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Jack Leiter on the progress he's made over his rookie season
KRLD-FM / 105.3 The Fan
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9/3/2024
Rangers rookie pitcher Jack Leiter joined the GBag Nation to discuss his recent start against the Yankees, how much he feels like he's improved since his first start back in April of this year, and more.
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As Jack Leiter, Rangers rookie pitcher, joining us now here on the fan and a good afternoon,
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sir.
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How are you?
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I'm good.
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How are you?
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We're doing great.
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What's it like taking on the Yankees yesterday?
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It was awesome.
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Mostly growing up in the New Jersey area and my dad playing for the Yankees, that's a dream
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of mine.
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Then playing against a former teammate and a really good friend of mine, Anthony Volpe.
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Having my cousin in the bullpen for the Yankees, there's just a lot of underlying stories that
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made it extra special, I would say.
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Okay, so speaking of dad, what did he have to say about your performance yesterday?
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I mean, he's a proud dad most of the time.
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Even the outings that I'm very much not happy about throughout my career, he understands
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how hard this game can be and he's definitely a proud dad.
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Now you mentioned your cousin and obviously your dad, your uncle.
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Growing up as a Leiter, is it assumed that you're going to be a pitcher if you play
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baseball?
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Do you consider other positions?
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How does that whole thing get sorted out?
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I mean, my dad wanted me to be a third baseman.
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I don't know exactly why, but that was kind of his dream for me.
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Obviously, he wanted me to play baseball, but it wasn't forced upon me or anything like
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that.
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Just growing up around the game, it's hard not to fall in love with it.
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That's what happened.
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I fell in love with it.
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I always wanted to be a pitcher.
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The early parts of high school, I wasn't sure if that was going to happen or if I was going
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to play a position in the field, but it just kind of worked out that I ended up a pitcher.
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