Cougars: Coming of Age

When you are younger, you want to be older. When you are older, you want to be younger.

In 1992, a month into his 17^th year, Li’l Rads wanted to be 21 so he could go to Vegas for some wagering excitement.

His brother, Rads, came to the rescue...and Marc ended up in a police lineup.

On Tuesday, Tiny Rads, halfway through his 15^th year, wanted to be 18 so he could play on the Cougars for some softball excitement.

His father, Rads, came to the rescue...and Charley ended up in the starting lineup.

While Charley isn’t of age to drive a car yet, he’s always been able to drive a ball.

In fact, he has been practicing to become a Cougar for quite some time.

Charley with his first homemade Cougar jersey and green hair!

First Inning

Rads got on base but didn’t make it past first.

Gulliver’s pushed one across the plate.

Gulliver’s 1 Cougars 0

Second Inning

Strong Coffey jumpstarted our offense with a single and Li’l Rads followed suit. Bobi hit a shot up the middle for an RBI. Li’l Rads scored on a throwing error and Bobi moved to third. Baby Kale got a big man line drive to left center and plated Bobi. Flandog moved Baby Kale to second. Jimmy sliced a liner to right center scoring Baby Kale. Cougars score four.

Cougars up 4-1.

Third Inning

Nothing for Gulliver’s.

Martini had a hit but we could not get him home.

Fourth Inning

Li’l Rads beat out a hard grounder in the hole at short and moved to second on an overthrow. Bobi took a walk. Baby Kale mirrored his last line drive and scored Li’l Rads moving Bobi to two. Flandog’s bulging biceps pummeled a double to left center scoring Bobi and moving Li’l Rads to third. Pastor Ted hit a perfectly placed ball to the right side scoring Li’l Rads and moving Flandog to third. Jimmy hit his soon to be patented right center line drive scoring Flandog. Tiny Rads then bashed the ball to left field for his first Cougar hit moving Jimmy to second base. Rads copied Tiny Rads and bashed the same kind of ball scoring Jimmy with the speedy Tiny Rads moving to third. Cougars score five.

Gulliver’s got another.

Cougars 9-2.

Fifth Inning

One for Gulliver’s and none for us.

Cougars up by 6.

Sixth Inning

Baby Kale continued his perfect night with his third hit but we left him stranded.

Seventh Inning

Both teams with zeros and the end the game as heroes with a 9-3 victory.

With Tiny Rads on the diamond, the Cougars go from overage underachievers to underage overachievers.