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Posted By: Darren J. Duet

Thanks again everyone,
I empathize and pray for all who have suffered losses. I appreciate your sharing.

Kevin was an excellent baseball player and artist--He had just flunked out of a Mississippi JuCo where he a starting left fielder--that apparently crushed him more than we could realize at the time. He had a very quick bat and great hitting eye- he once hit 3 home runs in an American Legion game.

I remember once in an American Legion game in Houma, La.; Kevin was 15 and I was 17, we faced Scott Sanderson of the Thibodaux Legion team. Well it was Sanderson's last year before he moved onto bigger and better things, and he was mowing us down like crazy. In the seventh Sanderson had a perfect game going and was leading 2-0, I came up and struck out(again) but this time the catcher missed the ball and I reached first on his error. Sanderson then fanned the next two batters and our coach decided to let kevin(the rookie)pinch hit. Fourteen pitches later, Kevin cranked one out to right center.

In the bottom of the inning Thibodaux scored to win the contest. After the game Scott said he tried everthing to get that kid out but the kid kept fouling all his good pitches off until he got a hold of one. After the game Kevin said,"I was just waiting on my pitch."