Opening Day in the NCBL is just over a month away, but I, Shaun Keay, have got a special treat for you today. Recently, I sat down with Cameron’s Misfits GM Ryan Campbell to talk about his team’s scheduling preferences for 2023. It’s all part of our ongoing ‘Around the League’ offseason series, brought to…
NCBL Adopts Pitch Clock Rule for 2023
WOODROFFE AVE– Moments ago, the NCBL’s 2023 Spring Meeting was adjourned over at the Nepean Sportsplex, and I’ve already heard from multiple sources that in an effort to create a quicker pace of play, the NCBL General Managers voted to implement MLB’s new “pitch clock” rule beginning this season. For the most part, the NCBL…
A Secondhand Account of the 2023 Winter Meeting
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69 Awards the NCBL Won’t Be Handing Out Tonight
The 2022 NCBL Banquet is hours away, but we’re kicking NCBL Trophy Time off early with 69 Awards that most definitely won’t be handed out tonight. Batter of the Year, Pitcher of the Year, MVP; we’ve been there, we’ve done that. Feud of the Year, Upset of the Year, Beelen of the Year; this is…
Run Him Back to Third! | SweatSox vs Winchester Heat 4.0 RECAP
587 MAIN STREET– Last night, the SweatSox closed out our 2022 regular season with a 10-4 loss to the Winchester Heat at the beautiful, exquisite, and always heavenly Morgan Field. The SweatSox finish the regular season with a 13-10-1 record, and we’re now locked in as the #4 seed for the upcoming playoffs, where we’ll…
Asses to Lick | SweatSox vs Heat Rainout 2.0 RECAP
WINCHESTER– On August 22nd, after 12 straight games played without a rainout, the SweatSox got rained out. It’s always a treat when we get to play at the legendary Morgan Field in Winchester, which made the news of this cancellation even more upsetting. Fortunately, we won’t have to wait long until we get to go…
Immediately Broken | SweatSox vs Capitals 3.0 RECAP
HAZELDEAN– On August 19th, the SweatSox and Capitals played for the third and final time this year, and despite the fact we committed 7 errors and were out-hit 10-9, we walked away with a 12-9 win, and the 3 goose season sweep. It was a pretty familiar formula was used to secure the win in…
Craig is typing… | SweatSox vs Reapers 3.0 RECAP
GREENBORO– On August 17th, the SweatSox dropped a 2-1 contest against the Reapers under the lights at Southgate, in a game where the result would have crucial playoff seeding implications. With the win, the Reapers are on track to grab the #2 seed (and guarantee their offseason pitch to move up to Tier 2 will…
The Dip is Worth the Dip | SweatSox vs Los Latinos 3.0 RECAP
HAMILTON YARDS– On August 12th, the SweatSox ate, we ate some more, we ate a little more after we ate some more, and then finally after eating a little more after we ate some more, we ate the rest. Hours before we ate this spread of all spreads, we beat Los Latinos 10-2 at the…
The Reverse Triple | SweatSox vs Coyotes 3.0 RECAP
BRUFF PARK– On August 10th, just hours after the Hyjinx from our game the night before, the SweatSox were right back at it facing the Coyotes for the 3rd and final time this season, and maybe ever, at Southgate. The Coyotes led this one 4-1 through 2, and 7-4 through 3, but the SweatSox scored…
Oh Yeah, Oh No! | SweatSox vs Reapers 2.0 RECAP
NEPEAN– On August 9th, Craig Cornell grounded out to first on a ball he was convinced was foul, Craig Cornell was thrown out at home by the left fielder, Craig Cornell was thrown out at home by the right fielder, and Craig Cornell was ejected from the game for arguing one or all of these…
Clinched | SweatSox vs Capitals 2.0 RECAP
NEPEAN– On August 4th, with a 15-7 win over the Capitals, the SweatSox clinched a playoff spot in the 2022 Tier 3 Playoffs. Down 1 heading into the 6th inning, the SweatSox exploded for 9 runs, securing the W for closer Eric White, who threw the final 2 in relief of starter Josh Ramage, who…
Wet Taint | SweatSox vs Coyotes 2.0 RECAP
LORRY GREENBERG– On August 2nd, the SweatSox defeated a bunch of guys that were mostly wearing Coyotes jerseys, 14-1 at Southgate. If you looked at the starting lineups cards this was probably the expected outcome: the Coyotes had 9 guys that included 3 spares, and we had 10 of our finest on hand, with a…
Funny Story | Lumberjacks vs Winchester Sox Twitter Feud RECAP
*** Based on the advice from my SMC colleague Neal Phadnis, the content of this post has been deleted from the “official” SweatSox blog and moved to my personal site, ShaunKeay.com *** Final Lumberjacks vs Winchester Sox Twitter Feud Notes/Thoughts: Cory started all this by hitting a shitty HR.
Triads, Yakuza, and Ombres | SweatSox vs Winchester 3.0 RECAP
NORTH DUNDAS– On July 28th, the SweatSox hit the road for our first of two trips to Winchester this year to play the Heat. We put up a good fight for 2 innings, holding a 3-0 lead heading into the 3rd, but for some reason we’ve been giving up triple bogey innings lately, and this…
Warren’s Wheelbarrow | SweatSox vs Rockets 4.0 RECAP
The SPLEXXX– On July 26th, the SweatSox and Rockets played on the always pristinely maintained field known as Hamilton Yards at the Nepean Sportsplex, for the 4th and final time this regular season. Unfortunately for us, a Rockets 8-run 5th inning turned what was at the time a very competitive game into a blowout, and…
Callie Kent Hughes | SweatSox vs Coyotes 1.0 RECAP
GLOUCESTER– On July 22nd, after 1 rainout, 1 postponement, 1 non-game, and 3 reschedules, the SweatSox and Coyotes finally faced off in a 2022 NCBL regular season game. Most of us thought this would be an easy win where we’d pad our offensive stats against a team giving up an average of over 11 runs…
The Team Chew | SweatSox vs Lumberjacks 4.0 RECAP
KANATA– On July 17th, the Lumberjacks clinched the season series against the SweatSox 2-1-1 with a 9-6 win at Kinsmen. The Jacks got what they needed early, exploding for 6 runs in the first inning off SweatSox starter Josh Ramage, who clearly wasn’t at 100% after dominating the HOPE Beach Volleyball SummerFest (Corporate Division) the…