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The '''Detroit Grape Chews''' are a Golly team from Detroit, Michigan. The rivalry between the Grape Chews and the {{Team|MILF|color=true}}, the [[Midwest Crown]], is one of the fiercest rivalries in splorts. The Grape Chews are known as '''The Hot League Choke Artists''' due to the fact that they consistently appear in the playoffs, but have never appeared in a [[Hellmouth Cup]]. (The {{Team|BTX|color=true}} are their Cold League counterparts.)
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The '''Detroit Grape Chews''' are a Golly team from Detroit, Michigan. Early in the team's history the Grape Chews were famous for their rivalry with the {{CTeam|MILF}}, dubbed the [[Midwest Crown]], but eventually they became famous as the '''Hot League Choke Artists''' due to the fact that they have never clinched a pennant or appeared in a Cup series. (The {{CTeam|BTX}} were famous as the '''Cold League Choke Artists''').
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The Detroit Grape Chews have the thinnest skin in the league and are prone to starting fights when provoked (and sometimes when unprovoked).
 
  
 
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==History==
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The Detroit Grape Chews have been in the league since [[Season 1]].
 
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The Grape Chews have earned the nickname '''The Choke Artists''' because, while they consistently win the Hot Fire division title and make the playoffs, they have never appeared in, let alone won, a [[Hellmouth Cup]] series. Fans of visiting teams will often taunt the Grape Chews with jokes about "choking on a grape."
 
  
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A brief season-by-season summary:
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The Detroit Grape Chews have thin skin and have a well-known propensity to start fistfights with strangers or settle arguments with fists. In fact fans of opposing teams will often taunt the Grape Chews on the grid in order to rile up the players, who will then start fistfights on the grid with other players.
  
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* In [[Season 1]] the Grape Chews were the #2 seed in the Hot League, but were knocked out in the Championship Series by the {{Team|SFBS|color=true}}.
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Grape Chews are very insecure and have fragile egos. Their inability to perform in high-pressure postseason games is a negative feedback loop: each time they fail to deliver in the postseason, it increases the expectations and pressure for the next appearance. Mounting pressure leads to anxiety and poor performance, which causes them to choke and lose matches, and so the cycle continues.
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* In [[Season 2]] the Grape Chews were the #3 seed in the Hot League, but were knocked out in the Division Series by the {{Team|ORL|color=true}}.
 
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* In [[Season 3]] the Grape Chews were the #1 seed in the Hot League, but were knocked out in the Championship Series by the {{Team|SFBS|color=true}}.
 
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* In [[Season 4]] the Grape Chews were the #2 seed in the Hot League, but were knocked out in the Championship Series by the {{Team|SAC|color=true}}.
 
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* In [[Season 5]] the Grape Chews were the #4 seed in the Hot League, but were knocked out in the Division Series by their [[Midwest Crown]] rivals the {{Team|MILF|color=true}}.
 
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* In [[Season 6]] the Grape Chews were the #1 seed in the Hot League, but were knocked out in the Division Series by the {{Team|AA|color=true}}.
 
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* [[Season 7]] was the first season that the Detroit Grape Chews did not make the playoffs. They were the first team to [[Partytime]] on Day 43. They were sent to Partytime by their bitter [[Midwest Crown]] rivals the {{Team|MILF|color=true}}.
 
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* In [[Season 8]] the Grape Chews were the #1 seed in the Hot League, but were knocked out in the Championship Series by the {{Team|AA|color=true}}.
 
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* In [[Season 9]] the Grape Chews were the #1 seed in the Hot League, but were knocked out in the Division Series by the {{Team|ORL|color=true}}.
 
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* In [[Season 10]] the Grape Chews did not make the playoffs.
 
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* In [[Season 11]] the Grape Chews were the #4 seed in the Hot League, but were knocked out in the Championship series by the {{Team|AA|color=true}}.
 
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* In [[Season 12]] the Grape Chews tanked early in the season and were the first Hot League team to reach partytime, on Day 43. They were sent to Partytime by the {{Team|SFBS|color=true}}.
 
