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.

Since 2006 Leiter has worked as a color commentator and a studio analyst for the YES Network. In his final official appearance in a Major League uniform Leiter earned a win pitching 2/3 scoreless innings in Game 4 at Yankee Stadium. " In one of his final starts for the Yankees during his first stint Dallas Green left Leiter in to throw 162 pitches in a cold damp day in 1989.

: /ˈlaɪtər/; born October 23 1965) is a former Major League Baseball left-handed starting pitcher. He is now a studio analyst for MLB Network and a color commentator for the YES Network.