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Sifting Through Hall of Fame Leftovers

Spring training is still a month away. The National Baseball Hall of Fame is helping to fill the void. Here are a few more crumbs from the election results announced Wednesday: • I asked baseball scholar Bill James what pleased him most about the results. "Oh, I was glad to see (Bert) Blyleven get in," he said....

Jeff Idelson, Hall of Fame President, Happy With Current Voting Trends

During the run-up to Wednesday's announcement of the results of this year's Baseball Hall of Fame voting, one issue dominated above all others when people discussed the ballot. What do we do about players who have admitted, been accused of or are under suspicion of using performance-enhancing drugs? There were almost as...

Remembering 9/11 and the Night at Shea Stadium That Brought Everyone Together

The morning of September 11, 2001 started a bit overcast. I left home at my normal time but anticipated a very busy day at work because I had organizational telemeetings scheduled for the entire day. Every Mets minor league club had its own time window in which we were going to discuss each player in the organization and...

Ask the GM: When Trading Wasn't Such a Good Idea

The famous expression goes, "sometimes the best trades are the ones you didn't make..." With the trade deadline approaching, you asked our GM Steve Phillips what the best trade he didn't make was. To hear his answer, along with the answer to which current 24-year-old will break the all-time home run record someday,...

FanHouse TV: Re-Examining the 1996 All-Star Game

The year was 1996 and the location was Philadelphia, Pa. John Smoltz got the win and Charles Nagy took the loss. There were home runs by Ken Caminiti and Mike Piazza. And, oh yeah, the National League won. The Senior Circuit has yet to match that accomplishment since that night in the mid-nineties. FanHouse TV's Jeff...

Mike Piazza News From the Web

05/23/12 Royals legends to play in All-Star softball game Source: MLB A trio of Royals legends will headline the rosters at the 2012 Taco Bell All-Star Legends & Celebrity Softball Game in Kansas City. George Brett, Bo Jackson and Mike Sweeney will take the field at Kauffman Stadium on July 8 for the annual softball game, which features Major League Baseball legends and various celebrities.
05/22/12 George Brett, Bo Jackson, Mike Sweeney to Play in... Source: Fox4kc.com - Kansas City KA KANSAS CITY, Mo. The 2012 Taco Bell All-Star Legends & Celebrity Softball Game will feature a roster of Hall of Fame and All-Star talent including former Royals greats George Brett, Bo Jackson and Mike Sweeney at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City. For the first time, the softball game will increase to six-innings.
04/30/12 Piazza honored at Phoenixville Source: PhoenixvilleNews.com - Phoenixville PA Men and women, boys and girls, young and old, they all came to see Mike Piazza, the pride of Phoenixville baseball, Saturday at "Doc" Kennedy Field.
04/26/12 David Wright: The Greatest Run Producer In Mets... Source: Always Amazin' - NJ.com That's not intended to slight Mike Piazza, who was a unique pleasure to watch hit in his seven seasons in New York, but where the Mets got a Piazza on the back end of his prime and then the beginning of his decline, Wright has hit for better average and, of course, driven in more runs (for what that's worth) than Piazza did as a Met. Of course, when the Mets traded for Piazza, he was right about the same age that Wright's at now.
04/22/12 Mike Piazza was the man for the Los Angeles Dodgers in... Source: Dodgers Locker Righty swinging catcher Mike Piazza was selected in the 62nd round of the 1988 Amateur Draft as a favor to manager Tommy Lasorda, as Piazza is his god son.