Mike Piazza Heading to Cooperstown

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Congrats to #31

Griffey inducted with record vote; Piazza also selected

Mike Piazza's 10 most memorable home runs for the Mets

Mike Piazza's Hall of Fame moments

It's time for Mets to retire Mike Piazza's number

 

[4down20]

Didn't he get busted for PED? Or was it that nothing was ever proven?

Not that I care, he was a great catcher and deserves it.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Didn't he get busted for PED? Or was it that nothing was ever proven?

Not that I care, he was a great catcher and deserves it.

Never busted, & never tested positive.
Just victimized by that era...with innuendo, rumors and false allegations.
Defensively, he was meh as a catcher....but he called a great game, and is the best hitting catcher ever.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Piazza reacts....

Mike Piazza weighs in on waiting for Hall call, cap on plaque, back acne

LOWEST, HIGHEST DRAFT PICKS NOW IN HOF
Ken Griffey Jr. becomes the first No.1 overall draft pick elected into the Hall of Fame. The only other member of this year's HOF class, Mike Piazza, was drafted in the 62nd round, making him the lowest-drafted player ever to head to Cooperstown.

 

[Nasty_Magician]

Should have been a first ballot but glad he's in. Has he decided if he's going in as a Met?

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Should have been a first ballot but glad he's in. Has he decided if he's going in as a Met?

YES!





NEW YORK (1/7/16) -- Mike Piazza will don a New York Mets cap on his Hall of Fame plaque.

Piazza made it official Thursday at the New York Athletic Club in Manhattan. He will join Tom Seaver as the only two players in the Hall of Fame with Mets caps on their plaques.

"I enjoyed coming up with the Dodgers and had an amazing career there as far as getting to know Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale and the Hall of Famers," Piazza said. "But, fortunately for me, I eventually ended [up] in New York. Some way, shape or form I became a New York Met, and truly have a special relationship here with the fans of the Mets. ... It's tough. For me, as much as I enjoyed my time there [in Los Angeles], I ended up in New York. And I feel like the fans here truly brought me into their family. Every time I've come back I've been so incredibly honored from the response. Unfortunately we do have to choose one. And, for me, I always sort of enjoyed reconnecting here in New York."

Mets owner Jeff Wilpon, general manager Sandy Alderson and deputy John Ricco attended the announcement.

 

[Johnnydollaz89]

This is where he belongs!