In addition to needing his Nolan Ryan card at every game another superstition that teammates and coaches have pointed out is the conversation and laps around the mound that MacDonald does every game.

“ He’s not you typical kind of pitcher, if he’s not getting the calls or if he’s missing his pitches he will start talking to himself,” said Te.

Teammates are not sure what MacDonald is saying to himself during those situations and don't try to find out. Abin believes that MacDonald may do it to get into the head of the other teams batter. “ He likes to get a competitive edge on his competition, he likes to get under the others team skin,” said Abin.

If that is the case MacDonald is doing a good job at that. “ There was one game where Kev was missing on his pitches and was constantly having conversations with himself. One of …show more content…
“ It’s his bulldog mentality, Kevin always wants the best out of himself, when he’s not playing well he really gets upsets and starts talking to himself,” said Rubin. “Those are the things that you can’t coach a player, you can’t teach effort, he brings his best stuff each time he steps foot onto the mound.” Said Rubin.

That being said regardless of if MacDonald had a good inning or a bad inning on the mound, MacDonald will always walk a circle around the mound. “It’s just something that he does, I guess to get his mind right,” said Armstrong.

In addition to his walks around the mound and his Nolan Ryan card, MacDonald every season will have some sort of writing on the beak of his baseball cap. “ Last year it was his strike out count that he would write on the beak of his hat,” said Armstrong. This season he got his father, brother and close friends to sign his beak, according to Te. “He comes from a heavy line of baseball players, brother and father both played baseball,” said