After every season, the Cougars
enter a quarantine away from the softball diamond. Then, as spring arrives and the flowers bloom
(or, more accurately, as the snow melts), we emerge to rejoin our Cougar family
bubble.
However, COVID-19 delayed the start of the Cougars 13th season.
This shortened and plagued season we had to wait until Phase 4 to get on the field and touch base four. Excitement throughout the community spread when travel to Howard Park was deemed essential.
However, COVID-19 delayed the start of the Cougars 13th season.
This shortened and plagued season we had to wait until Phase 4 to get on the field and touch base four. Excitement throughout the community spread when travel to Howard Park was deemed essential.
In 16-inch softball, we have a
couple of goals, pandemic or not. On offense,
we flatten the curve of high arc pitching. On defense, we practice proper hand hygiene
because there is never ever personal protective equipment in this glorious game.
Let’s get to the press
conference for the update.
1st
Inning
Old Neighborhood Grill led off
the top of the first and batted six.
Trying times for the Cougars, but we halted the outbreak to one run.
The Cougars started the bottom
of the first with three players who can outrun a virus. Boom transmitted a droplet to right field to
start our season and Kevin got a shot to left moving Boom to second. Then the umpire made a bad diagnosis on a
pickoff play at first base, which we saw as a false positive. Tiny Rads then sprayed a single to center. With men on first and second, Rads swabbed it
to the right side zooming Boom home.
Cougars
1 ONG 1
2nd
Inning
Both teams sheltered-in-place.
Cougars
1 ONG 1
3rd
Inning
ONG clustered a couple runs.
In our inning, Li’l Rads beat
out an infield single and then took a tumble while crossing at first base. Jimmy hit one deep to the hole at SS and was marked
as safe. No runs - we could not
breakout.
Cougars
1 ONG 3
4th
and 5th Innings
We held ONG scoreless in the
fourth and fifth innings thanks to Tiny Rads defense. He is our contact tracer. Once contact is made, he traces down
everything.
Kevin’s liner to center was
our only hit in the fourth. In the fifth inning, Martini took a walk and JD hit
an infield single. ONG locked us down.
Cougars
1 ONG 3
6th
Inning
Our rival scored one.
Li’l Rads wristed another
infield single and then Joker hit a patented left field line laser liner double
putting runners on second and third.
Jimmy, a super-spreader, powered a fly to right scoring Li’l Rads.
Cougars
2 ONG 4
7th
Inning
ONG continued to spread
disease with two tallies.
Down by four runs, the Cougars
last inning was a state of emergency. Boom
led off with a beautiful liner just over the unprotected fingertips of the SS. Tiny Rads singled to the right side putting
men on first and third but we left them waiting for a winning vaccine. Our opponent practiced better containment
than we did; we had herd immunity from runs.
Cougars
2 ONG 6
The new normal had our retirees
and fans, Sawdey, Diamond, Philthy, Kate, Julie, and Miranda, viewing socially from
a distance. Pretty sure Philthy and
Diamond were drinking quarantinis.
As always, the cure for losing
is the postgame. Dr. Bobi prescribed
meds of pizza and beer to ease our pain.
At the postgame after the loss,
we decided that with the toilet paper shortage, it was for the best that we didn’t
have the runs tonight.
Next week we plan to ignore
any stay-at-home orders and mask our errors on defense and cause an outbreak on
offense! We will be the Tiger Kings!
Go Cougars!
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