Buds McStoner is baseball’s ultimate villain, a dual-threat menace who plays the game with a recklessness that borders on criminal. His fastball is infamous, not for its speed but for its deadly precision; one tragic pitch ended an opposing player’s life on the field, an event that didn’t seem to faze Buds in the slightest. On the mound, he’s known for beaning batters at a record pace, leaving a trail of injuries and fear wherever he goes. At the plate, Buds cheats as much as he swings, corking his bat for that illegal extra pop. On the basepaths, his spikes-up slides have ended careers and started brawls. Off the field, Buds' antics are just as infamous. His troubled past is whispered about in dugouts, but his present-day scandals are all anyone can focus on—most notably his affair with Jerry the Berry’s wife, a secret that’s yet to surface but casts a dark shadow in the clubhouse. Buds McStoner is a force of chaos, a player everyone loves to hate but can’t stop watching. For better or worse, he’s the dark heartbeat of the Asteroids, leaving carnage, controversy, and crushed dreams in his wake.