{"id":1669,"date":"2016-06-15T21:16:46","date_gmt":"2016-06-16T01:16:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sweatsoxbaseball.com\/blog\/?p=1669"},"modified":"2016-06-15T21:26:28","modified_gmt":"2016-06-16T01:26:28","slug":"battle-of-the-bastards-sweatsox-vs-bytown-battalion-ii-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sweatsoxbaseball.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/15\/battle-of-the-bastards-sweatsox-vs-bytown-battalion-ii-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cBattle of the Bastards\u201d \u2013 SweatSox vs Bytown Battalion II Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Finishing up a stretch of 5 games in 9 days, the SweatSox celebrated the mid-point of the 2016 season with a matchup against the well-rested Bytown Battalion, who hadn\u2019t played a game since June 2nd, last night at the Sportsplex.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Gameday!!! The Battalion take on the Sweat Sox at 6:15 at the Splex. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NCBL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NCBL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HoboBeer?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HoboBeer<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bytown Battalion (@BytownBattalion) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BytownBattalion\/status\/742818506677321732?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 14, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The SweatSox opened the scoring in the top of the 1st after a two out walk (Mark Bond) and HBP (Marc Lett) led the way for a Cory Bond RBI single.\u00a0 It was the 5th time in 12 games the SweatSox have scored the 1st run, but spoiler alert: we\u2019d blow this lead just like the others.\u00a0 The Battalion would go on to score 4 in the 1st, 2 in the 2nd, and 5 in the 3rd to take a mercy worthy 11-1 lead.<\/p>\n<p>After a scoreless 4th inning, the Bytown Battalion figured they weren\u2019t ready to call it a day, and brought in their HBP specialist to help us plate a few runs in the 5th to extend the game at least another inning.\u00a0 HBP\u2019s to Craig Cornell, Armando Navarro, Marc Lett, and Kent Johnston, combined with hits from Cory and Mark Bond, got the SweatSox 3 additional runs and a bonus 6th inning of play!<\/p>\n<p>The SweatSox scored two more in the 6th, while John Groves pitched 3 innings of shutout ball to make the final score look much cleaner than it would\u2019ve, could\u2019ve, and should\u2019ve been.\u00a0 SweatSox lose 11-6, and enter the midseason break 0-12.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">FINAL: Battalion 11. SweatSox 6.<\/p>\n<p>WP- Crabb<br \/>LP- Klein<\/p>\n<p>*SweatSox score 3 in the 5th to avoid the 11-1 mercy! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/smallvictories?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#smallvictories<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/L12?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#L12<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; SweatSox (@SweatSox) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SweatSox\/status\/742875846336253952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 15, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>After tying our season high with 6 offensive runs scored, the SweatSox are now at a personal high of 2.4 runs per game, and have dropped from 4th to 9th in the projected all-time worst plus\/minus season rankings.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sweatsoxbaseball.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/G12plusminus.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1672\" src=\"http:\/\/sweatsoxbaseball.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/G12plusminus.jpg\" alt=\"G12plusminus\" width=\"718\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sweatsoxbaseball.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/G12plusminus.jpg 718w, https:\/\/sweatsoxbaseball.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/G12plusminus-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 718px) 100vw, 718px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>During the Apr\u00e8s Baseball Hyjinx, Armando Navarro spotted something strange moving across the sky.\u00a0 We weren\u2019t sure whether to turn around and look, after all Army was convinced there was a snake on his shoulder a few minutes earlier.\u00a0 It looked like the object could\u2019ve been a drone or bird that was caught on fire, or perhaps even a firework or flare, but most were convinced it was simply a meteor.\u00a0 All those guesses were incorrect, it was actually just Alex Baldock\u2019s HR from the 1st inning finally burning up in the atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sweatsoxbaseball.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/2016g12baldock.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1674\" src=\"http:\/\/sweatsoxbaseball.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/2016g12baldock.jpg\" alt=\"2016g12baldock\" width=\"1000\" height=\"669\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sweatsoxbaseball.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/2016g12baldock.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/sweatsoxbaseball.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/2016g12baldock-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sweatsoxbaseball.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/2016g12baldock-768x514.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The SweatSox have now given up 6 HR\u2019s to opposing teams this year, so we decided to rank them in terms of total distance travelled along the parabola.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sweatsoxbaseball.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/G12homeruns.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1671\" src=\"http:\/\/sweatsoxbaseball.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/G12homeruns.jpg\" alt=\"G12homeruns\" width=\"583\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sweatsoxbaseball.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/G12homeruns.jpg 583w, https:\/\/sweatsoxbaseball.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/G12homeruns-300x104.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 583px) 100vw, 583px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 4px;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Final SweatSox vs Bytown Battalion II Notes\/Thoughts<\/strong><\/span>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Kent Johnston is curious.<\/li>\n<li>Craig Cornell played in dress socks.<\/li>\n<li>Jason Klein ate a bunch of pregame chicken.<\/li>\n<li>Chris Armstrong has been kicked out of at least 1 Blue Jays game this year.<\/li>\n<li>The Battalion looked younger, better, and in better shape.<\/li>\n<li>Mindy was not invited to the game.<\/li>\n<li>I, Shaun Keay, have never seen so many guys looking for a Band-Aid before.<\/li>\n<li>Craig Cornell took it in the ass.<\/li>\n<li>The only double I\u2019m going to get from now will be via ground rule.