Mountain View Miners
The Mountain View Miners are a team in the Peninsula Expansion League located in Mountain View, California.
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Team Character
The Mountain View Miners still have their high school CD collection, and their taste in music has not changed since then.
The Mountain View Miners play the saxaphone in a Sublime cover band on Tuesday nights, and they would like you - you, no, don't look around, yeah, you - yes, you specifically - to know that they play the saxaphone in a Sublime cover band and will be playing this Tuesday night so you should come.
Miners in the Pseudo Cup
The Forty Niner Crown and Rivalry with Sutro Tower
The Forty Niner Crown is the name given to the bitter rivalry between the Mountain View Miners
and the 
Sutro Tower
. It is one of the biggest rivalries in the Peninsula Expansion League, and the matchup has occurred numerous times in the playoffs.
Pre-Season 1 Mountain View Miners Media Frenzy
The feud between the Mountain View Miners
and the Sutro Tower
is a feud older than the Pseudo Cup itself.
The feud started when the Sutro Tower, the heavy favorite to dominate the Pseudo Cup before Pseudo/Season 1 had begun (thanks to their connections with the 
San Francisco Boat Shoes
organization), were receiving a great deal of favorable pre-season media coverage.
Managers and players on the Mountain View Miners were frustrated by the media's unfair treatment and the lack of attention given to the Miners' brand-new state-of-the-art facilities. The Miners contacted media outlets, newspapers, and television statements to make the case that they were being unfairly ignored by the media, but their repeated calls and angry voicemails were ignored.
The Miners took out a full-page newspaper ad calling the Sutro Tower an aging and rusty old radio tower whose best days were far behind it. Further adding insult to injury, the Miners claimed that any player of the Miners team was capable of outrunning the Sutro Tower in a footrace across Sutro Forest. The Miners whined about the media's need to focus on the many outstanding and talented non-San Francisco teams in the Bay Area.
The crybaby tactics of the Miners drew the ire of many - not just the Sutro Tower, but also the San Francisco Boat Shoes
, the powerful San Francisco Boat Shoes Political Action Machine, and every resident of the city of San Francisco. This began a media war that preceded Season 1 and played out over television, sports talk radio, internet streams, social media, magazines, postcard mailing campaigns, church bulletin ads, podcasts, and cameo ads by minor celebrities.
The feud had reached a fever pace before the Pseudo Cup had even begun, and threatened to eclipse the drama of the Pseudo Cup and smother it before it could take off. The media frenzy was brought to a prompt end when the Commissioner's Office stepped in and imposed heavy fines on both teams and demanded a media blackout.
Forty Niner Crown Nickname
In Pseudo/Season 1, following the San Francisco media conflagration between the Mountain View Miners
and the Sutro Tower
, the rivalry was christened the Forty Niner Crown. It is so named because both teams' clubhouses are located on 49th Street of their respective cities.
Pseudo Cup Season 3 League Championship Series
In Pseudo/Season 1 the Forty Niner Crown stayed relatively quiet. However, when the Sutro Tower
won the Pseudo Cup in Pseudo/Season 2, the stage was set for a dramatic postseason showdown between the Tower and the Mountain View Miners
two teams in the Pseudo/Season 3 League Championship Series. The Sutro Tower, looking to become the fastest champions to claim repeat victories in any Cup, faced off against the Miners, who had the opportunity to deny their rivals the glory of back-to-back championship appearances.
The Miners beat the Sutro Tower 3 games to 1, clinched the pennant, then clinched the Pseudo Cup championship - their first of several championships, in what would eventually become a Flawless Dynasty.
Acoustic Study
At the conclusion of Pseudo/Season 24, an acoustic analysis published by the Sound & Auditory Analysis Department (SAAD) in E Division showed that the Mountain View Miners
are booed longer and more loudly by Sutro Tower
fans than any other team being booed by home team fans of any matchups in any league, anywhere.
Miners in the Dragon Cup
Season by Season Summary
Pseudo Cup Summary
- In Pseudo/Season 1 the Mountain View Miners were the #4 seed in the San Francisco Bay League. They lost the San Francisco Bay League Egalitarian Eight to the
San Gregorio Sand Crabs
2-3. - In Pseudo/Season 3 the Mountain View Miners were the #1 seed in the San Francisco Bay League. They swept the
Richmond Slicks
3-0 in the San Francisco Bay League Egalitarian Eight. They clinched the pennant by defeating the 
Sutro Tower
3-1 in the San Francisco Bay League Fortuitous Four. They became Pseudo Cup champions by defeating the 
Davenport Cliff Divers
4-3. - In Pseudo/Season 5 the Mountain View Miners were the #1 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 6 the Mountain View Miners were the #3 seed in the San Francisco Bay League. They defeated the
Vallejo Barnstormers
3-1 in the San Francisco Bay League Egalitarian Eight. They clinched the pennant by defeating the Sutro Tower
3-1 in the San Francisco Bay League Fortuitous Four. They became Pseudo Cup champions by defeating the 
Sand City Sidewinders
4-2. - In Pseudo/Season 10 the Mountain View Miners were the #4 seed in the San Francisco Bay League. They swept the
Sausalito Bouncy Castles
3-0 in the San Francisco Bay League Egalitarian Eight. They clinched the pennant by defeating the Hayward Pipelines
3-2 in the San Francisco Bay League Fortuitous Four. They became Pseudo Cup champions by defeating the 
Boulder Creek Cardsharps
4-2. - In Pseudo/Season 13 the Mountain View Miners were the #1 seed in the San Francisco Bay League. They lost the San Francisco Bay League Egalitarian Eight to the Richmond Slicks
2-3.
