http://ballhype.com/mlb/mike_piazza/ The Web's top Mike Piazza news from BallHype - find more at http://ballhype.com/mlb/mike_piazza/ en BallHype http://backend.userland.com/rss http://images.ballhype.com/media/img/ballhype/logo_120x60.png http://ballhype.com/mlb/mike_piazza/ 120 60 http://ballhype.com/article/mumbai_and_the_mets/ <p> I doubt many of you read The Guardian &nbsp;but I thought this was kind of cool perspective. (Excerpts below). Personally I feel the whole Piazza as hero thing has been way overblown (the dude hit a home run, big deal)&mdash;but I respect the writer below who just wants his sport to pick up the pieces and get back to normal. That 2001 Mets team was another of Bobby V's poorly prepared teams. His Mets had a habit of digging huge holes in April. This team was 10 games under on June 1st so it didn't matter how "heroic" Piazza was or how many games they won after 9/11...sometimes the math catches up to you. Miracle Mets show Mumbai why cricket matters more than ever It's a shame that cricket's response to the Mumbai attacks will be nothing like as eloquent as baseball's was to 9/11 Six days after 9/11 the Americans started to play Major League Baseball again. The League Commissioner, Bud Selig, explained the decision by saying: "I'll be grateful if we played a small role with other&nbsp;...</p><p>Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: <a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/">MLB</a>, <a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/new_york_mets/">New York Mets</a>, <a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/bud_selig/">Bud Selig</a>, <a href="http://ballhype.com/mlb/mike_piazza/">Mike Piazza</a></p> http://ballhype.com/article/mumbai_and_the_mets/ Wed, 3 Dec 2008 22:00:00 +1900 MLB New York Mets Bud Selig Mike Piazza