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Give Sheff A Chance
Published 4/4/2009 by Andrew Beaton at Hot Foot
... (so maybe off the field issues run in the family?).  Secondly, Sheffield was traded by the Marlins to the Dodgers in the trade that brought the Marlins Mike Piazza.  As we all know, Piazza was subsequently shipped to the Mets, so if you really think about it Gary Sheffield helped to bring Mike Piazza to the Mets.  ...

Five Questions: Oakland Athletics
Published 3/18/2009 by Sal Baxamusa at The Hardball Times
... are going to be healthy all the time anyhow. Barton will get a chance to contribute this year, and the Giambi signing is more about depth for the inevitable rash of injuries than it is an end to Barton's Oakland career. And Giambi gets to follow in the footsteps of Mike Piazza and ...

LOS ANGELES DODGERS - ALL TIME HOME GROWN TEAM vs. ALL TIME ACQUIRED TEAM
Published 2/6/2009 by Sully (info@sullybaseball.com) at SULLY BASEBALL
... I'll admit it. I thought Tommy and Willie Davis were related. I thought they were the Dodger answer to the Alou brothers. Tommy was the slugger of the two Davis', driving in 153 runs in an amazing MVP caliber 1962 season when he won the batting title and the RBI title. How did he finished THIRD in the MVP race with 2/3 of the Triple Crown? He also batted .400 with a 1.067 OPS in the 1963 World Series. RESERVE CATCHER MIKE PIAZZA There is no shortage of great Dodger catchers to choose from. Steve Yeager was a ...

The All-Time Mets Team by Season
Published 1/26/2009 by dave.singer@gmail.com (Dave Singer) at NY Sports Dog
... ), .340 BA, .422 OBP, 16 SB, 151 OPS+ The Bench: Mike Piazza, C, ( 1999 season ), 40 HR, 124 RBI, .303 BA, 134 OPS+ Keith Hernandez, 1B, ( ...

Six Degrees - Incest In Baseball
Published 11/19/2008 by Jimmy Scott at Jimmy Scott's High & Tight
... of your Colorado Rockies. Goetz, or Geoff if you prefer, was involved in one of the most famous trades in NY Mets history in May of 1998 when he was the famous "player to be named later" in their trade with the Marlins for future Hall of Famer Mike Piazza . You might already see where I'm going, but I'll elaborate. I interviewed Geoff Goetz yesterday, who was chosen #6 in the '97 draft, 2 slots behind Grilli, who I interviewed two nights ago. They become closer. After Goetz was traded to Florida, so was Jason. They re-habbed arm injuries together while with the Marlins. ...

Thoughts on Brackman, the 30th pick
Published 10/1/2008 by Ben K. at River Avenue Blues
... So what, then, are the lessons we can take away from the not-so-stellar pedigree of the 30th draft pick? Well, for one, we shouldn’t place undue expectations on Mr. Brackman. He may have been a first round pick, but beyond the top spots of the draft, in baseball, that’s a largely meaningless distinction. Some 62-round selections have Hall of Fame careers; some ...

The 100 Greatest Royals of All-Time - #48 Jim Eisenreich
Published 6/25/2008 by RoyalsRetro at Royals Review
... /Mike Piazza blockbuster. In 1998, after a 1,422 game career, Eisenreich decided to call it quits. He returned to his home in Blue Springs and managed his son's T-ball team. ...

Juan Dominican in the Hall
Published 6/23/2008 by Rich at Baseball Analysts
... various levels of consideration in 2011. Bags and Raffy should be slam dunks based on the numbers, but I would be surprised if the latter even sniffs the Hall. Bernie Williams is a borderline candidate and will be a tough sell for most voters when his name comes up in 2012. If not for the controversy surrounding steroids and performance-enhancing drugs, the 2013 class, headlined by Craig Biggio, Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, and Mike Piazza, could go down as one of the best group of enshrinees ever. The ...

Lurch, Piazza, and Berkow
Published 5/21/2008 by bruce at Bruce Markusen's Cooperstown Confidential
... At times, Mike Piazza could be one of the most arrogant and aloof of athletes, especially when it came to dealing with (or simply avoiding) basic questions from the media. He also lost some respect in a few circles when he essentially went through the motions in trying to learn first base late in his career with the Mets. But none of that should detract from this simple fact: Mike Piazza was the greatest hitting catcher the sport has ever seen. (Johnny Bench is the best I've ever seen on the defensive side of the ball, but Bench didn't hit with the kind of ...

Mike Piazza to Hall as Dodger or Met?
Published 5/21/2008 by Larry Brown at Larry Brown Sports
... drafted by the Dodgers, started his career with the Dodgers, and first made his name as a Dodger. He was a relative of Tommy Lasorda’s — how much more Dodger can you get than that? And if it weren’t for the Dodgers and Lasorda, Piazza might never have been a professional baseball player. Piazza was the Rookie of the Year with the Dodgers, finished second twice in MVP voting with the Dodgers, and was an All-Star in all five full seasons he played in LA. The Dude hit over .318 in every full season with the Dodgers, including ...

