The SweatSox have played the Ottawa Mudd 26 times since the team formerly from Metcalfe dropped down to Tier 2 in 2007. We may have only played Winchester more times, but half those games don’t really count since they’re played on field originally designed for 10 year olds. The Mudd lead the lifetime series 14-12; with a mathematical mean score of 5-3 per game. Basically, the SweatSox can’t score runs against the Mudd. That didn’t change this past Thursday night.
Having played 3 of our first 5 games at Southgate, we finally got a treat playing at the Sportsplex. While 12 SweatSox enjoyed a nice pregame warmup on a real field, the 7 Mudd players were scrambling for ETA’s on the rest of their starting lineup. Somehow they found 10 bodies to dress, which meant no SweatSox default win, which ultimately meant doom for the SweatSox.
If you don’t count the 3rd inning, where the Mudd scored 3 runs off 4 hits, it was a 0-0 game. Unfortunately you have to count them all, and so the Mudd shutout the SweatSox for the 5th, and likely not the last time. To make matter worse, we only had 2 hits (Marc Lett, Kent Johnston), and only got 1 runner to 3rd base (John Groves).
Mudd 3. SweatSox 0. Final. pic.twitter.com/2RLJQkZbCZ
— SweatSox (@SweatSox) May 29, 2015
The game was a quick one, officially clocked using our fancy new stat app at 1h 36m. It should’ve been a few minutes quicker, but there was a brief delay in the game to fix a broken strap at third base. It’s really a shame there isn’t another option for more reliable and/or sturdy bases.
The winner of the 2004 A&W Kamloops International Baseball Game MVP Award is: Josh Ramage. Mr. Winchester did everything you’d want from a starter: throw a complete game, strike out 6, and give up just 3 runs. It was the bats that let him (and us) down, which he made perfectly clear to the team after the game.
Speaking of the bats, did you know that the SweatSox are now 0-2 since they went to the cages last weekend?
A honourable mention goes out to our Authority and GLE Cory Bond, who played in his 150th straight regular season game after subbing in for me at 1B in the top of the 7th.
A quick 1-inning appearance is very clever way of getting a game played to help reach certain milestones, a strategy not lost on, and quickly adopted by, those no-good Nepean Brewers and a certain former Braumeister:
“@ncbl: Nepean Brewers add : Bill Beelen.#ncbltransactions”
2 more games played to get to 700 in career with Brewers!!
— Nepean Brewers (@nepeanbrewers) May 29, 2015
Richey Rich Ross “You Don’t Break Bats Sacrifice Bunting So I Have Lots of Extra Money” Hughes hosted the Après Baseball Hyjinx, and featured the return of another former Braumeister: Chris “Not The Expo” Chapman. AFB took a break from watching his kid play Little League to mingle with the team he helped build, one beer at a time.
We also learned at the Hyjinx that Mark Bond likes playing with the balls in front of him; but don’t ask Kent Johnston what might happen if a 3rd ball enters the picture:
Eventually, we got to the main event, as I made it my mission to reclaim my title as King of the Wing. Last time out, GLE set a record with 39 wings eaten in a single sitting, so all I had to do was drop an even 40. I slowed down around 30, nudged the wall around 35, but then somehow, somewhere, found the intestinal fortitude to power through and claim my SweatLympic gold medal. Sadly, this was not a personal record for our waitress that night.
Broment of the Day Finalists:
- Mark Bond and Armando Navarro spent some quality time together driving to the game
- Mark Stinson and I, Shaun Keay, spent some quality time together driving to the game
- Mark Bond and I, Shaun Keay, tracked down Cop’s foul ball in the woods, together, and at one point pants-less
- Mark Bond and Ross Hughes crossed streams in the name of art
- Cory Bond and John Groves sucked each other’s straws
- Josh Ramage and Craig Cornell share a bro hug, which may have been the first documented SweatSox hug since:
Broment of the Day: Kent Johnston and Josh Ramage share a beer in honour of Josh’s weekend wedding, to a bride that may or may not still be alive #whowasinthetrunk
Today’s SweatSox Phrase That Pays: Second Base
Final SweatSox vs Mudd Notes/Thoughts:
- The SweatSox are 0-2 in games Kent Johnston has played
- The SweatSox are 0-2 in games we’ve used a batboy (BB)
- The SweatSox are 0-2 in games we’ve scored fewer runs than our opponent (I think)
- Marc Lett sent the first audio team-wide message in SweatSox history
- Eric White (bike) raced Marc Lett (truck) to the game from Hunt Club/Prince of Wales; Eric won
- Cory Bond still isn’t a contact in Josh Ramage’s phone
- Ross Hughes’ iPhone unlock code is 2222
- If more than 1 handful of peanuts get thrown, they then become team peanuts
- Craig Cornell bailed on the guys for a girl named Wendy, who did not satisfy him
- Josh Ramage did not get permission from his wife-to-be to go to the bar, so he didn’t
- The Summerhays parking lot was unusually busy for a Thursday night
- “SweatSox? SweatSox!” –random lady at the bar
- Mark Stinson is definitely bringing flavored beer (mostly apple, some lime, etc) to the game Sunday
- Cory Bond may or may not be personally sponsored by Red Bull
- Confirming my status for every damn game is beneath me
Finally, could you pass last week’s Friday Morning SweatSox Quiz, handed out by the only active member of the SweatSox Rookie Class of 2004?
Boxscore from Game 6 vs Metcalfe Mudd:
Next up for the SweatSox is our first matchup of the year vs Marc Sports, Sunday night at the Allen Sandbox.
#HAPPYWEDDINGDAYRAMAGE