"My neck is a little stiff. My back is a little stiff. She hit me pretty good," Leyritz told police.
He complained about his aches and pains, but he showed no remorse when told the driver in the other car, a 30-year-old woman, was killed.
The police video was recorded December 28, 2007, the night that the former Yankees slugger was arrested in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
He was returning from a long night of celebrating his 44th birthday when he was involved in a fatal car crash.
After struggling with several sobriety tests on the scene, including trying to touch his nose, Leyritz was handcuffed and charged.
A blood test taken several hours later showed his blood alcohol level at .14 -- almost twice the legal limit in Florida.
It was a long hard fall for Leyritz. At the height of his career, he was baseball hero. His crowning moment was hitting a 3 run homer for the Yankees in game 4 of the 1996 world series.
He began his career in1990 with the Yankees. Eleven seasons later with 6 different teams, Leyritz retired in 2000.
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STORY BY: Eyewitness News reporter Lucy Yang
WEB PRODUCED BY: Bob Monek