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
The pitcher setting up the batter. It's chess, and you play with it.
Pitches are like pages of a book; they're so important. The chess game; how I set you up early, and how I'll do it differently later.
You put deadlines on people you really don't want, because that's how you feel about them.
I did not want to leave the Mets and I did not want to leave New York.
Announcers don't do enough of the cat-and-mouse strategy and all the work that goes into it. You watch a broadcast and guys get the pitches wrong.
It's been good for me. Full circle. Eighteen years ago, I was able to pitch my first game here.
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.
We were in a bad spot going to Game 5, ... And we put ourselves in a bad moment. But everybody felt good about what the outcome should have been or what we thought it would have been. I don't want to say (the plane ride was) sad. But it was about as depressing a room as I've ever seen.
I like starting. It's pretty cool.