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* In [[Season 13]] the Grape Chews came in last place in Hot Fire and did not make the playoffs.
 
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* In [[Season 14]] the Grape Chews were the #3 seed in the Hot League, but were knocked out in the Division Series by the {{Team|SAC|color=true}}.
 
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* In [[Season 15]] the Grape Chews were the #4 seed in the Hot League, but were knocked out in the Championship Series by the {{Team|DECO|color=true}}.
 
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* In [[Season 16]] the Grape Chews did not make the playoffs.
 
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* In [[Season 17]] the Grape Chews were the first Hot League team to partytime on Day 47. Their Cold League partytime counterparts, the {{Team|FF|color=true}}, had an historic meltdown in only their second season, reaching partytime faster than any team in Golly history. The Grape Chews were bitter about being upstaged in their partytime run that season, but admitted it was pretty impressive how bad the Freshrolls stank in Season 17.
 
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* In [[Season 18]] the Grape Chews did not make the playoffs.
 
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* In [[Season 19]] the Grape Chews set a new record for longest winning streak at 11 games (Day 8 - Day 18). They were the #3 seed in the Hot League. Facing the #4 seed {{Team|AA|color=true}} in the Hot League Championship Series, the Grape Chews came within 1 win of sweeping the Arsonists and clinching their first-ever Hot League pennant, but choked in the final three games and were knocked out.
 
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* In [[Season 20]] the Grape Chews were the #3 seed in the Hot League, but were knocked out in the Hot League Division Series by the {{Team|SFBS|color=true}}.
 
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* In [[Season 21]] the Grape Chews were the #2 seed in the Hot League. They were knocked out in the Hot League Division Series by the {{Team|SAC|color=true}}.
 
  
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==Team Character==
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The arcana of the Grape Chews is the Blasted Tower - the symbol of ambition constructed on faulty premises.
  
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The Grape Chews are best known for their propensity for starting fistfights over virtually any perceived slight - Grape Chews players are known for their unique mix of aggression and thin skin. During games, it is common for fans of both teams to taunt Grape Chews who are on the grid in order to rile up the players and get them to start fistfights. This technique has never failed to provoke an on-field fistfight.
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==Grape Chews in the Hellmouth Cup==
  
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===Arcana Interpretation===
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===The Big Purple Machine===
  
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The arcana of the Grape Chews is the Blasted Tower - the symbol of ambition constructed on faulty premises. A fitting arcana for the team that is known as the Masters of Choke.
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The Grape Chews had no problems getting to the postseason - they were in the postseason for the first 7 seasons of the [[Hellmouth Cup]]. Their consistency in powering through other teams during the regular season earned the team the nickname "Big Purple Machine" - but as season after season went by, and the Grape Chews lost series after series, the "Big Purple Machine" nickname fell out of general use in favor of the more pithy and fitting nickname, "Choke Artists".
  
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==Midwest Crown and Milwaukee Flamingos Rivalry==
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===Midwest Crown and Rivalry with Milwaukee Flamingos===
  
 
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The Milwaukee Flamingos have sought to establish an identity independent of the Grape Chews, as a benevolent flock of birds, which has led to increased tensions and an intensification of the rivalry. After their rivals won the [[Hellmouth Cup]] in Season 9, Grape Chews players become obsessed with the Milwaukee Flamingos, reportedly talking about nothing else in the clubhouse, and the Grape Chews' performance suffered as a result - for only the second time in 10 seasons, the Grape Chews missed the playoffs.
 
The Milwaukee Flamingos have sought to establish an identity independent of the Grape Chews, as a benevolent flock of birds, which has led to increased tensions and an intensification of the rivalry. After their rivals won the [[Hellmouth Cup]] in Season 9, Grape Chews players become obsessed with the Milwaukee Flamingos, reportedly talking about nothing else in the clubhouse, and the Grape Chews' performance suffered as a result - for only the second time in 10 seasons, the Grape Chews missed the playoffs.
  
