Although Pat spoke self-deprecatingly about his intelligence, and claimed that his academic success in college came from hard work rather than brainpower, his intellectual curiosity was boundless, and he was a compulsive reader who never went anywhere without a book. Pat Murphy, the celebrated Arizona State University baseball coach, remembers seeing Pat in the bleachers during most of the Sun Devils’ baseball games when Kevin was on the team. “He always had a book with him,” says Murphy. “Between innings, or anytime there was a lull, he’d have it open and he’d be reading something.”
