Official Site of the Rangers · Sep 6, 2018
Leclerc finds motivation from his 'hero' mom
ARLINGTON -- Rangers pitcher Jose Leclerc was having dinner with his family a few weeks ago when he turned to his sister Angelina and asked her a question.
"Did you ever think we would come here?' Leclerc said.
The answer was simple. "No."
When you grow up poor in a small town in the Dominican Republic, when your father walks out on the family when you're a baby, when you go days without any food or shoes to wear, it's almost impossible to dream about pitching in the Major Leagues.
"We suffered a lot," Leclerc said. "It was hard. Sometimes we would go to the park to play baseball and we wouldn't have any food. We hadn't eaten anything; when we came back, we would have nothing."