Payton Tolle is not a small man. At 6-foot-6 and 250 pounds, Tolle towers over most of the batters brave enough to face him. But much larger than Tolle’s stature is the amount of enthusiasm he carries with him. When you meet Tolle for the first time, he greets you with a booming, animated voice that can fill entire stadiums. Once you sit down with him, he’ll chat with you about anything under the Boston summer sun with a Green Monster sized smile on his face.
That sunny disposition runs in the Tolle family. His mother, Jina, could often be found at her son’s childhood ball games, taking care of his teams during those scorching Bethany, Okla.