TEXAS FIREBALL - Yes! Weekly
GREENSBORO GRASSHOPPERS PITCHER TYLER KOLEK HEATS UP THE MOUND. It hasn’t been that long since teenager Tyler Kolek was firing baseballs over one hundred miles per hour for his high school baseball team. In fact, Kolek is still a teenager and he is pitching – but now he does his hurling for the Greensboro Grasshoppers. Kolek grew up on the Trinity River Land and Cattle Co. , 10,000-acre cattle farm in Shepherd, Texas, about an hour and a half north of Houston. “My dad (James) grew up ranching,” Kolek said. Kolek’s idol was Nolan Ryan, but this fireball hurler pitched before young Tyler, born on December 15, 1995, was around. “I was a huge fan of Roy Oswalt,” Kolek said of the Astros’ star pitcher of the time. “As a fan, I got to watch Craig Biggio several times before he retired,” Kolek said. When you grow up on a large cattle ranch like Tyler and his brother, Stephen, did, there is always work to be done. “It’s a little different growing up on a ranch than city life,” Kolek said. Source: yesweekly.com
