Al Leiter
Al Leiter
Alois "Al" Terry Leiteris a former Major League Baseball left-handed starting pitcher. Leiter pitched 19 seasons in the Major Leagues for New York Yankees, Toronto Blue Jays, Florida Marlins, and New York Mets. He is now a studio analyst for MLB Network and a color commentator for the YES Network and Fox Sports Florida...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth23 October 1965
CityToms River, NJ
CountryUnited States of America
But I'm still not 100% convinced that Roger Clemens took steroids. I'm not.
I call her an angel and a saint and I'll say that as long as she's around. She worked so hard to bring us up right.
It's been good for me. Full circle. Eighteen years ago, I was able to pitch my first game here.
It's just wrong. He's a good guy. Anybody who thinks that doesn't know him. If you sit with him, hang out, go to lunch with him, you can't think that. He's really fun to be around.
It's a very big mental game, all day leading up to warm-ups. You're not sure if your curveball will break, or will you be able to throw it over the plate? It's all negative thoughts going into the game.
I want to get my feet wet, see if this is what I want to do. At least it keeps me around the game.
The guys on his team are going to know that the manager at the end of the bench has done a lot of homework on the opposing team and should translate into many wins,
I was a little nothing. My brother Kurt was a lot older. Mark had three years on me. They were all better. But maybe I learned a lot in those games. We had leagues where we'd imitate big-leaguers.
For me, I found working with Rick fascinating. I want as much data as I can get -- then break it down and decide what I want to use.
It'll be fun for me. I realize this is a professional environment, and I'm going to do it seriously, but I also really look forward to being in the booth with someone I like as much as Michael on a personal basis.
I didn't help our team. I wasn't able to stop the bleeding.
For seven years, I was in this fishbowl with this intensity, with all the stuff that went on with the Mets.