mike piazza

The saying goes something like 'you can take the New Yorker out of New York but you can't the New York out of...' Well, you get the idea. Now let's apply that same philosophy to the "Charlie Brown" of major sports franchises, the New York Mets. Can anyone really save the Mets from themselves? David Stearns, a Mets fan from Manhattan, will be next up to have that unenviable task.

Old Timer's Day began for the New York Mets in the magical year of 1969. Good things happened that year, including their "Amazin" World Championship, amongst a myriad of major world events. The scrooge-like former Mets owners, Fred Wilpon and Saul Katz killed the beloved event in 1994. They were probably tired of hearing former Mets players mock their ownership's lack of baseball knowledge...but that's a story for another day. Old Timer's Day is back and it's Saturday at Citi Field.

For the first time since 2019, the Hall of Fame Parade of Legends returns to Cooperstown for Induction Weekend for the Class of 2022. Dozens of Hall of Fame legends ride down Main Street in the backs of pick-up trucks en route to a private reception at the Museum. The Parade of Legends begins at 6pm and will feature an appearance by members of Cooperstown Youth Baseball and Softball 12u teams, music from the award-winning Baldwinsville High School band and the Cooperstown Veterans Color Guard.

"And it's hit deep to left-center. Andruw Jones on the run. THIS ONE HAS A CHANCE. HOME RUN! MIKE PIAZZA! AND THE METS LEAD, 3-2!"

No matter who you cheer for, you have to like mike Piazza. He's cool and his charm is disarming. It's funny as a Yankees fan I wanted to dislike him for the small war with Roger Clemens and the Yankees but I can't. as a matter off fact it's Clemens I no longer care for...

It was hot. My forehead is now an obscene shade of red. It was tiring. We walked a mile each way, up a few hills. I dragged a cooler and carried a lawn chair. It wasn't that grueling, but it was trying enough. It was crowded. Fifty-thousand people lined the streets of a town that only inhabits about 2,000...

This weekend is a big one for New Yorkers as it is the annual induction ceremony at the Baseball Hall of Fame: Set to be inducted this year are Mike Piazza and Ken Griffey Jr. Piazza will go into the Hall as a Met and owner of the most home runs ever at the catcher position...

One day after being elected for induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame, former Mets catcher Mike Piazza announced that he will don a Mets cap on his plaque in Cooperstown. Piazza actually cannot officially choose his cap, the Hall of Fame chooses but does take his input on the decision...

Well, in a bit of a surprise last night, only two people are headed to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown this summer: Ken Griffey Jr. and Mike Piazza. It's been a foregone conclusion that Griffey was headed to the Hall for years, even while he was playing...

It looks like today that the call could be coming for former Mets catcher Mike Piazza. That call? From Cooperstown. Piazza could be voted into the Hall of Fame today. Piazza narrowly missed the Hall last year, getting 69.8 percent of the necessary 75 percent of the vote...

To most, the Yankees lineup doesn't look like much.  On Thursday, though, ESPN's Buster Olney called into Armen and Levack to explain why most of us may be wrong. He also discussed the 2015 Baseball Hall of Fame class, looked ahead to next year's vote - and one specific Met currently on the ballot - and remembered Stuart Scott.

Longtime New York Mets catcher Mike Piazza missed the Hall of Fame vote by less than 15%, it was announced on Wednesday afternoon.