{"id":1587,"date":"2016-05-20T02:05:10","date_gmt":"2016-05-20T06:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sweatsoxbaseball.com\/blog\/?p=1587"},"modified":"2016-05-20T02:11:05","modified_gmt":"2016-05-20T06:11:05","slug":"head-game-sweatsox-vs-athletics-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sweatsoxbaseball.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/20\/head-game-sweatsox-vs-athletics-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Head Game&#8221; &#8211; SweatSox vs Athletics Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Ottawa Athletics <em><strong>were<\/strong><\/em> a team that competed in the National Capital Baseball League for 7 seasons between 2007 and 2013.\u00a0 They were born when two young Stingrays decided to leave the &#8216;fever&#8217; and start their own adventure, and achieved immediate success winning a pennant in their inaugural season with a very precedented 20-3-1 Tier 3 record.\u00a0 Over the next 6 years they won another pennant, lost another on a tiebreaker, and won two Tier 2 championships.\u00a0 They were very much a team on the rise, until one frigid Friday night in September when it all unexpectedly came crashing down.\u00a0 The Ottawa Athletics died in 2013 at the hands of the SweatSox\u2026<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Congrats to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SweatSox?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SweatSox<\/a> on a helluva series. Classy guys. If they play <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CornwallRR?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CornwallRR<\/a>, I hope they close it out like it&#39;s a pulp and paper mill.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kanata Athletics (@KanataAthletics) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KanataAthletics\/status\/376188175049568257?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 7, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u2026or so we thought.\u00a0 In order to avoid any further humiliating losses at the hands of the mighty SweatSox, the Athletics entered the NCBL equivalent of the witness protection program and were stashed up in Tier 1.\u00a0 There they would have time to recover, regroup, and come up with a surefire plan that would ensure they\u2019d never lose to the SweatSox again.\u00a0 Their solution was to merge with the 8-time Tier 1 champion Kanata Selects to become the unified\u00a0Kanata Athletics; a team bred to destroy all past aggressors.<\/p>\n<p>Now that the Kanata Athletics had their super-team, they had to bide their time until they crossed paths with the SweatSox somewhere down the line.\u00a0 While it was a near impossibility the SweatSox would ever earn their way up to Tier 1, the Kanata Athletics would likely have to hope for the right Brewer tournament pool setup to exact their revenge.\u00a0 But then the impossible happened; just two seasons later the SweatSox backed into a Tier 2 pennant and got the golden ticket to the big leagues.\u00a0 It no longer was a question of if, but a matter of when the SweatSox and Athletics would be scheduled against one another.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sweatsoxbaseball.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2016g4techno.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1588\" src=\"http:\/\/sweatsoxbaseball.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2016g4techno-1024x739.jpg\" alt=\"2016g4techno\" width=\"559\" height=\"403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sweatsoxbaseball.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2016g4techno-1024x739.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sweatsoxbaseball.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2016g4techno-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sweatsoxbaseball.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2016g4techno-768x554.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 559px) 100vw, 559px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, May 19, 2016, at Kinsmen (or \u201cthe Kins\u201d as the kids are calling it these days), the undefeated Kanata Athletics hosted the defeated SweatSox in the first of three 2016 regular season matchups, and revenge was had.<\/p>\n<p>The Athletics threw the SweatSox a bone and let us\u00a0jump\u00a0out to the early 1-0 lead, thanks to\u00a03 errors on the first two plays of the game.\u00a0 It was the 2nd SweatSox lead of the season, but like the last one on opening day, it only lasted until the bottom of the next inning.\u00a0 The first 7 Athletics batters all came around to score, forcing the rare 1st inning pitching change before an out was recorded.\u00a0 Classic SweatSox.<\/p>\n<p>From then on the Athletics were in cruise control, tacking on a few extra runs, several of which were unearned, until they got enough to bring the 11-run-lead closer Jordan Havekes in to slam the door shut.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">FINAL: Athletics 13. SweatSox 2. (5 innings)<\/p>\n<p>WP- Lamarche? (3IP)<br \/>LP- Lowry<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/notashutout?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#notashutout<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/mercy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#mercy<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/L4?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#L4<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zQRLAGHUoY\">pic.twitter.com\/zQRLAGHUoY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; SweatSox (@SweatSox) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SweatSox\/status\/733482648165736449?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 20, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Part one of the Hyjinx was mostly spent smacking dirty balls on chests, faces, and the backs of unsuspecting heads; and also listening to several different songs called &#8220;Ring of Fire&#8221;.\u00a0 Noticeably absent from part two of the Hyjinx were Mark Bond and Mark Stinson, who thought the night was over after the parking lot, and went home together.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 4px;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Final SweatSox vs Athletics Notes\/Thoughts<\/strong><\/span>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The SweatSox can\u2019t catch a fly ball between 8:30pm and 9:00pm.<\/li>\n<li>The Kinsmen heckler swung by for half an inning to talk to the \u201crefs\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>Cory Bond is the first player to strike out a batter for the same team in all 4 tiers.\u00a0 Craig Cornell could be the 2nd.<\/li>\n<li>The SweatSox are averaging a solid 2.0 runs per game.<\/li>\n<li>Are we really the Stittsville SweatSox?<\/li>\n<li>Full NCBL schedules come out tomorrow.<\/li>\n<li>John Groves was still hard a day after #elbowgate.<\/li>\n<li>Mindy\u2019s #headgame is strong.<\/li>\n<li>Kindergarten Cop was mad he spun the bottle and it didn\u2019t land on a guy.<\/li>\n<li>The Umpires don\u2019t believe we can beat the River Hawks next week.\u00a0 Neither do we.<\/li>\n<li>J was the last letter added to the alphabet.<\/li>\n<li>If you ever see Marc Lett&#8217;s kids on Snapchat, please contact the RCMP.<\/li>\n<li>Jason Klein is the most polite person in the NCBL.<\/li>\n<li>The SweatSox SuperFans get a double last call.<\/li>\n<li>We now have a SweatSox Casino Team that will take our league fees next year and triple them:\u00a0 Techno (blackjack), Liddy (poker), and I, Shaun Keay (roulette)<\/li>\n<li>The top 3 flows in the league are, in order: Craig Cornell, Derek Harkin, and Jonathan McNamara:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/Harks17\/status\/733487745042120704<\/p>\n<p>Next up for the SweatSox is a matchup with the River Hawks next Friday at Allen.\u00a0 Techno is in charge of putting a practice together sometime before then, but he may need help finding an available venue.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sweatsoxbaseball.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2016g5promo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1590\" src=\"http:\/\/sweatsoxbaseball.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2016g5promo-1024x512.png\" alt=\"2016g5promo\" width=\"700\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sweatsoxbaseball.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2016g5promo.png 1024w, https:\/\/sweatsoxbaseball.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2016g5promo-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/sweatsoxbaseball.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2016g5promo-768x384.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ottawa Athletics were a team that competed in the National Capital Baseball League for 7 seasons between 2007 and 2013.\u00a0 They were born when two young Stingrays decided to leave the &#8216;fever&#8217; 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