Moments ago, a portion of the 2014 NCBL schedule was released. As a “reward?” for winning the 2013 Tier 2 championship, the SweatSox will open the season on the road in Winchester vs Winchester on Thursday, May 15th. Here’s what we have so far, 12.5% of our schedule: While not yet confirmed, it is believed…
The 2014 SweatSox Summit
This past Friday night, the 2014 SweatSox Summit took place where the future of the franchise was being discussed. In order to keep the team focused on the task at hand, the Summit was scheduled at a location so far off the grid, the best kind of wireless data signal you could get was a…
The 2013 SweatSox Year-in-Review
With today being January 1st (not the 31st), I thought I’d reflect on one of, if not the greatest season in SweatSox history: 2013. We have no idea what 2014 will bring, but here is a look at the past 12 months: January Marc Lett and Rodney Walsh make physical contact with one another for the…
And The Winner Is…
This past Friday was the annual NCBL Banquet at the Hellenic Meeting & Reception Centre, with a record 13 SweatSox & Friends in attendance to witness the official banner raising and trophy presentation for winning the Tier II Championship. On the undercard was the possibility of winning some individual hardware including: Most Valuable Player (Eric…
A SweatSox Banquet Preview
The 2013 NCBL Banquet is tomorrow night, and we’ve got 2 nominees up for 3 awards. Eric White is a finalist for both the Tier II MVP and Batter of the Year categories, while Cory Bond is a finalist for the Rodney Walsh Sportsmanship & Ability Award. The SweatSox have been relatively successful at the banquet…
October Twenty-Second
Today is a very special day in SweatSox nation, because we get to celebrate 4 SweatSox-related birthday’s! Happy Birthday to The Janitor Eric White, our GLE Cory Bond, the former SweatSite webmaster & original SuperFan Shannon Freeman (Rankin), and to one of our most loyal followers, and he’s some big shot in this new umpire regime: Neal Phadnis….
“Why Separate Knob?”
Part II of the 2013 Weekend Extravaganza took place yesterday morning at the Irish Hills Golf & Country Club, where thirteen twelve eleven of our most noble warriors joined forces to challenge the sport that only like 3 of us are good at: golf. Denver Hunt couldn’t make it because he can’t walk, Mark Stinson…
Make Sure The Dog Doesn’t Eat It, But Keep Playing, I Like This
Last night, the 2013 SweatSox Extravaganza got underway with the annual Poker/Hyjinx night. It was the first official team event since winning the Championship, which may have been why we had a record amount of attendees: the SweatSox still had some celebrating to do! With “first shuffle” scheduled for 7:00pm sharp, we didn’t actually get…
The Shot Heard Round the NCBL
The National Capital Baseball league dates all the way back to the early 1980’s. Since its inception, thousands of players have played on hundreds of teams, but only a handful of these players can be called legends. I mean, just off the top of my head I can name John Robertson, Bill Beelen, Cory Bond,…
We At The Ship, Now What?
THE GREEN OUT Getting to the Ship wasn’t easy. First, we battled the Winchester Sox, who are no strangers to winning in the playoffs, making the Tier II Finals in 2 of the past 3 seasons. Got through that series in 2 games. Then, we faced off against the two-time defending champion Ottawa Athletics, who…
“Commissioner” Cory Bond
The NCBL’s Fall Ball League is entering its 5th season, with a few SweatSox related changes. Firstly, while it was just a rumour for most of the season, it was officially announced just about a month ago that our own Authority: Cory Bond, has taken over as Fall Ball Commissioner, succeeding Joe Beelen after a…
SweatSox Award Nominees
The SweatSox nominees for the Tier II Awards were released earlier today, and between the 5 awards, we have at total of 2 nominees. Below are the writeups for our award nominees as submitted to the NCBL, with honourable mentions to the other vote getters. Tier 2 Most Valuable Player – Nominee: Eric White The…
The Winchesthletics Series’
The SweatSox have made it to the Tier II Championship Series! We going to the Ship! But how did this happen? The SweatSox path to the finals started with a first round series against the Winchester Sox. Game 1 at Kinsmen featured a pitching matchup of former Tier II Pitchers of the Year: OMS vs…
Batless Joe
Less than 36 hours after the SuperHyjinx finished, the SweatSox took the field for our final game of the regular season, facing off against the Cornwall River Rats. Since all signs point to us facing Cornwall in the 1st round of the playoffs, it seemed to make sense not to give them a preview of…
The Super Hyjinx
It’s not often I drink so much that I can’t remember what went down the night before, but as I look out my window to where my car should be parked, I realize last night was one of those nights. Due to the holes in my memory (because I was drunk, not because last night was almost…