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;…
Choda
For the second time this season, and the second time ever, the SweatSox (4-0) faced off against the Orioles (0-4) last night at Southgate. Unlike the first matchup where the SweatSox scored early and never looked back, this time it was the Orioles that jumped out to the early lead, scoring 6 runs over the…
“Apparently Eric Was Bunting Before It Was Cool”
Looking to start a season 4-0 for the first time in franchise history, the SweatSox travelled to Winchester last Thursday to face our shorthanded longtime rivals the Winchester Sox. We knew we had the psychological advantage when it was announced that Winchester Head Coach Andre Robidoux would miss the game because he was “making love…
Magnus Gets Clicks
Last night, the rested SweatSox returned to action after a week off to face the Cardinals, who had just come off an extra inning 6-5 win where they only dressed 8 players the night before – a tribute to their fine leadership. The SweatSox struck early & often, batting around the order in each of…
RIP: Geoffrey Magnus
It was a cold, dark, windy night at Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton Stadium (it just rolls off the tongue doesn’t it) as the Ottawa Champions took on the NCBL’s Tier 1 All-Stars earlier tonight. It wasn’t a true NCBL All-Star team since guys like Eric White (.500), I, Shaun Keay (.400), and Patrick Lyons (1.000)…
“This Is My Girlfriend This Season”
For the first time since 2014, the SweatSox have opened the season 2-0. While most teams would be pretty happy going undefeated through week 1, we of course know better after going 5-17 down the stretch last year (5-22 if you count tournaments). We knew getting off to a quick start this season would only…
“Your Sexuality Is Safe In The Circle”
The first SweatSox practice of the year took place this past Friday at Kinsmen, which couldn’t have been any more convenient for me since I live right next door. Unfortunately for everyone involved, I had a client in Saskatoon who needed my services, so I had to bail on practice and take a weekend business…
Fallout from the NCBL Kick-off Meeting
Since I joined the SweatSox in 1998, there have been approximately 60 NCBL meetings. I’ve been to none of them. That’s never stopped me from quickly figuring out what happened at these meetings though, especially now that I have dozens of sources throughout the league. The 2015 Kick-off meeting was this past Sunday morning, and…
NCBL Kick-off Meeting Predictions
The 2015 NCBL Kick-off Meeting is tomorrow morning, which means it’s time once again for my tri-annual meeting prediction column. For all you stat lovers out there, I’ve done the math and can confirm that my predictions have a 99.14% accuracy rating, so you might as well take what I’m about to say as fact….
The 2015 SweatSox Practice Schedule
Yesterday afternoon, the 2015 NCBL Practice Schedule was released. Each team was assigned two slots, which meant it was inevitable that teams would join forces and share practice times, and/or plan out exhibition games. I’m hearing SweatSox management did both, doubling our preseason field time. Here’s the SweatSox Preseason Schedule: 1. Friday, May 1st –…
The 2015 SweatLympics
Denver Hunt may no longer be with us (RIP), but like Dr. Leonard McCoy says in The Wrath of Kahn: “he’s not really dead, as long as we remember him”. The SweatSox spent weeks trying to figure out the perfect way to honour the Shostappa. Do we retire the jerseys, implement his Kangaroo Court, actually…
14+ SweatSox Milestones to Watch For in 2015
For the past few weeks, the SweatSox Statistical Analysis Team (SSAT) has been busy projecting the 2015 season. They’ve crunched the numbers, adjusted for standard deviation from the mean, then solved for ‘x’ to determine which individual or team records are achievable this year. The SSAT has come up with 14ish milestones to watch out…
Source: The Heritage Classic Schedule
One of my sources inside the Mavericks organization sent me a copy of what appears to be the 2015 Heritage Classic schedule. Here’s an exclusive look at the matchups: Pool A: SweatSox, Mavericks, Team Cuba Pool B: Expos, BlackSox, Braumeisters Location: ALL GAMES will be played at Heritage Note: I can’t believe they didn’t split…
The SweatSox Field Inspectors
It’s usually around this time of the year that both the NCBL and the City of Ottawa’s Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services Department remind everyone to stay off the fields until May 1st (or later depending on the weather) otherwise our permits for the fields could be at risk. As part of the new SweatSox…
A Secondhand Account of the NCBL Spring Meeting
In our last story, I explained how it would be impossible for me to attend any and all NCBL meetings, including the one that took place yesterday. I then asked for those attending to send me a couple notes to shaun.keay@sweatsoxbaseball.com, and you guys came through. I received approximately 14 emails over the past 24…
NCBL Spring Meeting Predictions
I’ve never been to an NCBL meeting before. I wasn’t there in 2003 when Cory Bond’s West End Warriors expansion team was rejected by the league, I wasn’t there when Craig Cornell was hired as Treasurer, I wasn’t there when the umpires were fired, and I wasn’t there when the league voted the Raiders and…
ENGAGED: Ross & Bridget
On behalf of the SweatSox, I’d like to offer my most sincerest congratulations to Ross Hughes, who this past Wednesday finally asked his better half the big question we know he’s been waiting all winter to ask… Before we get to the punchline, let’s learn a bit more about “The Merchandise”. We first met Ross back…
CUT: Eric White
With opening day just 2 months away, the SweatSox like many other teams, are starting to put the roster pieces together for the 2015 NCBL season. These decisions that can either be extremely difficult, or incredibly easy. Earlier this week, we made a very easy one, to CUT Eric White. In his 2 seasons with the…