It’s a great night for Softball…..so let’s play two!
The Cobra Kai stood on the precipus of perfection Friday night looking for a sweep to keep their perfect record intact in pursuit of a second Red Bug Lake Championship. The DonJuan was looking forward to taking the field for the first time as a married man and the Kai were looking forward to Striking first and No Mercy!
Oh wait….even in the Big Fish Recap things can go wrong……….Capt. Tucci was called up to perform a government audit and would not be able to make the game, Roundhouse Reger was performing a camp for the little ones and was rumored to be late and the Minister was called to duty 4 hours south in Naples. And……what’s that on the side bar??……..it says the Cobra Kai have one loss???????? Oh wait, that is the forfeit we had to accept so we could attend SuperKoko’s dance off…..I mean Wedding.
Step in the teams elders and leaders to pick up the slack and keep the team on the right page:
Oil Can Spragues was back in this momentous game and refused to let the team walk away from Red bug with anything less than a sweep. “ Adversity can cause some men to break down, others to break records and I just battled my tail off and gave everything to get back on the field with my family the Cobra Kai and there aint no way in hell the Shroomers or the Beaners are going to yank a victory from us” Said Spragues before the game. “
“Ask not what your teammates can do for you, but what you can do for your teammate” the Great Swami said right before the game. I just told the guys a double header is a little like wrestling a gorilla like I did back home in my younger days, You don’t quit when you’re tired, you quit when the gorilla is tired and the gorilla don’t tire down” the Swami said.
Well, whatever they said it must have sparked the Kai as the team jumped out to an 11-0 lead to start off the night against Del Taco. The team then appeared to go into energy conservation mode on the offensive tilt to save their bats for the second game of the double header as we would only post 2 more runs the rest of the game. However, that is all we would need as the Defensive side of the team held strong lead by a huge play in the Outfield by the swami himself. Sully thought the team needed a spark so he baited a del taco hitter to 3rd base and then let the Swami complete one of his patented Swan dive bounce back unleash hell throws home to nail a beaner and end any thoughts of a rally for Del Taco. “ All I saw was a Flash in Center Field, dirt fly up and blood spurt out from the Swami’s knee but then I noticed the ball come hurling immediately out of his hand coming right to home plate and I thought we are going to nail this guy somehow, and that is exactly what we did” Sully said after the game.
The team won the first contest by shutting down Del Taco in the bottom of the 7th to preserve the victory 14-11.
That brought us to the much anticipated match-up with the hot hitting newbie’s the Shroomers. The Shroomers were a solid team but they had one glaring weakness in Right Field. Well, it didn’t take long for the savvy veterans of Cobra Kai to figure it out and attack with relentless precision.
Spragues was carrying a 5-5 hit streak and Elliot blasted 2 huge bombs down to right center. Roundhouse Reger also blasted two down the Right Center way and before you knew the Kai had a 8-1 lead. SuperKoko was sporting his Flash underoos for this game as he was clocked at an amazing 6.4 in the 90 foot dash running the bases with a reckless abandon. The DonJuan picked up right where he left off sliding back into the league lead for On base percentage to make his new wife happy.
The big spark of the night was a new and improved Fig who was coming off an injury plagued year last season but there appeared not to be any lingering effects. Fig reached base on every at bat in the second game, stole two bases and had the play of the night tagging out a shroomer at home plate to seal a victory from another amazing play from the Swami. Johnny Blaze was his usual self patrolling third base making sure no Shroomers got by him on the night.
The Cobra Kai completed the Sweep despite the absence of their field general Capt. Tucci. “It just goes to show you what a team can accomplish when they come together for a united cause” Johnny Blaze said at the post game press conference.
Well, the Team looks to continue their winning ways this Friday Under the Friday Night Lights.
