The Black Socks (or Black Sox) are the New Zealand national men's softball team. They won the World Championships in 1976 (1st = with USA and Canada), 1984, 1996, 2000 and 2004. They also won the inaugural Commonwealth Championships (a round robin tournament between New Zealand, Australia, Samoa, South Africa and Botswana) in 2006.
On 26 July 2009, Australia (Aussie Steelers) defeated New Zealand (Black Sox), five runs to nil in the final of the 2009 ISF Men’s World Championship held in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (Canada).
Famous quotes containing the words black and/or socks:
“We black women must forgive black men for not protecting us against slavery, racism, white men, our confusion, their doubts. And black men must forgive black women for our own sometimes dubious choices, divided loyalties, and lack of belief in their possibilities. Only when our sons and our daughters know that forgiveness is real, existent, and that those who love them practice it, can they form bonds as men and women that really can save and change our community.”
—Marita Golden, educator, author. Saving Our Sons, p. 188, Doubleday (1995)
“we want to remember when you were
money in Massachusetts and yet were wild and rude
and killers. We want our killers dressed in black
like grease for we are sick of writing checks,
putting on our socks and working in the little boxes
we call the office.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)