Sox Recall 2006 Championship

SOX RECALL 2006 CHAMPIONSHIP

by Brian Smiley, BRANTFORD EXPOSITOR

Special. Satisfying. Fulfilling. Unbelievable. Relieved.

Five words used by five members of the 2006 Intercounty Baseball League champion Brantford Red Sox describing the feelings they had when the team won the title 15 years ago.

With the COVID-19 pandemic shutting down the IBL this summer – the first time the league has not had a season since its inception in 1919 – memories of past seasons are all anyone has to satisfy their hunger for the real thing.

The pause in play gives Sox supporters the opportunity to look back at the 2006 team, the first to win an IBL championship for Brantford since the 1981 team accomplished the feat.

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Different feelings about 2006 win

by Brian Smiley, BRANTFORD EXPOSITOR

The question was simple but the answers were not.

When asked to come up with one word to describe the 2006 season and the feeling associated with winning the Intercounty Baseball League championship, most of the responses from the Brantford Red Sox who were asked took several seconds of thought.

This is what they came up with:

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