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Gimme 5: 'Leitz' Make it Happen is H-F Standout's Motto
Vikings' baseball nut hopes to avoid striking out all season, but prefers pitching to hitting.
Homewood-Flossmoor baseball player Dan Lietz has been impressive on the mound and at the plate so far this season for the Vikings.
Lietz is one of the major reasons the Vikings are off to a hot start. He has kept his two individual goals intact of not striking out and keeping his ERA under 2.00.
The junior says his approach to not striking out is simple.
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“Once it gets to two strikes, (you) swing at any borderline pitches," Lietz said.
If he had to choose between hitting and pitching, he would pick pitching because he controls the game when he's on the mound. Lietz chose baseball as his sport because it was the only sport he really excelled at.
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He is a Cubs fan, thanks to his dad, and he enjoys the whole atmosphere that surrounds the Cubs. His favorite baseball player is Carlos Zambrano because he can make his pitches move in ways Lietz wishes he could do.
Lietz hopes to one day become a pharmacist. He said U.S. history is his favorite subject in school. In his spare time, he loves to skateboard.