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===Effect of Valentines Day Series on Rivalry with Detroit Grape Chews===
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{{Main|Midwest Love Triangle}}
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==Grape Chews in the Toroidal Cup==
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===The Dynasty Detroit Built===
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===To Be Or Not To Be==
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==Rainbow Cup==
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===Rivalry with Fargo Flea Flickers===
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(TBD)
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==Season by Season Summary==
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The Grape Chews are an original Golly team and joined the [[Hellmouth Cup]] in [[Season 1]].
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===Hellmouth Cup===
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A brief season-by-season summary:
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* In [[Season 1]] the Grape Chews were the #2 seed in the Hot League, but were knocked out in the Championship Series by the {{CTeam|SFBS}}.
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* In [[Season 2]] the Grape Chews were the #3 seed in the Hot League, but were knocked out in the Division Series by the {{CTeam|ORL}}.
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* In [[Season 3]] the Grape Chews were the #1 seed in the Hot League, but were knocked out in the Championship Series by the {{CTeam|SFBS}}.
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* In [[Season 4]] the Grape Chews were the #2 seed in the Hot League, but were knocked out in the Championship Series by the {{CTeam|SAC}}.
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* In [[Season 5]] the Grape Chews were the #4 seed in the Hot League, but were knocked out in the Division Series by their [[Midwest Crown]] rivals the {{CTeam|MILF}}.
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* In [[Season 6]] the Grape Chews were the #1 seed in the Hot League, but were knocked out in the Division Series by the {{CTeam|AA}}.
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* [[Season 7]] was the first season that the Detroit Grape Chews did not make the playoffs. They were the first team to [[Partytime]] on Day 43. They were sent to Partytime by their bitter [[Midwest Crown]] rivals the {{CTeam|MILF}}.
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* In [[Season 8]] the Grape Chews were the #1 seed in the Hot League, but were knocked out in the Championship Series by the {{CTeam|AA}}.
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* In [[Season 9]] the Grape Chews were the #1 seed in the Hot League, but were knocked out in the Division Series by the {{CTeam|ORL}}.
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* In [[Season 11]] the Grape Chews were the #4 seed in the Hot League, but were knocked out in the Championship series by the {{CTeam|AA}}.
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* In [[Season 14]] the Grape Chews were the #3 seed in the Hot League, but were knocked out in the Division Series by the {{CTeam|SAC}}.
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* In [[Season 15]] the Grape Chews were the #4 seed in the Hot League, but were knocked out in the Championship Series by the {{CTeam|DECO}}.
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* In [[Season 19]] the Grape Chews set a new record for longest winning streak at 11 games (Day 8 - Day 18). They were the #3 seed in the Hot League. Facing the #4 seed {{CTeam|AA}} in the Hot League Championship Series, the Grape Chews came within 1 win of sweeping the Arsonists and clinching their first-ever Hot League pennant, but choked in the final three games and were knocked out.
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* In [[Season 20]] the Grape Chews were the #3 seed in the Hot League, but were knocked out in the Hot League Division Series by the {{CTeam|SFBS}}.
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* In [[Season 21]] the Grape Chews were the #2 seed in the Hot League. They were knocked out in the Hot League Division Series by the {{CTeam|SAC}}.
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* In [[Season 22]] the Grape Chews were the #3 seed in the Hot League. They were knocked out in the Hot League Division Series by the {{CTeam|BB}}.
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Revision as of 21:01, 13 October 2021

The Detroit Grape Chews are a Golly team from Detroit, Michigan. Early in the team's history the Grape Chews were famous for their rivalry with the MILF.png Milwaukee Flamingos , dubbed the Midwest Crown, but eventually they became famous as the Hot League Choke Artists due to the fact that they have never clinched a pennant or appeared in a Cup series. (The BTX.png Baltimore Texas were famous as the Cold League Choke Artists).

