Al Leiter made the pitch.
And now Eli Manning is throwing fastballs.
It was Leiter who directed Manning to trainer Mickey Brueckner, who has gotten positive results for Red Sox pitcher and former Seton Hall Prep star Rick Porcello and for Leiter’s 97 mph-throwing son Jack, who will be a freshman at Vanderbilt this fall.
“I feel better, I feel stronger,” Manning said.
Leiter is not the least bit surprised.
“What he did, and his commitment to it, will absolutely make him stronger and in better position for the throws that are necessary,” Leiter told The Post.