Grapes of Wrath
Smarting from their Season 11 Klein Cup humiliation at the hands of the 
Phoenix Freshrolls
, the 
Milwaukee Flamingos
powered their way back to a postseason spot, entering the Klein/Season 12 postseason with a cold fury.
Beginning with the Hot League Division Series against the 
San Francisco Boat Shoes
, the Flamingos got punched hard in the face, losing 713-5 in Game 1. But from that point forward, the Flamingos would be unstoppable. They crushed the Boat Shoes in 3 straight games, then proceeded (in a stroke of almost unbelievable luck) to face off against their bitter, unloved Midwest Love Triangle third, the 
Detroit Grape Chews
, in the Hot League Championship Series.
The Championship Series, which would come to be known as the Grapes of Wrath, was a far cry from the Klein/Season 1 Chews-Mingos postseason matchup, where the Grape Chews had kept up hopes, grinding their way to a Game 7 showdown, and looking like they actually stood a chance.
This Grapes of Wrath Championship Series was different. The Mingos puffed their cigars intently, utilized hands-free beer helmets to increase their focus, and exhibited a cold fury colder than Minnesota Wisconsin in February.
The Grape Chews were swept in 4 straight games, iced out of the pennant hard by the Flamingos, in an act of pure, cathartic vengeance for decades of annoyance. The 4-0 sweep was a statement that the rivalry was, and always had been, a one-sided affair.
| Season 12 Hot League Championship Series Results Table | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milwaukee Flamingos
vs. Detroit Grape Chews
| |||||||
| Winner | W Score | Margin | L Score | Loser | Generations | Link | |
| Game 1 | Milwaukee Flamingos | 225 | 69.78% | 68 | Detroit Grape Chews | 1,417 |  82bd3e07-b996-4157-94c4-8fffb22b2a74
|
| Game 2 | Milwaukee Flamingos | 222 | 72.07% | 62 | Detroit Grape Chews | 1,975 | 6e89f605-b70c-42ec-8a48-8dbb5daeabbd
|
| Game 3 | Milwaukee Flamingos | 393 | 62.85% | 146 | Detroit Grape Chews | 2,829 | eb520e50-2ad6-4c4c-b0b9-e0f2118cd8fc
|
| Game 4 | Milwaukee Flamingos | 407 | 83.54% | 67 | Detroit Grape Chews | 4,302 | da04ed2f-7c2d-456a-912e-c093854ac2d5
|
(By a stroke of fate, Klein/Season 12 also happened to be a Double Choke, with both the Choke Artist 
Baltimore Piano Tuners
and the Choke Artist Detroit Grape Chews
reaching the Championship series, only to be promptly denied a pennant.)
The Double Choke beat-down was so momentous, so historic, has been dubbed the Grapes of Wrath LCS.