Detroit Grape Chews
Detroit Grape Chews logo
"Chews wisely! Chews loudly!"
Team Information
Name Detroit Grape Chews
Abbreviation DET
Nickname Masters of Choke
Primary Color #9963ab
Logo  DET.png 
Hometown Detroit
Emoji
Status Active
Rivalry Crowns
None
Favorites
Divination
Motto
 
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Team Character

The Detroit Grape Chews have thin skin and have a well-known propensity to start fistfights with strangers or settle arguments with fists. In fact fans of opposing teams will often taunt the Grape Chews on the grid in order to rile up the players, who will then start fistfights on the grid with other players.

Grape Chews are very insecure and have fragile egos. Their inability to perform in high-pressure postseason games is a negative feedback loop: each time they fail to deliver in the postseason, it increases the expectations and pressure for the next appearance. Mounting pressure leads to anxiety and poor performance, which causes them to choke and lose matches, and so the cycle continues.

The arcana of the Grape Chews is the Blasted Tower - the symbol of ambition constructed on faulty premises.

Grape Chews in the Hellmouth Cup

The Big Purple Machine

The Grape Chews had no problems getting to the postseason - they were in the postseason for the first 7 seasons of the Hellmouth Cup. Their consistency in powering through other teams during the regular season earned the team the nickname "Big Purple Machine" - but as season after season went by, and the Grape Chews lost series after series, the "Big Purple Machine" nickname fell out of general use in favor of the more pithy and fitting nickname, "Choke Artists".

Midwest Crown and Rivalry with Milwaukee Flamingos

Main: Midwest Crown

The rivalry between the Detroit Grape Chews and the MILF.png Milwaukee Flamingos is one of the most storied rivalries in all of Golly. Much of the Detroit Grape Chews' team identity has been formed from the rivalry, and evidence has shown that the on-field fistfights during Grape Chews-Flamingos matches are more intense and result in more injuries than fistfights between the Grape Chews and any other team.

The Milwaukee Flamingos have sought to establish an identity independent of the Grape Chews, as a benevolent flock of birds, which has led to increased tensions and an intensification of the rivalry. After their rivals won the Hellmouth Cup in Season 9, Grape Chews players become obsessed with the Milwaukee Flamingos, reportedly talking about nothing else in the clubhouse, and the Grape Chews' performance suffered as a result - for only the second time in 10 seasons, the Grape Chews missed the playoffs.

(TBD)

Effect of Valentines Day Series on Rivalry with Detroit Grape Chews

Main: Midwest Love Triangle

(TBD)

Grape Chews in the Toroidal Cup

The Dynasty Detroit Built

=To Be Or Not To Be

Rainbow Cup

Rivalry with Fargo Flea Flickers

(TBD)

Season by Season Summary

The Grape Chews are an original Golly team and joined the Hellmouth Cup in Season 1.

Hellmouth Cup

A brief season-by-season summary:

