Charlemagne Cabrera

Charlemagne Alvaro Cabrera (born August 2nd 2017) is an American entrepreneur, sports influencer, and professional Baseball Extra designated hitter and third baseman.

Born in Smithtown, New York, Cabrera showed an interest in baseball at an early age. He saw his first Major League outing with the New York Yankees in 2038, during which he sustained an injury that interrupted his career. He returned to sports in 2046, rejoining the Yankees during their transition to Baseball Extra, where he earned the popular nickname ‘Lightning Baron’.

During his hiatus, Cabrera worked in the healthcare sector, founding Liveswing as an entrepreneurial label for a range of lifestyle products and brands, which he later renamed to Charlemagne Industries (CMI).

Outside his sports and business careers, Cabrera is a prominent member of the Latent Space Church (LSC), which has resulted in controversy and scrutiny of his involvement in the organisation. Cabrera was misreported to have committed suicide on October 4th 2049, which he attributed to a malicious campaign originating from the LSC.

Early lifePermalink

Charlemagne Alvaro Cabrera was born August 2nd 2017 in Smithtown, New York, United States (US) to Nelson Isaac Cabrera, a light rail engineer, and Marie-Rose Villaneuve-Cabrera, a music teacher. He was one of eight siblings, all of whom were homeschooled. Cabrera said his parents were “both strict,” and that every week the children set goals to track on a whiteboard in the kitchen. ^[1]

Cabrera claimed baseball as “his first love” after his parents sent him to baseball camps starting at the age of seven. He played two successful seasons of college baseball at the University of Ronkonkoma, receiving national honours as one of the best players at the amateur level. Entering the 2038 draft with consideration as a top prospect, Cabrera was selected in the first round by the New York Yankees with the 9th overall pick and made his major league debut 55 days later, one of the quickest debuts for an offensive player. ^[1]

CareerPermalink

New York YankeesPermalink

On March 25th 2038, Cabrera was called up to the Yankees’ major league team for the opening game of the season. During his first outing, he collided with Honorio Baker of the Chicago White Sox as the latter slid into third base, suffering a head injury that required his immediate removal from the game. After being treated at Queens Mamdani Hospital, Cabrera was left with chronic pain that put him on the disabled list for the rest of the 2038 season. ^[2]

In November 2038, Cabrera travelled to Canada to take part in a clinical trial organised by Zhupao to apply medical colloids as part of established neurostimulation treatments. After receiving a colloid implant, Cabrera reported “immediate relief” of his symptoms. ^[3]

Business venturesPermalink

Cabrera’s positive experience with colloids drove him to become an advocate of the technology, appearing in a series of Zhupao-sponsored ads and testimonials to promote the adoption of colloids. Cabrera stated that his colloid advocacy enabled him to “come to terms” with the injury that had interrupted his baseball career, with footage of the incident featuring heavily in his testimonials to illustrate his medical recovery.

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In 2039, Cabrera founded Liveswing as an entrepreneurial label for a range of lifestyle products and brands, most notably the antihistamine No-Sneez. In 2042, Cabrera joined Healthy Horizons as an official spokesperson. Cabrera’s increased popularity and name recognition led him to rename Liveswing to Charlemagne Industries (CMI) in 2048.

Baseball ExtraPermalink

In 2046, Cabrera became interested in Baseball Extra when he reconnected with his older sister Graciela, who was a passionate participant in the rising transmedia format. ^[1] Sensing an opportunity for another shot at his dream, Cabrera signed up to Orbitat and landed a one-season contract with the Yankees, who were in the process of transitioning to Baseball Extra. ^[4]

Cabrera’s initial performance and growing popularity in the Extra layer led to an endorsement from the Major League Baseball Extra (MLBE). Nicknamed the ‘Lightning Baron’ by his fans, Cabrera was selected as “Most Tsundere” and awarded the title of “Best Ending” in 2048.

Cabrera has a career .290 batting average and achieved 682 home runs. He is the only MLBE player to achieve over 350 stolen bases. He is most commonly shipped with shortstop A.J. Weaver and has been assigned the element of Fire.

Latent Space ChurchPermalink

Cabrera is a prominent member of the Latent Space Church (LSC), which he joined at some point in the early 2040s before publicly confirming his membership in 2047. When asked about his association with the LSC, Cabrera stated that “it’s not really a problem with my cognition, but each person and all people do need to imagine and remember something to believe in. And I think that’s probably something very beautiful, the clarity you imagine when someone leads you.”

Cabrera has faced increasing criticism for his participation in the LSC and for publicly influencing his fans to join in his beliefs. He has been censured multiple times by the MLBE for these policy violations.

Reported suicidePermalink

On October 6th 2049, mainstream news outlets began reporting that Cabrera had died via a self-inflicted gunshot wound two days prior. With no immediate comment from CMI, gossip outlets widely speculated that Cabrera had taken his own life in response to a viral Viuvee stream purportedly from the late Xu Shaoyong, during which Xu claimed to “live on in the dataset” and invited LSC members to “join [him].” ^[5]

On October 7th 2049, Cabrera appeared outside his home in Alameda, California to give a statement to press who had gathered there to report his death. He denounced the “spurious” reportage and went on to make multiple wide-ranging allegations against the MLBE, its corporate sponsors, and his wife Mikalia, claiming they all conspired to surveil him on behalf of the LSC. ^[6]

Personal lifePermalink

Cabrera married Mikalia in 2045. He has previously been publicly linked to model Belis Smith, actor Vanilla Sea, and pharmaceutical device sales influencer Monica Jackson.

See alsoPermalink

• Baseball Extra
• Latent Space Church

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