There’s a good reason why Brooklyn Cyclones starter Mark Cohoon is so reliable: he can see the future.
“I play out the entire game through my head as if it has happened already, so when I get out there, I already know what I’m going to do and how I’m going to execute my pitches,” said the Clones lefty, who was one of six Cyclones named to the New York–Penn League All-Star team last week. “It’s almost like déjà vu.”
More accurately, it’s a pre-ja vu — but it must be working because Cohoon leads the league in wins with seven and has an impressive 2.59 earned run average.
Cohoon picked up this pre-jà vu from his high school days as a football linebacker.
“I did see [the entire game] with football at first, but as I started playing baseball as much or even more then football, I just did the same thing as a pitcher in baseball,” Cohoon explained.
His Cyclone teammates don’t care what Cohoon calls it — they just know that whenever the pride of Mansfield, Texas, is on the mound, they have a great chance for a W.
“Mark comes in and pitches with his A game everyday,” said reliever Mike Powers. “And that’s what we need right now.”
The Cyclones are clinging to a three-and-a-half-game lead over the Staten Island Yankees with 18 left to play.
