In 2007 the Colorado Rockies won 21 of 22 games to finish out what started as a bad season but turned into a miracoulous World Series Run. In Softball, Momentum is gained more than it is lost. A team such as the Colorado Rockies can look as mediocre as can be sometimes but when momentum takes hold it can do some crazy things.
Recently, the Cobra Kai have lost our momentum during crucial moments of the game and it has switched in our opponents favor. However, I feel we are making the strides and are very close to capturing a long winning streak by utilizing the momentum of the game this time in our favor. In 6 inning games this year we are a blistering 16-1, unfortunatley we play 7 innings and in that one inning we have relinqished our momentum and it drives the other way giving our opponets a crazy inning to capture the lead.

This just so happened to be the story once again this past Friday Night at Red bug lake park. We had a solid all around performance going as everybody contributed in their own way and we had a commanding lead throughout the game. Mad Dog was pitching a stellar game and our defense was holdnig the Bull market in check.

Our bats were solidly producing run after run (despite still having Roundhouse Reger on the IR) as we collectively were peppering solid hits all around the field. The solid hitting display frustrated Bull Market to the point they utilized the old Roundhouse Rover behind 2nd base. This slowed us down but did not stop us.

Ironically, their rover was forced to cover more ground than he was physically able to as we relentlessly lined hit after hit all over the field. Eventually, he gave in and crumbled to the ground with what appeared to be a pulled hamstring. Softball is a game of momentum and I really felt like this game was ours for the taking said Capt. Tucci after the game. However, right when we felt the game was ours Bull Market rallied around their Rover’s injury as he mysteriously limped out of the dugout in the bottom of the 6th after receiving some sort of Miyagi like treatment and belted a 3 run homerun to shift the momentum and the Bull Markets swung mightily in the sixth to capture the game.

The stat book and press release from the game is similar to most of our games. Everybody contributed throughout and then we lost our momentum.
Confidence is a big part of success in every human endeavor. In Softball, where the difference between a hard hit line-drive out and a triple is small, confidence and looseness play a large role. As teams win, the players begin “having fun”. An optimistic attitude takes over in the dugout, with players reinforcing the others in effective ways, players work in synergy with each other. The winning trend enforces itself, and in softball this is more pronounced especially with a group of guys such as our team that have a great chemistry and love playing with each other (and not in that way Richard). Thus, I firmly believe it is only a matter of time before we play a full 7 inning game and the momentum we create will carry us to a long and fruitful winning streak.

However, our momentum is always in full swing after the game at Gators. We came roaring back and started pounding down pitchers with a reckless abandon. We caught a hot streak here and the pitchers really started flowing and didn’t stop until we put 84 of them away once again breaking our own league record. Richard even started a Police Academy inquisition on whom was the infamous Lt. Harris???? That is a classic posting.

Anyways, I am looking forward to this Friday night as we regain our momentum and look to put forth a full 7 innings in a big Win!!See You Under the Friday Night Lights!