Jeremy Joseph Fikac (born April 8, 1975) is an American former

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who played for the

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Early life

Fikac was born in

Shiner, Texas Shiner is a city in Lavaca County, Texas, United States. The town was named after Henry B. Shiner, who donated for a railroad right-of-way. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the city had a population of 2,127. Shiner was founded ...

, and attended

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Career

Fikac was selected in the 19th round of the 1998 Major League Baseball draft by the

. After seven years in MLB, he returned to his alma mater as a volunteer assistant coach and was promoted to full-time assistant in 2008; working as the hitting instructor. In 2012, after the departure of assistant coach

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(hired at

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), Fikac was promoted to pitching coach. He played his final season for the

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, the Triple-A affiliate of the

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