Baseball: Duke’s competitiveness drives him in final season

Every team needs one player who is going to bring the experience needed to win games in tough situations, and demonstrate the leadership necessary to teach the underclassmen.

That player for the Utah baseball team? Brock Duke.

A sixth year senior, Duke has been around the program for quite some time now after going under the knife and missing two seasons.

Tommy John surgery is a surgery some pitchers go through in order to repair the ulnar collateral ligament. The recovery time can be long, and it forced Duke to miss more than one season. He played just three games in 2013 before getting injured.

“The year that I tore it was very hard,” he said. “I had been throwing well and the team was…