Picture the scene: a floppy hat-wearing Joey Krehbiel is kicking around a baseball as if it’s a hacky sack with Bryan Baker while Ryan McKenna, standing nearby, tries to do the same, solo, with a football. “No one plays with Mac,” says Krehbiel. “He’s got no friends.”
Krehbiel was kidding, but reserve outfielder/late-innings pinch runner Ryan McKenna is one of the most overlooked members on the Orioles (unless a fan is complaining about him). Just a few days ago, MASN ran a story on McKenna’s being a “dugout booster” who gets “constant praise from manager Brandon Hyde for the spirit and energy he brings to the [team] when he is not playing.