  • In Season 1 the Grape Chews were the #2 seed in the Hot League, but were knocked out in the Championship Series by the SFBS.png San Francisco Boat Shoes .
  • In Season 2 the Grape Chews were the #3 seed in the Hot League, but were knocked out in the Division Series by the ORL.png Orlando Business Majors .
  • In Season 3 the Grape Chews were the #1 seed in the Hot League, but were knocked out in the Championship Series by the SFBS.png San Francisco Boat Shoes .
  • In Season 4 the Grape Chews were the #2 seed in the Hot League, but were knocked out in the Championship Series by the SAC.png Sacramento Boot Lickers .
  • In Season 5 the Grape Chews were the #4 seed in the Hot League, but were knocked out in the Division Series by their Midwest Crown rivals the MILF.png Milwaukee Flamingos .
  • In Season 6 the Grape Chews were the #1 seed in the Hot League, but were knocked out in the Division Series by the AA.png Alewife Arsonists .
  • Season 7 was the first season that the Detroit Grape Chews did not make the playoffs. They were the first team to Partytime on Day 43. They were sent to Partytime by their bitter Midwest Crown rivals the MILF.png Milwaukee Flamingos .
  • In Season 8 the Grape Chews were the #1 seed in the Hot League, but were knocked out in the Championship Series by the AA.png Alewife Arsonists .
  • In Season 9 the Grape Chews were the #1 seed in the Hot League, but were knocked out in the Division Series by the ORL.png Orlando Business Majors .
  • In Season 11 the Grape Chews were the #4 seed in the Hot League, but were knocked out in the Championship series by the AA.png Alewife Arsonists .
  • In Season 14 the Grape Chews were the #3 seed in the Hot League, but were knocked out in the Division Series by the SAC.png Sacramento Boot Lickers .
  • In Season 15 the Grape Chews were the #4 seed in the Hot League, but were knocked out in the Championship Series by the DECO.png Delaware Corporate Shells .
  • In Season 19 the Grape Chews set a new record for longest winning streak at 11 games (Day 8 - Day 18). They were the #3 seed in the Hot League. Facing the #4 seed AA.png Alewife Arsonists in the Hot League Championship Series, the Grape Chews came within 1 win of sweeping the Arsonists and clinching their first-ever Hot League pennant, but choked in the final three games and were knocked out.
  • In Season 20 the Grape Chews were the #3 seed in the Hot League, but were knocked out in the Hot League Division Series by the SFBS.png San Francisco Boat Shoes .
  • In Season 21 the Grape Chews were the #2 seed in the Hot League. They were knocked out in the Hot League Division Series by the SAC.png Sacramento Boot Lickers .
  • In Season 22 the Grape Chews were the #3 seed in the Hot League. They were knocked out in the Hot League Division Series by the BB.png Boylston Boogers .

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Golly League Teams

Hellmouth Cup logo

Hellmouth Cup
Teams

Toroidal Cup logo

Toroidal Cup
Teams 		Cold Fire Division

BTX.png Baltimore Texas (incinerated)

BPT.png Baltimore Piano Tuners

EA.png Elko Astronauts

LBFB.png Long Beach Flightless Birds

SLC.png Salt Lake Turbulence

SS.png Seattle Sneakers

Cold Water Division

FF.png Phoenix Freshrolls

FWPT.png Ft. Worth Piano Tuners (moved to Baltimore)

LIL.png Louisville Illusionists

OSHA.png Jersey OSHA Violations

SDBA.png San Diego Balloon Animals

TB.png Tucson Butchers

Hot Fire Division

DECOOLD.png Delaware Corporate Shells (suspended pending litigation)

VV.png Vegas Vampires

DET.png Detroit Grape Chews

MILF.png Milwaukee Flamingos

SFBS.png San Francisco Boat Shoes

SGE.png Sugar Grove Eavesdroppers

Hot Water Division

AA.png Alewife Arsonists

BB.png Boylston Boogers

ABQ.png Albuquerque Solarpunks

ORL.png Orlando Business Majors

SAC.png Sacramento Boot Lickers

ATL.png Atlanta Glitter Sharks (quitters)

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Rainbow Cup Teams

Rainbow Cup logo

Rainbow Cup
Teams 		Unwest League, Cold Division

MILF.png Milwaukee Flamingos

DET.png Detroit Grape Chews

FFF.png Fargo Flea Flickers

BPT.png Baltimore Piano Tuners

Unwest League, Northunwest Division

DECO.png Delaware Corporate Shells

OSHA.png Jersey OSHA Violations

AA.png Alewife Arsonists

BB.png Boylston Boogers

Unwest League, South Division

SGE.png Sugar Grove Eavesdroppers

ORL.png Orlando Business Majors

LIL.png Louisville Illusionists

MW.png Mobile Wheels

West League, Mountain Division

EA.png Elko Astronauts

ABQ.png Albuquerque Solarpunks

GJC.png Grand Junction Conjunctions

SLC.png Salt Lake Turbulence

West League, Pacific Division

SS.png Seattle Sneakers

SFBS.png San Francisco Boat Shoes

SAC.png Sacramento Boot Lickers

VV.png Vegas Vampires

West League, Southwest Division

TB.png Tucson Butchers

FF.png Phoenix Freshrolls

SDBA.png San Diego Balloon Animals

LBFB.png Long Beach Flightless Birds

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