Alois Terry Leiter is the given name of our former top prospect that had a very famous rookie error baseball card, didn't pan out, got traded for Jesse Barfield, won a ring in Toronto, signed as a free agent in Miami, won another ring, pitched a no-hitter, was traded to the Mets for AJ Burnet, re-signed with the Marlins and was unceremoniously cut by that team and ended up back where he started, albeit 16 years later.
It's been a long up-and-down ride for Alois. I have the utmost faith in his courage, heart, guts, knowledge of the game, intangibles, etc. I don't have any faith in his pitching ability anymore. I'm hoping that this move back north rejuvenates him and that he can grab the glory of years past one last time. I hope that he's able to do something for us that he couldn't do back in the 80's.
To Tim Redding, we hardly knew ye.
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Not a bad start for Leiter. Or at least relative to the rest of the yankees rotation.
A very good start for Leiter, indeed. If Leiter can go back to his 2003-2004 Mets form, I'll take it. I don't need him to be dominant, just consistently able to get into the 6th. Plus, he's got some balls, that guy. A real New York pitcher (more than I can say for Mussina, Pavano, Wright, Vazquez, Weaver, or any of the other complete shitbags that Cashman's wasted time on).
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