{"id":3357,"date":"2022-08-22T02:02:06","date_gmt":"2022-08-22T06:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sweatsoxbaseball.com\/blog\/?p=3357"},"modified":"2022-08-22T02:06:42","modified_gmt":"2022-08-22T06:06:42","slug":"the-dip-is-worth-the-dip-sweatsox-vs-los-latinos-3-0-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sweatsoxbaseball.com\/blog\/2022\/08\/22\/the-dip-is-worth-the-dip-sweatsox-vs-los-latinos-3-0-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dip is Worth the Dip | SweatSox vs Los Latinos 3.0 RECAP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

HAMILTON YARDS<\/strong>– On August 12th, the SweatSox ate, we ate some more, we ate a little more after we ate some more, and then finally after eating a little more after we ate some more, we ate the rest.\u00a0 Hours before we ate this spread of all spreads, we beat Los Latinos 10-2 at the Sportsplex, sweeping the season series 3 goose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Josh Ramage got the start for the SweatSox, in a game he was told he needed to prove his worth otherwise he\u2019d likely be left off our playoff roster.\u00a0 Ramage answered the challenge as only he could, with grace and humility, and then went out and pitched a 7-inning gem, giving up just 5 hits, 2 walks, 1 earned run, with 4 strikeouts.\u00a0 Ramage also went 2\/2 at the dish, with a double (and a slide), and 2 runs batted in.\u00a0 Unfortunately, this performance was not good enough for even an honourable mention in that week\u2019s POW.\u00a0 As the Tier 1 Ravens would say: Suspect<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shoutout to Ross Hughes who got a POW honourable mention for his performance against the Latinos, going 2\/3 with a double, 3 RBI, a run scored, and a walk. ?<\/p>\n\n\n

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Now that the SweatSox are playing a real schedule without a rainout every other game, the injuries, both HBP and non-HBP related, are starting to pile up.\u00a0 Chris Lidstone\u2019s back is still sore from carrying us in Tier 1 that one year, Cory Bond has a quad something-or-other, and Josh Ramage\u2019s throat has to be hurting from all the yelling at SweatSox he does.\u00a0 Then tonight in the third inning, Kent Johnston pulled his groin, and then himself, after a successful stolen base; and then a few batters later Dave Rotari also pulled his groin and himself, after drawing a walk.\u00a0 We have not yet confirmed if these 2 groin pulls are somehow related.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unfortunately we have some more bad news to share, this time about one of our all-time favourite umpires: Jean Lazure.\u00a0 The former Gryphon General will be turning himself in (if he hasn\u2019t already) for disciplinary action for umpiring this game out of proper uniform. The Milwaukee native forgot his hat to do the bases!\u00a0 Uh oh!!! We tried to help him out by offering up a SweatSox hat, or a batting helmet with chin strap, that might\u2019ve saved him from his inevitable 1 game suspension and\/or official reprimand, but he ever so kindly refused.\u00a0 Good luck in the NCBL courts my friend, hope you know a good lawyer.<\/p>\n\n\n

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I can\u2019t believe it\u2019s taken this long, but of course we have to talk about that epic Eric White (batter) vs Paul Septimo (pitcher) battle we saw tonight.\u00a0 None of us will ever forget, nor will we ever stop talking about, that crazy knee buckling strikeout Eric had in their 2nd of 3 head-to-head matchups.\u00a0 We\u2019ve never seen Eric look so outmatched before.\u00a0 Strike 3 was so good, Eric was complementing it as it was crossing the plate.\u00a0 We\u2019re not sure why Septimo intentionally walked him in his final at bat though…<\/p>\n\n\n

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And finally, the SweatSox would like to acknowledge everyone who was able to get to this 6:10pm game on time after the Queensway was partly shut down for the weekend, affecting east-west corridors throughout the city.  Kent noted earlier in the day that when he was out and about, he\u2019d never seen Baseline busier.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Final SweatSox vs Los Latinos Notes\/Thoughts:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n