“The Unearned Win” – SweatSox vs Cubs II Recap

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The SweatSox kicked off the second half of our season last night in Kanata, as we took on the Capital City Cubs for the second time this year.  After going 0-12 in the first half, the SweatSox were open to anything to try and turn the season around, including activating Ross Hughes off the DL.  The Merchandise, who broke his arm during our quarterfinal clinching game last year against the Braves, claims he’s just about ready to return to the field and help improve our dreadful defense, but for now, he’ll watch from the LF bleachers.

In most of our games so far this season, we’ve either scored in the first, or given up a bunch of runs in the first.  Yesterday, we combined both stats for one super inning full of scoring: The Cubs opened with 3 runs in the top of the 1st, but after some clutch hitting and a very timely error, we’d counter with 4 unearned runs in the bottom.

The Cubs tied it in the 2nd on an unearned run, but after some clutch hitting and another very timely error, we’d counter with 3 unearned runs in the 3rd.  For the 2nd time this year, the SweatSox had 2 leads in a game!

Josh Ramage, making his 4th start of the season, gave up 3 earned runs over 5 innings before turning the ball over to Dillon Lowry with a 2 run lead.  No matter how the rest of the game played out, Ramage became the first SweatSox starter this year to not take the L.

Lowry pitched the final 2 innings, giving up just one hit and one run to save the first ever SweatSox win in Tier 1.

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Naturally, the SweatSox win sent shockwaves across the NCBL Twitterverse and we received hundreds, if not thousands, of messages of support and congratulations.  Even the Cubs were gracious in defeat, and had no problem leaving potential weapons in the dugout while shaking our hands after the game.  Across the river though, the mood was quite different after a successful Panther hidden ball trick irked the River Hawks faithful, leading to some post game shenanigans.

Note: The Panthers tried the perfectly legal Hidden Ball Trick against us in the 2014 Nepean Brewer tournament, but were unsuccessful.  That had to be the same night they threw our black dildo Odlid on the field.  Throwback Tweet time:

Final SweatSox vs Cubs Notes/Thoughts:

  • The Braumeisters lost a win because of the drop-dead rule.
  • The SweatSox are the 1st team to win a game in all 4 tiers.
  • Cory Bond, Kent Johnston, and I, Shaun Keay, are the only players to win a game for the same team in all 4 tiers.
  • With his unexcused absence, Craig Cornell has now missed another historic SweatSox game.
  • The SweatSox are 1-0 when Ross Hughes has been on the roster.
  • Cory Bond has now played in 181 consecutive regular season games for the SweatSox.
  • Cory Bond has now played in 211 consecutive regular season + playoff games for the SweatSox.
  • The Cubs out SweatSox’d the SweatSox on the field.
  • “They’re giving us 3, it just takes 1.”
  • Our rankings of The Reverse Vampires’ chants: Sweet Caroline, Tomahawk Chop, Umpire Imitations.
  • Showing the umpire where you think the ball was thrown by drawing a line in the sand gets you ejected.
  • Eric White is not faster than a Jason Gordon throw from left field.
  • I like Mindy’s scoring better.
  • A record 3 SweatSox, and the bench as a whole, got warnings, that incredibly lead to no ejections.
  • Dillon Lowry was the voice of reason.
  • Armando Navarro vs Dillon Lowry in Kanata was kind of like Marc Lett vs Armando Navarro in Orleans.
  • “Armington”.
  • Jason Klein is playing good, but he’s hurting our necks when we have to turn and watch balls get hit out of the park.
  • Is it “Syke”, or “Psyche”?
  • With the win, the SweatSox can now shave, and Mark Stinson can start growing a beard.
  • Chris and Mindy shared some PDA.
  • Mindy tried catching nuts in her mouth.
  • “SweatSlocks”.
  • According to a Craig Cornell text message, Josh Ramage is no longer a rookie.
  • Jason Klein’s license plate does not say fresh, but he does have a dice in the mirror.
  • James Martensen made his return to the Hyjinx, while sister Hannah got her first glimpse at it.
  • Jason Klein didn’t know he was wearing a hat until he saw a picture just taken of him.
  • “Pizza and regret”.
  • “If Techno always wins at the casino, why is he driving a shitty civic?”
  • Marc Charbonneau is fluent in French.

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It looks like the Schedule Maker isn’t happy with us, because next up for the SweatSox is the ultra rare 3 games played over 3 consecutive days starting next Wednesday.  Look for our choreographed team rain dance sometime next week on Periscope.

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See you Wednesday.

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