The Hardball Times (Free subscription) | 08/16/2008
Maybe this has already occurred to you folks, but I just found out that Barry Bonds, Sammy Sosa, Roger Clemens, Curt Schilling, Craig Biggio and Mike Piazza, (not to mention Kenny Lofton) are all likely to be first-timers on the Hall of Fame ballot at the same time. (Thanks, Billy Ball ). If not for steroids, that ballot might have led to the largest BBWAA Hall of Fame class in history, larger than...
Luxury Property Blog (Free subscription) | 08/16/2008
The Wall Street Journal reports that former Mets’ player Mike Piazza has listed his Miami Beach condo for $4,900,000. Built in 2002, the condo was reportedly purchased for $1,750,000. (...)
On the Mets beat (Free subscription) | 08/13/2008
In case you missed it, Jim Baumbach has a web col over here that says Mike Piazza is coming back to Shea for the final weekend celebration....
Dom D's - Mets Fan Blog (Free subscription) | 08/13/2008
Newsday is reporting that former New York Met Mike Piazza will be on hand for honorary ballpark ceremonies at Shea Stadium next month. As recently as last week a spokesman for Piazza's agent, Dan Lozano, said his plans were not firmed up yet. Though the Mets will not divulge which former players will be at Shea until sometime next month, team officials behind the scenes are completely confident Piazza...
Hot Foot (Free subscription) | 08/13/2008
Newsday is reporting that Mike Piazza has accepted the invitation to be at Shea Stadium when the Mets honor their former greats during the last weekend of the regular season. I’m glad the Mets are going to do something like this, as it will be nice to see all of the Mets greats together at one [...]
Mets Walk-Offs And Other Minutiae (Free subscription) | 07/26/2008
Random blogger minutiae and reminiscing from a Friday night ... * Carlos Delgado has 13 seasons of 20+ HR. How many players who have played for the Mets have managed that? Hit 20+ HR in 13+ Seasons Played for Mets at Some Point 17- Willie Mays 16- Eddie Murray 13- Carlos Delgado > > Mike Piazza, Jeff Kent and Dave Kingman each had 12 such seasons Interesting piece of trivia...the last 4 players that...
The Final Score (Free subscription) | 06/26/2008
Here's another one of those Chicago Norm contests. I don't know what the criteria is. Just pick one. Or write in a vote. ...
Rhode Island Law Journal (Free subscription) | 06/17/2008
Says the Obama campaign’s Fight the Smears web site. But is it a smear? Maybe it was intended as a smear, but should the Obama campaign be calling it that? Reminds me of Mike Piazza holding a press conference to defend himself against the accusation that he was gay. Piazza missed [...]
Can't Stop the Bleeding (Free subscription) | 06/16/2008
“More than Shoeless Joe Jackson, more than even Pete Rose, the exclusion of Marvin Miller,from the Hall of Fame is Cooperstown’s ugliest, longest-running public relations sore,” writes Allen Barra in Monday’s New York Sun. Even worse than Mike Piazza wearing a Marlins cap on his plaque? In the 2007 Hall Of Fame election, Miller [...]
Beale Street Beat (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
On May 20 of this year one of the greatest players in Mets history retired humbly and without fanfare. Many casual baseball fans might have even missed the announcement. But any true Mets fan had to pause and reflect on the 62nd round pick who became a lock for Cooperstown, and reshaped the perception [...]
InHistoric (Free subscription) | 06/08/2008
When Mets manager Bobby Valentine got ejected for arguing an interference call on Mike Piazza, he did something a tad unusual. Most managers stand in the hallway and relay strategies to their assistants when they get kicked out. Valentine went a step further, returning to the Mets dugout with a pair of sunglasses, a Mets t-shirt, and a fake mustache. Despite leading the Mets to the Subway Series in...
Miami Herlad (Free subscription) | 06/03/2008
It was no mirage. Yes, that was Pedro Martinez, in uniform, camped out at the locker in the back of the visitors' clubhouse, in the VIP area previously occupied by luminaries such as Mike Piazza and Tom Glavine.
Baseball Prospectus Radio Podcast (Free subscription) | 06/02/2008
NEW WGN Radio's Todd Hollandsworth, the 1996 Rookie of the Year, talks Cubs, Rockies, and Mike Piazza on this edition of BP Radio.Click here to read more or download the show.
Beale Street Beat (Free subscription) | 06/01/2008
In past seasons, Kevin Towers has been a gambler that Kenny Rogers would be proud to sing about. He’s cashed chips like Ricky Henderson, Fernando Valenzuela and Mike Piazza. Not to mention phenomenal success in the bullpen area. With this being a proven strength, man San Diego fans rightfully viewed a couple of this [...]
USA Today (Free subscription) | 06/01/2008
Mike Piazza's retirement has focused attention on the catchers' wing of the Hall of Fame. Here are our five candidates for immortality from this era of heightened offense.
