Danny Hall on Barry Larkin

Greetings- I apologize for this being a bit dated, but I spoke with Georgia Tech baseball coach Danny Hall last week in the wake of one of his former players, longtime Cincinnati Reds shortstop Barry Larkin, being voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Hall worked with Larkin 1983-85 as a young assistant coach at Michigan, Hall’s first job. After Larkin was voted in last week, he specifically credited Hall, among others, for his coaching and influence in a teleconference with reporters. Hall shared some memories of Larkin from their time together in Ann Arbor. 1. In high school, Larkin saw himself more as a football player than as a baseball player and was recruited to Michigan by then-coach Bo Schembechler. However, he was drafted in the second round coming out of high school by the Cincinnati Reds, which changed his thinking. “But his mom was just dead set on him going to school and she pretty much told him, ‘You’re going to school,’” Hall said. ...