NEPEAN– Last Tuesday night, Craig Cornell became our all-time* hit king, Josh Ramage went 5/5 at the plate for the first time in his life, and the SweatSox improved our 2022 record to 2-0-1 with an 11-1 non-mercy win over the Capitals. While the boxscore might show this to have been an easy win for…
I Should’ve Gone To Work | A #QuadSquad Golf RECAP
CEDARHILL– I hate golf. If only something could be done about all those trees in my way after I pound the ball 2 fairways over off the tee. I’ll take anything: a beaver infestation, a rogue Lumberjack, even an act of god. Final #QuadSquad Notes/Thoughts: Ribs are good Leaving the gum in the back is…
GOTIT | SweatSox vs Coyotes Rainout RECAP
GLOUCESTER– Tonight’s scheduled game between the SweatSox and Coyotes was officially rained out at 2:27PM this afternoon. Based on the field conditions after yesterday’s downpour, and a forecast that called for “the biggest storm we’d see all year” right around at game time, the decision was made to call it early and move on with…
Forever Unclean | SweatSox vs Lumberjacks 1.0 RECAP
NEPEAN– The SweatSox and Lumberjacks finished in a 9-9 tie last Thursday night at the Sportsplex, fitting since both teams entered the game with 1-0 records after 2-1 victories earlier in the week over the Heat and Rockets respectively. In fact, the only difference between these evenly matched teams might be how big each GM…
The Everybody Pitches Rule | SweatSox vs Winchester Heat 1.0 RECAP
THE TRIL– The SweatSox kicked-off the 2022 campaign with a 2-1 win over the Winchester Heat Monday night at Trillium. The win put the SweatSox above .500 for the first time since Opening Day 2021, and put the Winchester Heat below .500 for the first time since Opening Day 2019. It also goes down as…
A Firsthand Account of the 2022 NCBL Winter Meeting
The 2022 pre-season officially kicked off this past Sunday, when the best & brightest of the NCBL gathered over Zoom to start planning the upcoming year. Since league meetings are still being conducted virtually, I, Shaun Keay, had little to no issues logging in under an alias so I could watch this Winter Meeting, take…
Ranking the Top 14 SweatSox Sponsors of All-Time
Inspired by today’s news that crypto.com was taking over Staples, we thought we’d go back and rank all the great sponsors the SweatSox have had over the years. 17. Wendy’s (2019) Back in 2019, Chris Lidstone was the SweatSox point man during our 1-year sponsorship with Wendy’s, specifically to promote their Junior Bacon Cheeseburger. For…
SOURCES: Tier 4 Dukes Folding After 41 Seasons
REGBURN– I’m hearing from multiple sources that the Tier 4 Dukes, after a very mediocre 41 years of existence, have already played their franchise’s final ever game (a 6-4 loss vs the Reapers). Fresh off a Tier 3 Championship with the Tier 2 Misfits featuring Tier 1 players, Black Sox Manager Philippe Martin is dusting…
SweatSox Win Cartier Calamity Classic
AYLMER– This past weekend, the SweatSox participated in the 2021 Cartier Calamity Classic, an expert level golf tournament hosted by Los Vampiros, and just like a Tier 3 team dropping down to Tier 4, we of course won top prize. *We also finished last. The 7-team 4-man scramble was played at Chateau Cartier, a course…
Ellingham Finally Rested, Game 5 May Now Resume
Earlier today, the NCBL announced the suspended Tier 4 Championship game between the Rideau Valley Reapers and the Orleans Mavericks will resume this Sunday after an unprecedented 10-day mid-game layoff. The first 4 outs of the deciding Game 5 took place all the way back on Wednesday, October 13th. The visiting Old Sox were up…
Beau’s Misfits Win Tier 3 Championship
KANATA– Earlier tonight, Beau’s Misfits did what everyone knew they were going to do the moment they temporarily dropped down to Tier 3 last offseason, they won the Tier 3 Championship. The Tier 3 RainSoft Ottawa Rockets defied the odds by pushing this series to a 4th game, but in the end they were no…
Cornwall River Rats Win Tier 2 Championship
KANATA– Earlier tonight, the Cornwall River Rats completed their 3-game sweep of the Metcalfe Giants in the Tier 2 Finals at Kinsmen. NCBL Secretary Cory Bond, who also happens to be the SweatSox Authority, was on-site to live Tweet the game. Here’s how he saw it (with a little help from me, Shaun Keay): So…
521-6437 | Rockets Sweep SweatSox In Tier 3 Quarter-Finals
NEPEAN/GLOUCESTER– You and your baseball team were playing against the Rockets the other day… Last season (2019), the SweatSox swept the Rockets in the Tier 3 Semi-Finals, doing so in just under 48 hours. This year, the Rockets returned the favor and then some, sweeping your Stittsville SweatSox in just under 24. The SweatSox/Rockets quarter-final…
The Path of Least Resistance | SweatSox vs Team Cuba 3.0 RECAP
NEPEAN– You and your baseball team were playing against the Cubans the other day… Having seemingly found some rhythm after winning our previous 2 games, 11-days of rest proved to be too much rust for the SweatSox to overcome, losing to Team Cuba 9-8 last night at the Sportsplex, committing what is believed to be…
The SweatSox Dragonfly Invitational
I wasn’t there, but here’s what I heard… Final “HEPTA Side Golf Chat” Results: Kent Johnston Cory Bond Mark Bond Ross Hughes
PotW: Eric White Dominates Week #6
Congratulations to Eric White, who was just named the NCBL’s Tier 3 Week #6 Performance of the Week winner. This is White’s 1st PotW win of the season, joining fellow SweatSox Mark Bond, Cory Bond, and Ross Hughes, who have all won the same honour earlier this year. THC also cleaned up in this week’s…
Dude, Where’s My Car Starter? | SweatSox vs Coyotes 1.0 RECAP
KANATA– You and your baseball team were playing against the Coyotes the other day… In our one and only matchup with the Coyotes this year, the SweatSox dug deep and overcame deficits of 1-0 and 2-1, to defeat the “wolf-like wild dogs native to North America” 7-2 last night at Kinsmen. It was a makeshift…