Double Choke

A Double Choke refers to a season in which two teams with the "Choke Artist" title both choke in the penultimate round of the playoffs.

The most famous occurrences of the double choke occurred with Hot League Choke Artists the Detroit Grape Chews and Cold League Choke Artists the Baltimore Texas , respectively.

3 times, the Grape Chews and the Texas both took the championship series to Game 5, coming within one win of breaking the curse, and both choked.

Hellmouth Cup Double Chokes

Hellmouth Cup Season 4:

• Baltimore Texas choked in Game 3 of the Cold League Championship Series against the Long Beach Flightless Birds
• Detroit Grape Chews choked in Game 5 of the Hot League Championship Series against the Sacramento Boot Lickers

Hellmouth Cup Season 8:

• Baltimore Texas choked in Game 5 of the Cold League Championship Series against the Seattle Sneakers
• Detroit Grape Chews choked in Game 3 of the Hot League Championship Series against the Alewife Arsonists

Hellmouth Cup Season 19:

• Baltimore Texas choked in Game 5 of the Cold League Championship Series against the Ft. Worth Piano Tuners
• Detroit Grape Chews choked in Game 5 of the Cold League Championship Series against the Alewife Arsonists

Toroidal Cup Double Chokes

Toroidal Cup Season 4:

• Baltimore Texas choked in Game 5 of the Cold League Championship Series against the Long Beach Flightless Birds
• Detroit Grape Chews choked in Game 5 of the Hot League Championship Series against the Boylston Boogers

Toroidal Cup Season 17:

• Baltimore Texas choked in Game 5 of the Cold League Championship Series against the Tucson Butchers
• Detroit Grape Chews choked in Game 5 of the Hot League Championship Series against the Milwaukee Flamingos

Toroidal Cup Season 19:

• Baltimore Texas choked in Game 5 of the Cold League Championship Series against the San Diego Balloon Animals
• Detroit Grape Chews choked in Game 3 of the Hot League Championship Series against the Albuquerque Solarpunks