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BIIF baseball: Kamehameha’s Peralta chases carrot, earns reward

Malu Peralta

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By KEVIN JAKAHI

Hawaii Tribune-Herald

Malu Peralta wouldn’t count carrots or vanilla ice cream among his favorites, but each food group plays an important part in pitching for the Kamehameha right-hander.

The proverbial carrot on a stick was the motivational push the coaches stressed to him from his freshman to his junior year, when Peralta rarely took the mound in meaningful innings.

But he worked hard, and earned a reward becoming the ace in his senior season, following a vanilla pitching strategy or keeping things simple.