My opponent, if they RP first, may do the following:
Choose my runscorers: Yes
Choose my lineup: No
Follow my pitching rotation: Yes
Godmod scoring events: Yes
RP injuries to my players: Yes, minor ones
Godmod injuries to my players: Yes, minor ones. Make them funny.
Eject my players: Yes, eject an equal amount of yours. No more than one unless there's a fight, which is really hard to get these players into.
Godmod other events: Yes, TG for permission if it's really out there
Use DH at home: No, and if possible, not on the road either.
Style Modifier Because It Totally Matters: +1
Overview
The Tigers began at the twenty-third World Baseball Classic, held in Qazox, not looking to do that well. To their surprise, they performed quite well after all, winning six and losing a mere four to place third, only behind co-debutants Maklohi Vai on tiebreakers. This pattern of "really quite well, but not quite well enough" continued under manager Thomas Yaft, as a 5-5 record and fourth-place finish in Lycrabon at WBC 24 and a 5-5 record and third-place finish by virtue of the second tiebreaker, H2H RD, which put them behind Skeckoa by three runs and led to minor controversy in Equestrian States for WBC 25.
They finally broke through at Cassadaigua for WBC 26, with a last-day victory Allinlia giving them a 6-4 record and sealing their path through to the Promised Land of the playoffs for the first time in their now twelve-year history. But against the Phoenixes of Equestrian States, they stood no chance, as the Equestrians swept them out of the Round of 24 two games to none.
After this, the nation founded the International Baseball Slam, but at IBS I and II, they found only middling success, placing fourth and sixth in a field of eight nations.
At WBC 27, they bested the same Phoenixes to go six and two in Maklohi Vai and Saintland and clinched a spot in the Round of 16 thanks to their superior victory. But Kriegersen swept them out of the tournament, and going into WBC 28 with a fourteenth-place ranking, they still had not won more than six games in a tournament or won a playoff match. At IBS III, this troubling trend continued as Nova Anglicana swept them out of the quarterfinals despite their 5-1 record propelling the Tigers to the number-one seed.
After a 6-4 record in the WBC 28, the Tigers went through a difficult bracket to defeat Maklohi Vai, Vaugania, Nova Anglicana, and the Royal Barangay in thirteen games and found themselves world champions and world number-two. While many cried "fluke", especially after they failed to advance out of the group stage at IBS IV, they continued to charge through the playoffs of the WBC, this time beating Feministvs Sanctvsterra, Ko-oren, and Cassadaigua, all good teams, before playing The Royal Barangay with revenge, the world number-one ranking, the world crown, and for the Tigers, a chance to become the fourth team to defend their crown. The Royal Barangay took the series lead twice, but each time the Tigers responded to force a deciding Game Five.
They lost, the bullpen, so reliable during the playoffs, imploding and conceding just enough runs for the Indios to wrest away the world championship. But at IBS V, Imota beat three-time champions Gregoryisgodistan in the quarterfinals, and the Tigers took advantage of the power vacuum to, after beating Nova Anglicana again in the semifinals, defeat newcomers Orennana in the championship series to take the IBS title. And after winning the bid to co-host WBC 30 with New Wolfopolis, they once again took back the WBC crown after defeating Jeckland three games to one in the finals. But after a dynamo group stage at the IBS VI, they proceeded to royally screw up their playoff pool, falling to Mammoreck and then being knocked out via a 15-2 thrashing at the hands of Imota.
And then they won thirty-nine games in a row and swept Jeckland to take WBC 31. With mediocre showings at the IBS, dynastic brilliance that has lead Imotan sportswriters to declare this the "Age of the Llama", and the nation's ascension to President of the WBC, nothing can stop this team now except for horrifyingly bad luck and also the fact that their next-in-lines aren't actually that good.
Team Accomplishments
WBC 23: 6-4 (third) in group stage
WBC 24: 5-5 (fourth) in group stage
WBC 25: 5-5 (third) in group stage
WBC 26: 6-4 (second) in group stage, L 2-0 to Equestrian States in Ro24
WBC 27: 6-2 (first) in group stage, L 2-0 to Kriegersen in Ro16
WBC 28: 6-4 (first) in group stage, W 3-1 over The Royal Barangay in Finals
WBC 29: 6-4 (first) in group stage, L 3-2 to The Royal Barangay in Finals
WBC 30 [co-hosts]: 7-3 (first) in group stage, W 3-1 over Jeckland in Finals
WBC 31: 39-0.
IBS I: Fourth place
IBS II: 2-4 (third) in group stage, sixth place
IBS III: 5-1 (first) in group stage, L 2-0 to Nova Anglicana in QF, fifth place
IBS IV: 2-4 (fourth) in group stage
IBS V: 2-1 (first) in group stage, W 3-1 over Orennana in Finals
IBS VI: 17-7 (first) in group stage, 0-2 (elim) in playoff pool 1