Mike Piazza Update

[Guest Edgy DC]

Where's he going? What's he worth? To whom? Is he done? Things have been quiet regarding the new ex-Met, but some media outlets are staying on the case to get the most recent poop.

He's a traitor to his country.

He's a big fat pig.

[Guest Bret Sabermetric]

Well, there is one deep thinker who compares him, and not unfavorably, to Jesus Christ.


http://catholicspirit.com/stories/2004/august/aug1letter.html

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

]Having already been hit in the head, Piazza would have been well justified in charging the mound after Clemens threw the bat, yet he chose to walk away. At possibly the most emotionally charged moment of his life and on the biggest public stage imaginable, Mike Piazza chose to turn the other cheek, putting the good of his team ahead of any personal need for vengeance. Instead of being applauded for this act of selflessness, stemming from one of the tenets of his own Catholic upbringing, Mike Piazza has been soundly villainized to this day; called every name in the book and had his manhood questioned.

"Soundly villainized?" Wow! How did I miss that?

[Guest cooby]

Good heavens, this idolizes him even more than that OTHER article that Bret dug up

[Guest cooby]

Oh, wait a minute. I just read who wrote it

[Guest vtmet]

On this rendition of the CPF, I've lost track of "Who is who they used to be"...I know that I am me...cooby is cooby...soupcan is soupcan...and a few others...

I'm starting to "guess" that Bret is "Sal"....based on the last 2 Piazza links that he provided...

[Guest cooby]

Hey vermont, how are ya?

This might help, the thread itself is on page 4 of the Non Baseball Forum

http://cybermessageboard.ehost.com/getalife/viewtopic.php?t=307

[Guest vtmet]

not bad cooby...it's been warm but snowing today...how snow sticks when it is almost 40 degrees, I don't get but it's sticking and melting at the same time...We had something weird 2 days ago, called "Frozen Fog" according to the radio...it was foggy and then it got cold before the fog disapated so the trees looked like giant icicles...not looking forward to tomorrow morning when it's supposed to be about 10 degrees and the driveway will probably be a sheet of ice...

Thanks for the link of who's who...I'll check it out in a minute...first I want to try to figure out a few in my head before finding out the real answers...

[Guest vtmet]

wow...I'm surprised...I made the original list back in June...and I didn't think that I post enough to be remembered...Thanks Rockin' Doc...

[Guest cooby]

vtmet wrote: Thanks for the link of who's who...I'll check it out in a minute...first I want to try to figure out a few in my head before finding out the real answers...

I tried that for awhile too, but was very glad when Rockin Doc/Hottie made up this chart

[Zvon]

lol @ the [u:0dcd175a1a]hes a big fat pig[/u:0dcd175a1a] link.


we all have to be thinking it....
feeling it. (brets excused)

How when next season starts, and Piazza isnt there, we have begun a new chapter in Met history.

[Guest vtmet]

I might have missed it...but weren't there 2 different posters at metsonline that used a derivation of "jb"? I know the one was "old original jb" or "original jb"...but wasn't there someone using "jb" who was actually someone else?

[Guest old original jb]

There was another jb with whom I got into some stupid argument which I now don't even remember what it was. I also have the vague sensation that it might have been someone here or someone who is still on the mofo under another name. Maybe it was you vt.

Anyway, I added "original" to jb, (just as we have Ray's, Original Ray's, Famous Original Ray's and Ray Bari--all of which don't hold a candle to real brick oven pizza.)

[Frayed Knot]

Is Bret turning into stalker?

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Ms. Kelly's selective memory seems to have conveniently overlooked Piazza's altercation with the Dodgers Guillermo Mota in the spring of 2003.

[Guest Bret Sabermetric]

Rockin' Doc wrote: Ms. Kelly's selective memory seems to have conveniently overlooked Piazza's altercation with the Dodgers Guillermo Mota in the spring of 2003.

"I did not come to bring peace, but a sword."

[Guest sharpie]

Will she transfer her allegience to Paul LoDuca?

[duan]

if i was one of "mike piazza's people" I'd have her picture issued to everyone and a big indelible inked mark of "be very afraid"

[Guest Edgy DC]

Long time, no duan.

[Elster88]

Rockin' Doc wrote: Piazza's altercation with the Dodgers Guillermo Mota in the spring of 2003.

My favorite SportsCenter highlight of all time. $5 per copy. Burnitz nearly caught that little bitch.

[Centerfield]

What other player can say they have had a ball, bat and glove thrown at them from the pitchers' mound....

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

I remember that fight. D-Dad didn't feel like watching spring training, but I was baseball starved and we kept the TV on. That was surreal - Piazza looked like he was possessed or something!

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Centerfield - "What other player can say they have had a ball, bat and glove thrown at them from the pitchers' mound...."

Yet oddly, no punches have been thrown at him.

[metirish]

From Bob klapisch.

] NEWS ITEM: Where is Mike Piazza? That's the question a lot of GMs are asking this week. The assumption was he would have signed somewhere by now, but the Met catcher turned free agent is still looking for a job with spring training just six weeks away. Piazza's best hope is with the Orioles, who are looking to trade Javy Lopez or else move him to first base. That would create an opening at the DH spot. The A's also are considering Piazza, but their first choice at DH is still the rehabbing Frank Thomas.

News Item from me: Where is Sam Champion?

I've not seen him on ABC news doing the weather in a while.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

Carlos Beltran didn't sign last year until January 11, so I think it's a little too early for the tongues to be wagging about Piazza not being signed yet.

I bet that girl that Bret has been stalking is hoping that he's still unsigned on May 1.

[Guest cleonjones11]

To this day the sound of his name makes me sick. No balls...Yankee fans that still diss Mike simply prove that the Y- are the MFY's and are anti just about anything I beleieve in

Cleon Jones 11

P.S. Donald Grant..I want my damn van back!

[Guest vtmet]

so what team takes a chance on him with a $500K minor league spring training invite?

[Zvon]

vtmet wrote: so what team takes a chance on him with a $500K minor league spring training invite?

Im really surprized he's still just danglin in the wind.

[Guest vtmet]

I'm not surprised...I couldn't believe how many posters at various forums that I go to, thought that Omar should have offered Mikey 2 years for $10-12 Mil total...IMO, after the past 3 seasons, he's not even close to that value...JT Snow just signed for 1 year at 2 mil, while JT never had the power that Mikey had/has, right now, IMO he brings more value to a team...other than dingers, what does Mikey really offer? Before Mikey went on the dl, there was about a 6 week stretch where we had a much better winning percentage when Shrek was our starting catcher over when Mikey was our catcher...and it wasn't because Shrek was the world's greatest complete catcher, just that he had less "achillies heels"....

[metirish]

How easy we forget what Mikey did for this team, JT Snow should never be mentioned in the same breath as Piazza.