Walker Valley High School pitcher Brandon Zajac throws to the plate as Walker Valley hosts Cleveland High School in a baseball game Tuesday.CLEVELAND, Tenn. – Cleveland assistant baseball coach Danny Carson, AKA the bus driver, said something he shouldn’t have before the Blue Raiders’ game Tuesday at Walker Valley, and they couldn’t wait for him to pay up.
After Cleveland’s 8-5 comeback victory over the Mustangs at Mike Turner Field, Carson was reminded that he had promised a victory lap.
“Oh gosh, I let my mouth overload my pockets. They remembered that?”
Carson talked the players into waiting until they returned to Cleveland, promising to hit the Blue Raiders’ track.
“I wouldn’t let him do it here. Heck, the game was three and a half hours and that lap would’ve taken another hour,” said Cleveland head coach Ted Carson, Danny’s younger brother.