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Michael Joseph Piazza American Major League Baseball player. He played in his career with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Florida Marlins, New York Mets, San Diego Padres and the Oakland Athletics. He is a 12-time All-Star. Piazza is often regarded as the best hitting catcher of all time, and holds the career record for home runs hit by a catcher with 396. He had at least one RBI in 15 consecutive games for the New York Mets in 2000, the second longest RBI streak ever (Ray Grimes of the Chicago Cubs had 17 consecutive games in 1922).
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Quotes I long for the days when athletes were revered. I want to see the romance return to sports, to see people enjoy the game purely for the game and the players. Yes, hard is good. When I was in high school, I spent a lot of time on my knees playing with balls. I guess it was only natural that I became a catcher. Please don`t quote me. You can`t get real happy or real depressed when you play baseball. Baseball is a great sport in that it offers a player a lot of opportunities for atonement. Never let your dreams go away. I feel pretty good. My body actually looks like an old banana, but it`s fine. "I have gone from a player who thought he would spend his whole career with one organization to a player who`s been with three organizations in a week. It`s like rotisserie baseball."Trivia Made major league debut on 1 September 1992. Announced his retirement from baseball [May 20, 2008]. His first at bat with the Padres was a home run. Grew up and attended high school in Pennsylvania. Catcher for Los Angeles Dodgers (1992-98), Florida Marlins (1998) and New York Mets (1998-present). Charged the mound after being hit by a pitch from Los Angeles Dodgers reliever Guillermo Mota, igniting a bench-clearing brawl. Both Mota and Piazza were ejected. Piazza left the ballpark while the game was still going without speaking to reporters. Piazza and Mota had a shoving match last year in spring training after the pitcher hit Piazza in the hip with a pitch. [12 March 2003] As a kid, he had his own personal batting cage and pitching machine. Does commercials for collect calling service 10-10-220. Holds single-season record for highest batting average by a catcher (100 or more games) .362 (1997). Attended Miami-Dade (North) Community College (FL). 22 May 1998: Traded by the Marlins to the New York Mets for OF Preston Wilson, P Ed Yarnall and P Geoff Goetz. 15 May 1998: Traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers with 3B Todd Zeile to the Florida Marlins for OF Gary Sheffield, 3B Bobby Bonilla, C Charles Johnson, OF Jim Eisenreich and P Manuel Barrios. When Mike was 12, he received personal hitting instruction from Hall of Famer Ted Williams. 1993 National League Rookie of the Year. In 1999, he signed a recordbreaking 7-year, $91 million contract with the New York Mets. Then-Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda selected Mike the in the 62nd round (1390th overall pick) of the June 1988 amateur draft as a favor to Mike`s father. Former Dodger manager, Tommy Lasorda, is a friend of Mike`s family and the godfather of his younger brother. He is not Mike`s godfather which has been stated in other sources. Spouse: Alicia Rickter (29 January 2005 - present) 1 child
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