Kenny Powers

Kenny Powers is the fictional main character from the HBO television series Eastbound and 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. Powers enjoyed a spectacular debut, but his abrasive personality led him to be constantly traded as he wore out his welcome quickly, and in less than seven years he found himself out of major league baseball completely, He then went back to his hometown of Shelby, North Carolina to accept a job as a substitute physical education teacher at his...