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12 quotes by Al Leiter

MLB debut September 15, 1987 for the New York Yankees Last MLB appearance October 2, 2005 for the New York Yankees Career statistics Win–loss record 162–132 Earned run average 3.80 Strikeouts 1,974 Teams New York Yankees (1987–1989) Toronto Blue Jays (1989–1995) Florida Marlins (1996–1997) New York Mets (1998–2004) Florida Marlins (2005) New York Yankees (2005) Career highlights and awards 2× All-Star (1996, 2000)...
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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... →

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I think the World Cup is going to be bigger than what a lot of people are anticipating. At this stage in my career, when there is an opportunity... →

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I did not want to leave the Mets and I did not want to leave New York.

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You put deadlines on people you really don't want, because that's how you feel about them.

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I look at this as a second life. Every game feels like an event. Every pitch matters. I need that. It elevates your aggressiveness.

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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.

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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.

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But I'm still not 100% convinced that Roger Clemens took steroids. I'm not.

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For seven years, I was in this fishbowl with this intensity, with all the stuff that went on with the Mets.

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I like starting. It's pretty cool.

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The pitcher setting up the batter. It's chess, and you play with it.

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I love the game very much, but when you were a certain type of player for a few years, being a front-end starter, that's the way I still think I... →

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