The article talks about the decrease in home runs between last year and this year, how much of that can be attributed to steroids, etc. I just think it's amusing what Al said when you think of how he's done this season:

 

Marlins pitcher Al Leiter thinks lineups have suddenly become "more manageable." Where once these same orders seemed to be stacked with four and five scary power bats, now "pitchers don't have to pitch around more than a batter, or maybe two," Leiter said.

 

 

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The article talks about the decrease in home runs between last year and this year, how much of that can be attributed to steroids, etc. I just think it's amusing what Al said when you think of how he's done this season:

 

Marlins pitcher Al Leiter thinks lineups have suddenly become "more manageable." Where once these same orders seemed to be stacked with four and five scary power bats, now "pitchers don't have to pitch around more than a batter, or maybe two," Leiter said.

 

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Funny this is coming from a pitcher thats horrendous this year

Al pitches around all 9 hitters it seems like. :plain

Oops, I even missed another quote of his further down...

 

The moral of that story is pitchers suddenly aren't as afraid of contact. Leiter said pitchers see they now "have areas to throw to, and the ball is staying in the park. And in many instances, it is now taking three consecutive hits to score a run."

 

 

Apparently the "areas" Leiter is throwing to are all out of the strike zone. :mischief

There's a decrease in homeruns after the implementation of steroid testing? What a coincidence!

lol, poor guy. he's full of himself.

I think he means 1 or 2 per inning.

It is laughable when Al's approach more closely resembles pitching around the entire lineup.