Vegas Baby....Vegas! Well, We had a blast in Vegas but did it slow us down in our return to the field?

Pride:

In the most highly anticipated rematch of the year at Red Bug Lake Park we squared off against our old friends Habeneros’ grill Friday Night under the lights. The Kai were a little rusty after not playing a game in close to a month and still not fully recovered from the bachelor party in Vegas we came out a little flat. This was to be expected since we haven’t been under the lights for several weeks, but we let our guard down for too long and Habenero’s took full advantage of it.

Before we left for Vegas we had fully eradicated our 1 inning where we let our momentum turn on us and we implode for that one simple inning. In life sometimes one day or one inning can change the outcome dramatically. And in this case it was the 5^th inning when we imploded and the Habenero’s dropped 10 runs on us. However, the silver lining in this case is that the Kai proved we have something called Pride. In the past we would have dropped our heads and given up. Capt Tucci would not let this happen to the new and improved Cobra Kai. “In Softball 90% of the game is half mental, so I knew we needed to get back in the right mindset to spark a rally.”

In the top of the 6^th Big Daddy Richard Guttierez lead off in what would turn out to be one of our best innings in club history. Big Daddy had been frustrated by the Ump all game as he had an unspoken feud brewing with him from the get go. Big Daddy unleashed that frustration and drove the ball to the fence in left field and sparked a rally we have not had in some time. Roundhouse Reger had the biggest smash of the night and came within inches of sending the ball into the ivy behind the fences as he smashed one to dead center and drove it to the fence to set the pace for the rest of the night. Then, when the team needed it the most, Capt. Tucci came through with a huge bases clearing triple to get us going on all cylinders. When all was said and done we were back within striking distance after posting 10 runs and trailing 13-11.

Koko found himself as the ultimate utility player once again sliding back to his old spot patrolling 1^st base. This time he was wearing the Big “S” on his jersey and made several web gem plays snagging a line drive and doubling off an unsuspecting habeneros’ runner with his X-Ray vision. Johnny Blaze was a patrolling the left side of the field and had one of the more amazing plays this team has seen has he ran from the hole at SS all the way past 2^nd base in an attempt to throw out a Habby player showing off his range. Blaze is emerging as a team leader as he was trying to position the outfield as well as orchestrating the Infield. “If my uniform doesn't get dirty, I haven't done anything in the game, so I was just trying to do everything I can for the Kai’s” said Blaze after the game.

Our defense was solid all night……..except the one inning we let our opponents get the best of us. This team has the most heart, but for some reason we let our guard down in the 5^th inning and everybody quit which made for our ugliest inning in quite some time. Pride eventually intervened and we got back on track…..but once again it was too little too late.

Well, we certainly bounced back at Gators and ended up crushing our old record of 82 pitchers. I would like to make an editors note and apologize to the record keepers out there as I was unaware our friends at Gators spotted us 2 free pitchers every Friday. Thus, we need to add 2 pitchers to every weeks climbing pitcher count which is just an astounding feat in anybody’s eyes.

Well, We look to get back to action and prove our worth this Friday Night as we are still in the title hunt and look to get back on track against the Beat Downs!

Capt Tucci Practicing for Gators Hey Guys we better get back for our game .