<\/li>\n<li>Cory Bond may be awarded an honorary OM title after leaving the game with multiple injuries.<\/li>\n<li>I found out Dustin Paquette, Angus MacDonald, and Jason Fink are all big fans of the site.<\/li>\n<li>Battalion manager Ben Milinkovich finally got himself into the game in the 6th.<\/li>\n<li>Cory Bond is the first player to have multi multi-hit games for the same team in all 4 tiers.<\/li>\n<li>Kent Johnston is the first player to steal a base for the same team in all 4 tiers.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cWhat are they going to do, arrest us all?\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Marc Charbonneau was kind enough to ask if we won or not.<\/li>\n<li>Craig Cornell is going on a Boston trip without us.\u00a0 This is probably payback for Kent, John, and I not inviting him to golf with us this past weekend.<\/li>\n<li>The SweatSox have the worst base running, defense, pitching, and hitting in the Tier.<\/li>\n<li>We still crush Tier 2 pitching though.<\/li>\n<li>There will be steaks at the SPP.<\/li>\n<li>There is now a \u201cno puking\u201d policy at the SPP.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cFuck the bottom bun\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>It\u2019s Always Sunny in Philadelphia is like Blue Mountain State for grown ups.<\/li>\n<li>I had my ponytail until at least the summer of 2003.<\/li>\n<li>Chris Lidstone lost his bank card.<\/li>\n<li>Mark Bond had a Beeramid (or is it Byramid?) fail.<\/li>\n<li>The closest thing to a sandwich that Cory Bond has ever eaten is an open-faced bacon grilled cheese.\u00a0 Other foods in the sandwich extended family that GLE has never eaten:\n<ul>\n<li>Egg Salad.<\/li>\n<li>Ham and Cheese.<\/li>\n<li>Bologna.<\/li>\n<li>Pastrami on Rye.<\/li>\n<li>Tuna Salad.<\/li>\n<li>Club.<\/li>\n<li>Tuna Melt.<\/li>\n<li>Shawarma.<\/li>\n<li>Peanut Butter and Jelly.<\/li>\n<li>Meatball Sub.<\/li>\n<li>Chicken Salad.<\/li>\n<li>B.L.T.<\/li>\n<li>Ham.<\/li>\n<li>Pulled Pork.<\/li>\n<li>Grilled Cheese.<\/li>\n<li>Chicken Parm.<\/li>\n<li>Reuben.<\/li>\n<li>Cheesesteak.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230;and don\u2019t even think of asking him whether or not he\u2019s ever had a slice of pie.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sweatsoxbaseball.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/2016g12box.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1675\" src=\"http:\/\/sweatsoxbaseball.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/2016g12box-604x1024.jpg\" alt=\"2016g12box\" width=\"604\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sweatsoxbaseball.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/2016g12box-604x1024.jpg 604w, https:\/\/sweatsoxbaseball.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/2016g12box-177x300.jpg 177w, https:\/\/sweatsoxbaseball.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/2016g12box-768x1301.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sweatsoxbaseball.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/2016g12box.jpg 958w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Next up for the SweatSox (0-12) is a matchup with the Capital City Cubs (7-2) Friday night right here in Kanata. \u00a0Somebody who throws slow is scheduled to start.<\/p>\n<p>Missed any game recaps from the first half of the season?\u00a0 Catch up here:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sweatsoxbaseball.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/11\/throw-the-ball-sweatsox-vs-outlaws-recap\/\">Game 1 vs Outlaws<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sweatsoxbaseball.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/14\/earning-the-sweat-sweatsox-vs-panthers-recap\/\">Game 2 vs Panthers<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sweatsoxbaseball.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/17\/auto-scanning-thingy-sweatsox-vs-battalion-recap\/\">Game 3 vs Bytown Battalion<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sweatsoxbaseball.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/20\/head-game-sweatsox-vs-athletics-recap\/\">Game 4 vs Kanata Athletics<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sweatsoxbaseball.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/28\/go-for-69-sweatsox-vs-riverhawks-recap\/\">Game 5 vs River Hawks<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sweatsoxbaseball.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/31\/sausage-fest-sweatsox-vs-brewers-recap\/\">Game 6 vs Nepean Brewers<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sweatsoxbaseball.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/02\/the-nicaraguan-nightmare-sweatsox-vs-cubs-recap\/\">Game 7 vs Capital City Cubs<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sweatsoxbaseball.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/07\/hyjinx-hugs-sweatsox-vs-athletics-ii-recap\/\">Game 8 vs Kanata Athletics II<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sweatsoxbaseball.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/10\/the-25kph-eephus-sweatsox-vs-kingston-ponies-recap\/\">Game 9 vs Kingston Ponies<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sweatsoxbaseball.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/12\/grape-tums-sweatsox-vs-outlaws-ii-recap\/\">Game 10 vs Outlaws II<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sweatsoxbaseball.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/13\/nobody-bullies-a-lett-sweatsox-vs-kingston-ponies-ii-recap\/\">Game 11 vs Kingston Ponies II<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Haven\u2019t seen the updated SweatSox stats?\u00a0 Check out the new stats page, updated minutes after each game, by <a href=\"http:\/\/iscorebaseball.com\/stats.php?t=sweatsox\">clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Battalion took a few pictures during the game last night, find them <a href=\"https:\/\/bytownbattalion.com\/june-14th-vs-sweat-sox\/\">here<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sweatsoxbaseball.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/2016g12techno.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1670\" src=\"http:\/\/sweatsoxbaseball.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/2016g12techno.jpg\" alt=\"2016g12techno\" width=\"1000\" height=\"669\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sweatsoxbaseball.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/2016g12techno.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/sweatsoxbaseball.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/2016g12techno-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sweatsoxbaseball.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/2016g12techno-768x514.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a>See you Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finishing up a stretch of 5 games in 9 days, the SweatSox celebrated the mid-point of the 2016 season with a matchup against the well-rested Bytown Battalion, who hadn\u2019t played a game since June 2nd, last night at the Sportsplex. 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