Well, the league’s highest ranked offense took to the fields Friday night looking to remain unbeaten in pursuit of destiny. “Captain Tucci wanted to see more fight out of the team since we have not really been tested in our first 5 games” Mikey Lemieux said after the game. Well, The Cobra Kai’s got just what the Captain wanted and they had to show that fight to pull out this barn burner.
In what could be described as the wildest game this Cobra Kai team has ever seen was truly their first test to see if this team could face adversity and either wilt under the pressure or come out stronger than before. “You could really see a difference in the team tonight, in the past we might have folded under that type of pressure, but Elliott refused to let that happen and we held our ground and bonded together and fought back to pull it out” DonJuan was quoted after the game in which he increased his league leading OBP to .977 after a couple of Huge Jacks carrying the bottom of the order.
The middle innings of this game featured a flurry of back-and-forth rallies after the Kai’s jumped out to an early 7-1 lead when the game looked to be headed to another Mercy rule. In our first five games the team has been an absolute machine posting 6 runs to start the game off 4 out of 5 games and batting straight through the order each time. Mad Dog owned the Green Bar hitters the first few innings and our defense stifled them to the point of frustration. The frustration boiled over when Mad Dog caught his 2nd player of the night for a huge K and he got tossed out for tossing his bat in frustration. The Kai’s smelt blood once again but I think we didn’t want to go for the kill so quickly and let them back into the game. That is when the Green Bar hitters took over and started pelting the Left field fence and put together their own hit brigade to tie up the game.
The Big E our own Swami was his usual beast abusing the Right Fielder and coming through in clutch situations time after time. The team has come to rely on this from him each h game. “ For me it is all about getting that W, I do whatever it takes for the team as long as we pull out the Win, I’m happy” Big E said after the game.
Roundhouse Reger was back in the lineup and provided some power in the bottom of the order and some crafty base running which helped the team post 4 runs in the middle 3 innings. “The bottom part of the batting order really carried our team tonight, and we needed it more than ever to survive this hard fought game” Capt Tucci said at the post game conference.
However, the defining moment of the night and quite possibly our teams history came in the bottom of the 13th inning when the team was in the midst of a back and forth battle draining the collective will and energy levels of both team in the grueling heat. This is when the Kai’s needed a spark and they turned to Mr. Fantastic of the night the Mighty Kokotoff.
Koko, stepped to the plate with the Kai’s clinging to a 1 run lead but knowing full well Green Bar’s heart of their order was coming up in the bottom of the 13h and the team was going to be forced into playing a man down. Well, Koko stepped up and swung at the 1-2 pitch and blasted it over the Left Field fence and sent the Red Bug lake crowd into a harried frenzy and sucked the life right out of our opponent’s hearts. Mr. Fantastic has been described as Possessing a mastery of mechanical engineering, chemistry, all levels of physics, and human and alien biology, and is considered to be the most intelligent human being which one could argue does belie Koko. However, his ability to transform into our Power Hitter in clutch situations truly was the only superpower the Kai’s needed from Koko on this night. “We hadn’t seen the Green Bar yet, so I didn’t know what underwear to put on before the game as I was not sure in what capacity, the team would need me the most. Once I saw those powder blue underoos though I knew my Mr. Fantastic’s were the way to go and I’m certainly glad it played out that way for the team” Team Superhero Koko said after the game.
Koko’s Homerun sparked the Kai to victory as we went out in the bottom of the 13th and shut down the Green Bar and take home our 6th straight win to remain undefeated. "I think it just shows the character of this team, we will never give up and are much more mentally strong as a team and just goes to show you , that you should never, Ever, Underestimate the Heart of a Champion” Johnny Blaze said after the game.
Well, The Kai’s survived with another victory and unleashed with a fury of emotions on Gators Bar shattering our own team record of 76 pitchers later that night.
The Kai’s are back in action this Friday Night Under the Lights……..See You Then.
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