No game in the world is as tidy and dramatically neat as Softball, with cause and effect, crime and punishment, motive and result, so cleanly defined. Well, the Cobra Kai are finally starting to learn we can’t just walk into Red Bug Lake field and walk away winners just because we are the Cobra Kai.
The team came into our highly anticipated match up with the Goonies ready to erase the memories of our last game where we rallied but came up short in the end. “We didn’t lose last game, we just ran out of time and I want my troops to know we can’t waste any time this game.” Capt. Tucci said before the game.
“It’s hard to win a game in this competitive league, but it’s even harder to lose a game and that is what we did last week, and I was not going to let us drop 2 games in a row “the Swami said after the game. Well, the Kai’s struck first getting on the board in their usual fashion coming out of the gates swinging well and posting a 3 -0 lead to start the game.
Mad Dog was pitching a solid game but the Goonies kept finding small holes and started to chip away at our lead and were singling us to death. The outfield was on full alert as they had to cover more ground than usual as the Goonies were not a powerful team and were going right up the middle with little dink and dunk hits.
The Offense stalled and our savvy veteran Spragues finally demanded the ball in the top of the 4th to set a spark in the team as he took the mound for one inning. “I just felt we were not playing Cobra Kai softball and I needed to let the team know we have to start over were not the friggin Yankees and we aren’t going to be just handed the win every game” Spragues said after the game.
Well, Mission accomplished as this little spark seemed to set-off our bats and we went on an offensive explosion. In the bottom of the 6th Koko ripped a shot to Center field and was the only person standing in the way of a Goonies victory. “I was glad I wore my “Flash” underwear this game because when I got to first I knew that no matter what happened next I needed to cross home plate or we were done” Koko said at the post game press conference. On the next at bat Spragues ripped a double to right field and the Crazy legs of Koko gave everything he had to cross home plate with the tying run giving us life for another inning.
It all came down to the bottom of the7th when we rallied back to cut the deficit to 11-8. Spragues and the Swami did their thing setting the table for a Cobra Kai win. Then in a stroke of genius Capt. Tucci had been saving our secret weapon “Damaso” Gibson for a pinch hit appearance. With the Kai’s down by one Coach Tucci inserted Damaso and he aptly hit a single to score the tying run. On the next at bat Mad Dog himself conjured up another hit and the screams We Win We Win….could be heard throughout the Cobra Kai dug-out.
“I knew we needed this game and I promised the team I would not let them down and I knew we would be victorious at the end fulfilling my Tebow like guarantee” Johnny Blaze said.
Well, the Cobra Kai got back on track beating the Goonies 12-11 in dramatic fashion and look to continue their winning ways against our old rival the Beat Downs under the Friday Night Lights. The team finally gets a late game which with our recent late game heroics might be just what the Swami ordered.
