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Piazza to the A's

halosfanhalosfan Posts: 2,634 ✭✭✭✭
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Well they let Thomas go and Get Piazza to be the full time DH. This should extend his career a bit and be tough to deal with from a Halos perspective.
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  • softparadesoftparade Posts: 9,276 ✭✭✭✭✭
    For the first time Mike has nothing to worry about but hitting the ball. That he can do. I don't like the DH, never have, but the game is what it is. In the AL anyway ....... good luck to Mike Piazza.

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  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,696 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Piazza will always be a superstar in my eyes, and he will certainly be a first ballot HOFer when he is done playing. I agree with soft--I think the rigors of catching affected his hitting during his last couple of seasons in NY (of course, there was also that ill-advised "experiment" at 1B), and I think he can still whack a baseball better than most if that's all he's being paid to do.


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  • WinPitcherWinPitcher Posts: 27,726 ✭✭✭
    He is also a great guy. My son at age 11 would babysit in the same apartment bldg where Mike lived. Mike would always share a story and an auto. kid must have a few laying around.

    Jeter by the way lived nearby and the kids would get his auto too.


    both are class acts and were very nice to the children.


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  • BobaFett72BobaFett72 Posts: 7,304
    The real question is: do you think he will put up the kind of numbers that Frank Thomas can put up?

    I say no. If Piazza hits 20 homers it will be somewhat of a miracle.

    If i have to have an old, crippled veteran I'd take the big hurt image
  • BoopottsBoopotts Posts: 6,784 ✭✭
    I still can't believe he finished second to Walker in the MVP voting for the '97 season.
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