- In Pseudo/Season 14 the Mountain View Miners were the #2 seed in the San Francisco Bay League. They swept the Richmond Slicks
3-0 in the San Francisco Bay League Egalitarian Eight. They clinched the pennant by defeating the
San Jose Avionics
3-1 in the San Francisco Bay League Fortuitous Four. They lost the Pseudo Cup Series to the 
Monterey Meteorologists
, 2-4. - In Pseudo/Season 15 the Mountain View Miners were the #2 seed in the San Francisco Bay League. They lost the San Francisco Bay League Egalitarian Eight to the San Jose Avionics
1-3.
- In Pseudo/Season 16 the Mountain View Miners were the #2 seed in the San Francisco Bay League. They lost the San Francisco Bay League Egalitarian Eight to the Vallejo Barnstormers
2-3.
- In Pseudo/Season 17 the Mountain View Miners were the #4 seed in the San Francisco Bay League. They were swept in the San Francisco Bay League Egalitarian Eight by the Vallejo Barnstormers
.
- In Pseudo/Season 21 the Mountain View Miners were the #1 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 22 the Mountain View Miners were the #1 seed in the San Francisco Bay League. They lost the San Francisco Bay League Egalitarian Eight to the Sausalito Bouncy Castles
1-3.
- In Pseudo/Season 24 the Mountain View Miners were the #3 seed in the San Francisco Bay League. They swept the Sausalito Bouncy Castles
3-0 in the San Francisco Bay League Egalitarian Eight. They clinched the pennant by defeating the
Berkeley Brutalists
3-1 in the San Francisco Bay League Fortuitous Four. They lost the Pseudo Cup Series to the 
Pacific Grove Monarchists
, 2-4.
Dragon Cup Summary
- In Dragon/Season 1 the Mountain View Miners were the #4 seed in the San Francisco Bay League. They lost the San Francisco Bay League Division Series to the Sutro Tower
2-3.
- In Dragon/Season 15 the Mountain View Miners were the #3 seed in the San Francisco Bay League. They were swept in the San Francisco Bay League Division Series by the Vallejo Barnstormers
.
- In Dragon/Season 16 the Mountain View Miners were the #3 seed in the San Francisco Bay League. They were swept in the San Francisco Bay League Division Series by the Richmond Slicks
.
- In Dragon/Season 18 the Mountain View Miners were the #4 seed in the San Francisco Bay League. They lost the San Francisco Bay League Division Series to the
Oakland Bees
1-3. - In Dragon/Season 23 the Mountain View Miners were the #4 seed in the San Francisco Bay League. They defeated the Berkeley Brutalists
3-2 in the San Francisco Bay League Division Series. They clinched the pennant by defeating the San Jose Avionics
3-1 in the San Francisco Bay League Championship Series. They lost the Dragon Cup Series to the Boulder Creek Cardsharps
, 1-4.
Star Cup Summary
- In Star/Season 4 the Mountain View Miners were the #3 seed in the San Francisco Bay League. They defeated the Oakland Bees
3-1 in the San Francisco Bay League Division Series. They clinched the pennant by defeating the Sutro Tower
4-1 in the San Francisco Bay League Championship Series. They lost the Star Cup Series to the
Aptos Investigators
, 2-4. - In Star/Season 5 the Mountain View Miners were the #4 seed in the San Francisco Bay League. They lost the San Francisco Bay League Division Series to the Richmond Slicks
1-3.
- In Star/Season 6 the Mountain View Miners were the #3 seed in the San Francisco Bay League. They lost the San Francisco Bay League Division Series to the Hayward Pipelines
1-3.
- In Star/Season 8 the Mountain View Miners were the #3 seed in the San Francisco Bay League. They were swept in the San Francisco Bay League Division Series by the Vallejo Barnstormers
.
- In Star/Season 10 the Mountain View Miners were the #4 seed in the San Francisco Bay League. They defeated the Richmond Slicks
3-2 in the San Francisco Bay League Division Series. They clinched the pennant by defeating the Vallejo Barnstormers
4-1 in the San Francisco Bay League Championship Series. They lost the Star Cup Series to the Aptos Investigators
, 1-4.
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