{"id":1004,"date":"2015-04-23T00:01:23","date_gmt":"2015-04-23T04:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sweatsoxbaseball.com\/blog\/?p=1004"},"modified":"2015-04-23T16:26:42","modified_gmt":"2015-04-23T20:26:42","slug":"the-2015-sweatlympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sweatsoxbaseball.com\/blog\/2015\/04\/23\/the-2015-sweatlympics\/","title":{"rendered":"The 2015 SweatLympics"},"content":{"rendered":"

Denver Hunt may no longer be with us (RIP<\/a>), but like Dr. Leonard McCoy says in The Wrath of Kahn: \u201che\u2019s not really dead, as long as we remember him\u201d.\u00a0 The SweatSox spent weeks trying to figure out the perfect way to honour the Shostappa.\u00a0 Do we retire the jerseys, implement his Kangaroo Court, actually find a sponsor, or perhaps create some kind of foundation in his memory that would revolve around our schedules: evenings, weekends, whenever we had free time.<\/p>\n

We eventually came to the conclusion that there really was only one perfect option: to resurrect his brainchild, give it a makeover, and then knock it out of the park.\u00a0 It\u2019s official: the SweatLympics are back.<\/p>\n

The highly controversial, inaugural SweatLympics took place last year, featured two events: poker and bowling, and was ultimately won by Cory Bond.\u00a0 This year, the new SweatLympic chairman Josh Ramage<\/strong> is aiming for 30+ events throughout the year, using a points based ranking system. \u00a0A gold medal is worth 100 points, a silver medal 50, and a bronze medal 25.\u00a0 Everyone who participates in an event gets 10 points.\u00a0 Anyone who misses gets a maximum of 0 points.\u00a0 The winner will be crowned during SweatSox Award Week.<\/p>\n

This past Saturday night, we got through the opening ceremonies and the first two events.\u00a0 The opening ceremonies took place on Craig Cornell\u2019s front porch, with the local kids supplying the entertainment by putting on a scrappy road hockey game.<\/p>\n

The first official event was traditional Texas Hold\u2019em poker.\u00a0 Craig, fresh off convincing the league to keep the SweatSox in Tier 2, somehow convinced Chris Lidstone to fold a king high straight flush.\u00a0 Cornell takes home the first gold medal of the year for winning the main event, with silver going to Mark Stinson who won the smaller 2nd game.\u00a0 Josh \u201cThe Chairman\u201d Ramage decided to award the bronze medal to the only other person who didn\u2019t lose any money: Cory Bond.<\/p>\n

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The second event of the 2nd SweatLympiad was blackjack.\u00a0 After dozens of hands, it became quite clear that Cory \u201cThe House\u201d Bond “always wins”.\u00a0 Rounding out the blackjack podium was Mark Stinson (silver) and Craig Cornell (bronze), because why not.<\/p>\n

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Since Day 1 of the SweatLympics was mandatory, there were consequences for those who called in sick.\u00a0\u00a0 The Chairman ruled that if you missed the event and you are on Twitter, you will be deducted the same number of points as you have tweets.<\/p>\n

Here are the rankings through 2 events:<\/p>\n

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Finally, some random notes from the SweatSox Gala:<\/p>\n