The Greatest.
Published 5/21/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Mets2Moon) at The Ballclub
... The resumé Piazza boasts as he calls it a career speaks for itself. A .308 career batting average, 427 HRs, 1,335 RBIs are all outstanding accomplishments, considering the number of years he played, almost all of them spent catching for over 120 games a season. ...

Piazzalinks
Published 5/20/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (MariusJanulisForThree) at Troy Nunes Is An Absolute Magician
... . While Jose Reyes and David Wright are legitimate stars now, Piazza was really the only superstar the Mets have had since the early 90's (even then, did you consider Gary Carter a superstar? Don't you dare even mention Bobby Bonilla). You forget how gaudy his stats were for a while. Always a great face for the franchise, he was humble (perhaps too much so) and a great guy to root for. And even though his legacy will probably always be tainted by the Clemens fiasco and I'mNotGayGate, he walks away from the game as the greatest hitting* catcher of all ...

BASEBALL: Piazza Hangs 'Em Up
Published 5/20/2008 by Baseball Crank at Baseball Crank
... , but by any measurement Piazza has to be the best hitting catcher in the history of Major League baseball, his only real competition for best hitting catcher ever being Josh Gibson, whose talents are more difficult to measure. It's really a crime that he never won the MVP Award while cranking out all those .320-35-110 seasons as an everyday catcher for winning teams in a couple of pitchers' parks. ...

Mike Piazza has hung up his tools of ignorance for good
Published 5/20/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (TheNaturalMevs) at Diamond Hoggers
... See this cover? We remember when we were a kid, 10 years old to be exact when this cover first hit shelves in America. We were still pretty heartbroken that Darryl Strawberry didn't work out in L.A. because we'd become a bit of a Dodgers jock sniffer at this time. This was the guy who made it easier. ...

Piazza Sets His Tee Time
Published 5/20/2008 by Sooze (noreply@blogger.com) at Babes Love Baseball
The best hitting catcher in the history of the game is calling it a career. After 16 years, Mike Piazza is retiring. The 39-year-old backstop, who is totally straight, was selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 62nd round of the 1988 amateur draft. He went on to become a career .308 hitter with 427 bombs and 1,335 RBIs, enjoying 12 All-Star appearances, including 10 straight NL All-Star teams beginning in 1993. His 396 longballs as a catcher holds the record, followed by Hall of Famers Carlton Fisk with 351, ...

Mike Piazza Retires
Published 5/20/2008 by Camp Tiger Claw at Walkoff Walk
... Piazza wasn't playing anywhere so I'm not sure the discussion lasted very long. Still Piazza leaves the game with some truly impressive offensive numbers, especially for a catcher. No hack jokes about Piazza's personal life here. I liked the guy. My only regret is that he never got to deck Clemens. Happy trails, Mike.

Top 100 Baseball Players of All-Time
Published 5/5/2008 by Jake at Motown Sports Revival
... career is impressive enough from his regular season statistics alone. His postseason accolades make him more impressive, yet. In 117 postseason at-bats, Molitor hit .368 with a 1.050 OPS. In 66 World Series at-bats, he hit .418 with a 1.111 OPS. Molitor has the highest batting average in World Series history (min. 60 at-bats) and the highest batting average in playoff history (min. 100 at-bats). Molitor’s postseason success won him the 1993 World Series MVP. 95) Mike Piazza Piazza is certainly the greatest hitting catcher of all-time but that’s not why he’s ...

Was Jose Canseco the Johnny Appleseed of Steroids?
Published 2/15/2008 by JC at Sabernomics
... weird but moderately defensible. The power positions are first base, designated hitters, outfielders, and catchers. The skilled positions are second base, shortstop, and third base. And it becomes clear that the authors are not all that familiar with baseball. Catcher is a “power” position? Third base is a skill position? I suspect that the catcher and shortstop positions produce the least offense of all the positions. Sure, you can point to a power-hitting catcher like Mike Piazza, but you can also point to a punchless first basemen like ...

The Bottom of the Pile
Published 12/28/2007 by Dan Agonistes at Dan Agonistes
... Boggs at -48.4 to -48.1. What's interesting about Zeile is that he had two seasons of -10 runs or lower in 1992 and 1997 because he attempted to run more frequently than Boggs. However, Boggs was more consistently a drag on his team and managed to record a negative Equivalent Baserunning Runs (EqBRR) in each of his 17 seasons (it would be interesting to see if he actually made it 18 years but again 1999 is missing). Others who did poorly include Ted Simmons (-47.8), Mike Piazza (-47.5), Lance Parrish (-45.7), and Eddie Murray (-44.7). The ...

Padres Acquire Edmonds
Published 12/15/2007 by Geoff Young at Ducksnorts
... The last time San Diego brought in a guy that everyone else had written off, it worked out pretty well. Who’s to say that lightning won’t strike twice? ...