If you watch any Virginia baseball game for any amount of time this season, you’ve likely noticed one of the things first year utility player Kyle Teel is known for. It’s not his hot bat, his solid fielding, or his composure behind the plate, although all of those have been instrumental to Virginia’s strong finish to the regular season.
It’s his batting helmet.
The helmet seems at least two sizes too big, and as soon as Teel leaves the batter’s box, it starts a jaunty journey off of his head. It usually bounces a couple times — sometimes kept in place by an attempted adjustment by the wearer — before all hell breaks loose and it tumbles to the dirt.