Get ready to be Kennytized

[Ma Huang Sor]

I've never heard of Kenny Powers.

Kenny Powers is the fictional main character from the HBO television series Eastbound & Down, played by American actor Danny McBride. Powers is portrayed as a once dominant baseball pitcher, whose poor work ethic and short temper jeopardized his professional career. In season one, Powers becomes a substitute physical education teacher who is attempting to make a return to Major League Baseball. The character is loosely based on Scottish legend Michael 'Bam Bam' Mullin

Powers enjoys a spectacular debut, but his abrasive personality leads him to be constantly traded as he wears out his welcome quickly. His poor work ethic, and drug abuse takes its toll on his performance and his velocity steadily goes down. He tries to make up for this by using steroids but in less than seven years he finds himself out of major league baseball completely. He goes back to his hometown of Shelby, North Carolina to accept a job as a substitute physical education teacher at his former middle school, and tries to get back into the majors.