Hall’s Pitching Gives Leps an Edge
La Grange senior baseball player Kadyn Hall tossed a 7-3 outing for the Leopards first win of the season in a recent matchup against Cuero High School. Hall is also a catcher on the team, which demands a heavy workload and a high baseball IQ on the diamond.
“He’s the heart of our team,” said La Grange head baseball coach Robert Barber. “He means so much to us. Not just his leadership role, but the way he handles our pitching staff behind the plate. We were kind of hoping he wouldn’t have to pitch as much this year, but he’s had to take on that role with some injuries we’ve had early on in the year. He did a fantastic job against Cuero to get us our first win of the year. We’re just looking for big things for him and it couldn’t happen to a better kid.”
Hall provides the full package and then some for the Leps, making him our choice for this edition’s Athlete of the Week.
Question: What do you like the most about pitching?
Answer: “You just get to compete every pitch of the game. You get to compete with every hitter on their team. It’s just the competition that it comes with.”
Question: Who’s your favorite MLB player and why?
Answer: “Probably Alex Bregman because he walks around like he owns the place. He does sometimes.”
Question: What’s your best pitch?
Answer: “My curveball.”
Question: How fast can you throw a baseball?
Answer: “I’m not sure, actually. Maybe low 80’s.”
Question: If you could spend one day in a certain place, where would it be?
Answer: “Somewhere where it’s not 38 degrees and drizzling rain.”
Question: Who do you think is going to win the World Series this year and why?
Answer: “Hopefully, it’s the Astros. They got a lot of new guys coming in. They can build on last year.”
Question: What’s your mindset going into a start on the mound?
Answer: “Just do my job. It’s really just trusting what I can do and let the rest sort itself out.”
Question: What’s your best memory of playing baseball?
Answer: “Probably a little league game when I was probably 10 years old, we came back. We were down 12-1 and came back in the last inning with two outs to win the game and put us to the next round of the playoffs.”
Question: Which do you prefer during a game, bubble gum or sunflower seeds and why?
Answer: “Sunflower seeds all the way. They just look cooler than bubble gum.”
Hall serving a good amount of time at the two most important positions on the field gives La Grange baseball the utmost potential.
Fayette Co. Record’s Athlete of the Week
A Weekly Feature by BRIAN PIERSON
Recent FCR’s Athlete of the Week
Feb. 4: Trey Cunningham, La Grange swimming
Feb. 11: Marissa Rohde, Fayetteville basketball
Feb. 18: Megan Davis, La Grange soccer
Feb. 25: Jaidyn Guyton, Flatonia basketball
March 4: La Grange soccer defense
March 11: Jeremy Sager, La Grange track
* Read about the new honorees in our Friday editions and then watch their interviews on our Facebook page a few days later.