Richmond Slicks

Richmond Slicks
"Nothing sticks!"
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Name Richmond Slicks Abbreviation RS Primary Color #e7a0e8 Logo    Hometown Richmond Emoji 🛢 Status Active
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The Richmond Slicks are a Golly team from Richmond, California. They are peculiarly unlucky, with most of their wins coming about through double-reversals of fortune. The Slicks are accident-prone and generally unlucky. Their unluck has a known effective radius of 30 feet. Major postseason victories by the Slicks are usually accompanied by major PR disasters.

In the Dragon Cup, the Slicks became masters of the backdoor victory - squeaking through with 3 close wins and taking the series despite being outscored, outclassed, and outgunned by their opponents.

In Dragon/Season 14, Dragon/Season 15, and Dragon/Season 16, the Richmond Slicks made history, appearing in back-to-back-to-back Dragon Cup series - the first team ever to appear in three straight Cup series in any Cup ever. In each of the three Dragon Cup series appearances, the Slicks set or nearly set a new record for least number of points scored in a Dragon Cup Series, by any team, win or lose.

Rank	Season	Points	Team	Last Game
1	S17	71,330	Berkeley Brutalists	Season 17: Game 4, Dragon Cup (Lost)
2	S23	92,198	Mountain View Miners	Season 23: Game 5, Dragon Cup (Lost)
3	S14	97,004	Richmond Slicks	Season 14: Game 6, Dragon Cup (Lost)
4	S10	98,373	Richmond Slicks	Season 10: Game 5, Dragon Cup (Won)
5	S4	100,403	Sausalito Bouncy Castles	Season 4: Game 5, Dragon Cup (Lost)
6	S15	103,458	Richmond Slicks	Season 15: Game 5, Dragon Cup (Lost)
7	S20	104,023	Berkeley Brutalists	Season 20: Game 5, Dragon Cup (Lost)
8	S17	105,169	Sand City Sidewinders	Season 17: Game 4, Dragon Cup (Won)
9	S12	107,304	San Gregorio Sand Crabs	Season 12: Game 5, Dragon Cup (Lost)
10	S16	108,042	Richmond Slicks	Season 16: Game 4, Dragon Cup (Lost)

Team Character

The Richmond Slicks are considered one of the most clumsy, ham-handed, and slapstick teams in Golly. The Slicks attract many potential fans who believe the Slicks are, well, slick - polished professionals who consistently win - when in fact the Slicks are anything but. The Slicks attract a smaller segment of fans who are drawn to their peculiar brand of losing, winning by accident, well-oiled slapstick comedy routines, and extremely technical chemical engineering.

Richmond

Richmond natives are well aware that the team's name, the Slicks, was a jab by the Commissioner intended to mock their darling team of cute-but-confused slapstick clumsy-dumplings. As a result, the town of Richmond is a known hotbed of anti-Commissioner sentiment, and has become the de-facto Anti-Capital of Golly.

Slicks in the Dragon Cup

Dragon Season 10 - Miracle Slicks

The Miracle Slicks is the nickname applied to the Dragon/Season 10 Richmond Slicks , who captured the franchise's first-ever championship title, and whose performance in Dragon/Season 10/Postseason is considered the most clutch single-season postseason performance by any team in Golly history. The Slicks, despite a disappointing season, managed to squeak into the postseason as the #4 seed. In the postseason, they continued to have underwhelming run production, but they somehow still managed to advance, winning many of their games by razor-thin margins, in defiance of the Big Runs strategy espoused by most Dragon Cup teams.

The Slicks faced the Freedom Fries in the Dragon Cup final, and again relied on their wits and their strategies, winning three of their four games by small margins. By the time the Slicks won the championship in Game 5, they had scored the least number of runs of any team that had ever appeared in a Dragon Cup, win or lose (see Records/Points#Least Points in a Dragon Cup Series). The unlikely series of events leading to the Slicks making it to the postseason, and their clutch performances in narrow games, led to their nickname, The Miracle Slicks.

It is widely agreed that the Miracle Slicks, with their unique penchant for dramatic situations, high pressure, and clutch postseason wins, fundamentally and forever changed the way the splort of Golly was played and enjoyed.

