NEPEAN– The SweatSox dropped our second game of the season, and second in a row after a 6-3 loss vs Team Cuba this past Tuesday night at the Sportsplex. The Cubans led from beginning to end, holding a 6-1 lead in the 7th until we scored a few in garbage time to make it look closer than it actually was.
The SweatSox were a perfect 7-0 over Team Cuba in the lifetime series, having first met at the 2015 Heritage Classic (WP- Cornell), and most recently last week on Opening Day (WP- Ramage). The SweatSox could only hold the Cubans off for so long though, and they finally broke through using an effective combination of strong pitching, clutch hitting, and constantly throwing bats at our almost very old catcher.
The story of the SweatSox vs Team Cuba game last week was Josh Ramage coming up just 2 outs shy of his first solo no-hitter. Team Cuba wasted no time breaking up the Hero of Hydration’s no-no this time around, leading the game off with a triple to left, hit just beyond the reach of a diving Chris Lidstone, who laid face first on the ground in the outfield for the first time since his infamous “toe-pick incident” of 2019. Unfortunately, Liddy had to head home in the 3rd inning to deal with a personal matter, making it the first time he’s removed himself from a game since his infamous “gotta go poop incident” of 2015.
It was a roller coaster of a day for Craig Cornell, who was batting leadoff for the first time in recent memory. Our Consultant played a team high 3 positions (making spectacular catches at both 2B and LF), was yelled at mid-pitch by the catcher right before he swung the bat to start the game (they made up a few innings later), and was even robbed of a GLE-style triple down the right field line late in the game.
Most notably though, as leadoff Sexy Eyes was the first of many SweatSox to experience the old head to toe strike zone, that was even more east west than it was north south. A shame our manager didn’t recognize this sooner and put in someone who could throw the ball anywhere the batter couldn’t physically reach it. The Arsonist was just too accurate. What a frustrating 7 innings.
Unaffected by all the craziness was sophomore Jaspreet Sanghra, who had a team high 2 hits in 3 plate appearances, to go along with his 2 stolen bases. If we still had the 2004 A&W Kamloops International Baseball Game MVP Award, Bollywood would’ve earned it.
An honourable mention goes out to Eric Montgomery White, who did not make an error in the 3rd inning vs Team Cuba. And speaking of the righty turned lefty turned maybe righty again, THC went 0/3 at the plate and is still looking for his first hit of the season. We’re not worried, it’ll happen soon, and we already know that when it does it will be caught on tape.
Après le baseball, the SweatSox were hoping to catch a bit of the Cornwall-Outlaws game, but it got rained out after about 4 pitches. Shoutout to the Outlaws for making the River Rats drive all the way there for nothing; solid prank. It was undoubtedly Cornwall’s most disappointing trip to the Sportsplex since Game 5 of the 2013 Tier 2 Finals.
Next up for the SweatSox is our second matchup of the season against Beau’s Misfits, Friday night in Kanata. We’re throwing a Bond, who knows which SweatSox killer they’ll sign before gametime and give the nod to; Paul Robert maybe?
Final SweatSox vs Team Cuba 2.0 Notes/Thoughts:
- What is a camera up the butt Alex?
- Getting your ass shaved is not a newsworthy story
- Anything is porn, if you believe
- Ross Hughes once glued his head to his shoulder
- Penalty kicks are dumb, but watchable
- Marc Lett can’t jam on the fam
- Kent Johnston got his upgrade, but still can’t throw
- The Hexa SC has been activated
- Josh Ramage wants to shotgun Ross Hughes
- Who is going with Kent?
- WHO IS GOING WITH KENT?
- Cory Bond keeps his clubs on the other side of the hedge
- It’s gon rain upper deckers
- John Groves wants us to spray his bugs
- I, Shaun Keay, made Josh Ramage look stupid
- Don’t be the poop in the ice cream
- The Diefenbunker is far from Falcon Ridge
- A Code: Orange + Code: Baby Blue is not ideal
- Josh Ramage received his first warning 5 hours before game time
- That’s what happens when your mom drops you off
- Mark Bond needs to make sure all our games are on his family calendar
- There’s no yelling during a golf or baseball swing
- The SweatSox swap a lot
- Laying Pipe is not Wild Thing
- Josh Ramage is the SweatSox Gravedigger
- Be a man. Man up.
- Friday is going to be a shit show
- Lightning is cool
- Nobody gets T-boned at Hakim
#WONTHEHYJINX