match made in hell ii crown) (oops - brownfield crown is a better name, but maybe incorporate that into lore)
* <s>btx2-ss: big shoes crown (clown shoes crown)</s> (abandon)
* <s>btx2-lbfb: ostrich farm crown</s> (abandon - but maybe incorporate into lore)

==Butchers==

https://wiki.golly.life/wiki/User:Ch4zm/November_2025/Tucson_Lore_Jam

Rivalry with the Piano Tuners, specifically

Designated "Keepers of the Curse"

Did their job in Rainbow Cup, Klein Cup, no pennants for BPT

But then they messed up in [[Hellmouth III Cup]]

"Good riddance" Tucson glad to see BPT incinerated and replaced with the reincarnated Texas

=Toroidal=

==Within a Whisker==

The story of the [[Toroidal/Season 4]] double choke is deeper than just the double choke. It's an allegory about greed, about getting caught up in success, about the inherent danger in not following through.

Going into [[Toroidal/Season 4]], the Texas were seemingly cemented into their reputation as a Cold League Choke Artists, but the Texas knew that it would only take one pennant to shrug off the curse. In a stirring motivational speech delivered before the opening Game 1 of the {{CTeam|BTX}}-{{CTeam|LBFB}} matchup, the Texas radio announcer, [[Dallas Huston]], fired up the Texas and sent them charging into Game 1 like a team possessed. The Texas mopped up the Flightless Birds in the first 2 games, and showed little sign of slowing down.

The Texas, one win away from a pennant, could hardly believe their luck. They were so elated that the entire collective, that night, booked their flights for the Season 4 [[Toroidal Cup]] - to Detroit, of course, because the Grape Chews, their fellow Hot League Choke Artists, were also up 2 games to none, and also looked to be on the verge of clinching their first ever pennant and breaking their own curse.

Except the next night, in a veritable arm-wrestling match, the Flightless Birds won Game 3 by the thinnest of margins - 4 points. They came back out the next night and beat the Texas again in Game 4, stunning the Texas (as well as the many Long Beach fans in attendance). Tied up at 2 games apiece, the winner-take-all Game 5 ({{ToroidalGame|4ab2a8d7-6105-4de3-8f32-457f879b7234}}) saw the Flightless Birds shot out of a cannon, only to see their lead crumble away to half of the Texas total. But in the closing moments of the game, the Flightless Birds executed an emergency bloom maneuver, leaving Baltimore virtually untouched but spiking their point total. Then, the Flightless Birds' bloom maneuver began to rapidly fade, the Birds' score began to crash, all but certain to return the lead back to the Texas. And then the game clock froze - the final generation ticked - the elated Baltimore Texas stormed the field, cheering and shouting, as the match was declared over - until gradually, a hush fell over the Baltimore Texas fans on the field. Some of the fans were pointing at the scoreboard, some fans were crying, some staring with shock and horror, others were holding and consoling each other.

The final bloom maneuver by the Flightless Birds had been perfectly executed, and the {{CTeam|LBFB}} had beaten the {{CTeam|BTX}} and clinched the pennant by a single point: 153-152.

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==The Texas Murder Coalition==

Developing out the Seattle Sneakers lore in [[Toroidal/Season 20]], them being marked as a choke artist, slated for incineration, they win the cup series, "Cake Or Death"

https://wiki.golly.life/wiki/Toroidal/Season_20/Postseason

The Texas Murder Coalition consists of every team who participated in the postseason bracket of [[Toroidal/Season 20]], and who as a consequence led to the Seattle Sneakers winning the Cup, and choosing Cake instead of Death, leaving the Baltimore Texas to the inevitable fate of incineration ("We took a series loss we didn't deserve to get the more crummy team to the Cup series so they could lose to the Sneakers to let them live so that the BTX would be incinerated...")

The list, in order of culpability:
# {{CTeam|SS}}
# {{CTeam|ORL}}
# {{CTeam|EA}}
# {{CTeam|DECO}}
# {{CTeam|FF}}
# {{CTeam|LBFB}}
# {{CTeam|BB}}
# {{CTeam|ABQ}}

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