Kaylor Keck

Contributing both on and off the field, The Wiffle®Ball Championship and ORWBL would not exist without the late Kaylor Keck.

In 2007 and 2008, he feasted on the foul ball home run and helped the Newts win back-to-back Championships. In his final tournament appearance with the club in 2014, the Newts returned to Migley Field with a Final Four run. He came out of retirement in 2015 to fill in for Beef Barn, carrying them to a Sweet Sixteen berth.

Kaylor was a four-time All-Star in ORWBL, and he won the National League Cy Young in 2008. He was a member of New Carlisle's first two World Series championship teams in 2013 and 2014.

A talented artist, Kaylor constructed and painted the Migley Field manually operated scoreboard and famous marquee. Awarded annually to the Marquee Player of the Hometown Cup Finals, the Kaylor Trophy is named in his memory.

Published on April 17, 2020 in the New Carlisle Gazette