Season by Season Summary

Pseudo Cup Summary

• In Pseudo/Season 1 the Richmond Slicks were the #2 seed in the San Francisco Bay League. They lost the San Francisco Bay League Egalitarian Eight to the Oakland Bees 2-3.
• In Pseudo/Season 2 the Richmond Slicks were the #3 seed in the San Francisco Bay League. They lost the San Francisco Bay League Egalitarian Eight to the San Jose Avionics 2-3.
• In Pseudo/Season 3 the Richmond Slicks were the #4 seed in the San Francisco Bay League. They were swept in the San Francisco Bay League Egalitarian Eight by the Mountain View Miners .
• In Pseudo/Season 4 the Richmond Slicks were the #4 seed in the San Francisco Bay League. They defeated the Vallejo Barnstormers 3-2 in the San Francisco Bay League Egalitarian Eight. They clinched the pennant by sweeping the Berkeley Brutalists 3-0 in the San Francisco Bay League Fortuitous Four. They lost the Pseudo Cup Series to the Davenport Cliff Divers , 2-4.
• In Pseudo/Season 5 the Richmond Slicks were the #3 seed in the San Francisco Bay League. They lost the San Francisco Bay League Egalitarian Eight to the Sausalito Bouncy Castles 2-3.
• In Pseudo/Season 7 the Richmond Slicks were the #2 seed in the San Francisco Bay League. They lost the San Francisco Bay League Egalitarian Eight to the Hayward Pipelines 2-3.
• In Pseudo/Season 8 the Richmond Slicks were the #3 seed in the San Francisco Bay League. They lost the San Francisco Bay League Egalitarian Eight to the Sausalito Bouncy Castles 2-3.
• In Pseudo/Season 10 the Richmond Slicks were the #3 seed in the San Francisco Bay League. They lost the San Francisco Bay League Egalitarian Eight to the Hayward Pipelines 2-3.
• In Pseudo/Season 12 the Richmond Slicks were the #1 seed in the San Francisco Bay League. They lost the San Francisco Bay League Egalitarian Eight to the Vallejo Barnstormers 1-3.
• In Pseudo/Season 13 the Richmond Slicks were the #4 seed in the San Francisco Bay League. They defeated the Mountain View Miners 3-2 in the San Francisco Bay League Egalitarian Eight. They clinched the pennant by sweeping the Hayward Pipelines 3-0 in the San Francisco Bay League Fortuitous Four. They lost the Pseudo Cup Series to the Sand City Sidewinders , 2-4.
• In Pseudo/Season 14 the Richmond Slicks were the #3 seed in the San Francisco Bay League. They were swept in the San Francisco Bay League Egalitarian Eight by the Mountain View Miners .

Dragon Cup Summary

• In Dragon/Season 2 the Richmond Slicks were the #2 seed in the San Francisco Bay League. They lost the San Francisco Bay League Division Series to the San Jose Avionics 1-3.
• In Dragon/Season 3 the Richmond Slicks were the #2 seed in the San Francisco Bay League. They swept the Berkeley Brutalists 3-0 in the San Francisco Bay League Division Series. They lost the San Francisco Bay League Championship Series to the Sutro Tower 2-3.
• In Dragon/Season 8 the Richmond Slicks were the #1 seed in the San Francisco Bay League. They lost the San Francisco Bay League Division Series to the Sutro Tower 1-3.
• In Dragon/Season 10 the Richmond Slicks were the #4 seed in the San Francisco Bay League. They swept the Sausalito Bouncy Castles 3-0 in the San Francisco Bay League Division Series. They clinched the pennant by defeating the Vallejo Barnstormers 3-1 in the San Francisco Bay League Championship Series. They became Dragon Cup champions by defeating the Freedom Fries 4-1.
• In Dragon/Season 11 the Richmond Slicks were the #4 seed in the San Francisco Bay League. They lost the San Francisco Bay League Division Series to the San Gregorio Sand Crabs 1-3.
• In Dragon/Season 14 the Richmond Slicks were the #2 seed in the San Francisco Bay League. They swept the Hayward Pipelines 3-0 in the San Francisco Bay League Division Series. They clinched the pennant by defeating the Oakland Bees 3-2 in the San Francisco Bay League Championship Series. They lost the Dragon Cup Series to the Sand City Sidewinders , 2-4.
• In Dragon/Season 15 the Richmond Slicks were the #4 seed in the San Francisco Bay League. They defeated the San Jose Avionics 3-1 in the San Francisco Bay League Division Series. They clinched the pennant by defeating the Vallejo Barnstormers 3-1 in the San Francisco Bay League Championship Series. They lost the Dragon Cup Series to the Davenport Cliff Divers , 1-4.

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