The SweatSox nominees for the Tier II Awards were released earlier today, and between the 5 awards, we have at total of 2 nominees.<\/p>\n
Below are the writeups for our award nominees as submitted to the NCBL, with honourable mentions to the other vote getters.<\/p>\n
Tier 2 Most Valuable Player – Nominee: Eric White<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n The SweatSox roster had very little turnover since 2012, so when we went from a non-playoff team to a Championship finalist in one year, it\u2019s not too hard to figure out why.\u00a0 In Eric\u2019s 1st<\/sup> season with the SweatSox he was voted by our team as top pitcher AND top batter (see write-ups below), even leading the tier in multiple categories on both sides of the ball (SB, IP, K, W).<\/p>\n Honourable mention to the\u00a0MVP finalists: Cory Bond<\/em><\/p>\n Tier 2 Batter of the Year – Nominee: Eric White<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n From preseason to playoffs Eric has been our most consistent hitter, leading the team with 23 hits and a .343 AVG.\u00a0 Batting at the top of our order, opposing pitchers always had to pay extra attention when Eric got on base \u2013 he led the team\/tier in SB\u2019s with 22, twice as much as the next highest.<\/p>\n Honourable mention to the Batter of the Year finalists: Denver Hunt, Marc Lett, Chris Lidstone<\/em><\/p>\n Tier 2 Pitcher of the Year – Nominee: Eric White<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n We\u2019ve never had a pitcher with a rubber arm before, but when Eric pitched in 58 innings over 17 games, we knew we had one.\u00a0 While his tier best 68 strikeouts and 7 wins were impressive, Eric was even more effective out of the bullpen.\u00a0 In 20 relief innings, Eric had a 0.20ERA and 0.90WHIP, while picking up a franchise best 3 saves.<\/p>\n Honourable mention to the Pitcher of the Year finalists: John Groves<\/em><\/p>\n Tier 2 Rookie of the Year – No eligible nominee<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Honourable mention to the SweatSox (but not NCBL) rookies: Chris Lidstone, Eric White<\/em><\/p>\n Tier 2 Sportsmanship and Ability \u2013 Nominee: Cory Bond<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n If anyone thinks playing 120 straight games would drain a man\u2019s love of the game, they don\u2019t know Cory.\u00a0 Whether the SweatSox are up 10 or down 10, or whether he\u2019s batting .115 over the 1st<\/sup> half or .385 over the 2nd<\/sup> half, his attitude towards the game, umpires, teammates, and opposing players never changes.\u00a0 And if you\u2019re wondering why he only pitched 8 innings this year; he says it\u2019s because the team was winning so there was no reason to.<\/p>\n Honourable mention to the Sportsmanship & Ability finalists: John Groves, Marc Lett, Armando Navarro<\/em><\/p>\n We will know in about a week if any of our nominees will be Tier finalists for the awards handed out at the 2013 NCBL Banquet on Friday, November 8th, 2013.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The SweatSox nominees for the Tier II Awards were released earlier today, and between the 5 awards, we have at total of 2 nominees. 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