It’s like growing up in Jersey City named Hurley. You’re going to play point guard.
Jack Leiter was always going to pitch, and he always wanted to, from the time he was a kid. It was in his blood. Even before his growth spurt, when he was one of the smallest kids on his travel team and mostly played infield, he made sure to pitch on the side.
“We pitch,” his father Al, the former Met and Yankee left-hander, said.