Mike Piazza - GREATEST PLAYER OF OUR GENERATION Mike Piazza called up Mike Francessa today after FAT FRANCESSA, the TANKEES FAN, said there were rumblings that Mike Piazza took steroids. Piazza told Francessa he would bet him $100,000 his name would not show up on any list of players taking steroids. Francessa backtracked and said he appreciated his career and that no significant proof existed that Piazza took sterods....
Good for Piazza to call out that fat bastard. That being said lets be honest if there was ever a player that would fit the roid bill Piazza would be it. 68th round draft pick asa favor to Tommy Lasorda to a Hall of Famer. I'm not implying anything but that's why it would be easy to see why some talk show host like Fatcessa would be quick to throw his name out when his beloved Yankees take another black eye (although I guess it would be a black eye to Texas and baseball). My honest opinion is if Piazza was on roids Clemens would still be in a wheelchair after the pussy shit that cheating bastard did to Piazza.
Man FUCK Francesa...He was probably pissed ARod decided to talk to Gammons and not him. Good for Piazza though...Francesa is GAH-BAGE without Russo...MadDog is much better on Sirius, it's hilarious listening to an occasional F-Bomb from him.
I wrote exactly that in another thread, well said. Piazza was one of my first favorite Mets, and for years now it has been my great fear that he'll be implicated in the steroids scandal. I love him. There, I said it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cu4_96gXWgs Greatest moment in Mets history. Transcended sports. Thank you Mike.
Just posted this the the Texiera thread so I'll put it here too hmmmm.... looks like roid rage to me... and in 2003 no less... the same year A Rod failed his test... Charges the mound then the Dodger locker room? Yep, I'm sure Piazza was clean :rofl: http://www.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?....jsp&c_id=null Mota hits Piazza, brawl ensues Piazza charges mound after being hit by pitch By Ken Gurnick and Kevin Czerwinksi / MLB.com PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- Lingering bad blood between Dodgers reliever Guillermo Mota and Mets catcher Mike Piazza erupted into a bench-clearing brawl Wednesday night when Mota drilled the former Dodger with a pitch. Mota had slugged a three-run homer in the top of the sixth of the Dodgers' 13-6 win over New York, but it didn't appear any words were exchanged when Mota crossed the plate. Piazza led off the bottom of the sixth inning and Mota threw the first pitch inside, Piazza glaring at the pitcher. The second pitch, also a fastball, nailed Piazza in the back. Piazza dropped his bat and helmet and charged the mound. Mota threw his glove at Piazza when he arrived, then backpedaled behind the mound, then toward the Dodgers' first-base dugout as benches and bullpens emptied. Dodger catcher David Ross caught Piazza just before he reached the mound. "I got his arm just as he was throwing a punch," said Ross. "That's the first fight I've ever been in. I didn't know what to do." Adrian Beltre and Brian Jordan restrained Piazza, who by this time was screaming and motioning wildly at Mota. "If he had gotten loose, I don't know what would have happened," said Mets manager Art Howe. Jeromy Burnitz and Joe McEwing took aim on Mota, but he was surrounded by teammates and ushered into the dugout and quickly toward the clubhouse. "It's hard to understand why a guy would do that," said Burnitz. "But I knew after the first pitch it looked like there was some intent. Absolutely there was no doubt about it, it was premeditated." Mota and Piazza were the only players ejected. Umpire crew chief Ed Montague, who also grabbed Piazza when the catcher made a second attempt to get at Mota, said a report will be filed with the Commissioner's Office. Mota waved off reporters and in English said, "No comment." He showered and dressed and walked to Brian Jordan's waiting white Range Rover, which Jordan retrieved from the parking lot and brought inside the security gates. With Jordan at the wheel, he and Mota departed with the game still in the sixth inning. Five minutes later, Piazza left the Mets clubhouse without speaking to reporters, drove his BMW to the entrance of the Dodger clubhouse, and entered. Visibly agitated, Piazza approached equipment manager Jerry Turner, then trainer Stan Johnston. "Where's Mota?" Piazza repeated. "Where's Mota?" Told Mota had left, Piazza checked the trainer's room and looked into the shower, then scanned the lockers before he finally left. Mota and Piazza have a history. In a March 4, 2002 exhibition game against the Dodgers at Port St. Lucie, Piazza was hit by an Eric Gagne pitch and Mark Guthrie retaliated by hitting Jordan with a pitch. Mota, acquired five days earlier, faced Piazza in a March 28 exhibition game in Vero Beach and hit Piazza in the back with a pitch. Piazza waited in the Mets first-base dugout for Mota to leave the field after being removed from the game. When Mota reached the grass in shallow right field, Piazza intercepted him and grabbed the 6-foot-4 Mota by the neck until they were separated by other players. Piazza received a fine. Dodgers manager Jim Tracy remembered last year's incident. "Obviously, (Mota) remembers he reached up and tried to choke him a year ago. Other than that, I don't have a lot to say. It boils down to nothing more than history that started late last March and carried itself over." Howe questioned why Mota came out for a second inning of work. "I thought they left him out there to go after Piazza," said Howe. "That's my opinion. Someone told me they have a history. I read about it last year and after that first pitch, it kind of brought it back into my mind. He tried to get him on the first one. There was certainly intent from my viewpoint. "But the guy ran like a scared rabbit. If he wants to hit someone, he should stay there and fight. He can backpedal faster than I can run forward. It was a set up, as far as I was concerned. I'm angry. He's my best player and I don't want guys taking potshots at my best player." Howe said Piazza should not be suspended "for anything he did tonight." The two teams have played each other four times in the past three days with games scheduled Saturday and Sunday in Mexico City. "Both sides need to get this resolved and get it over with," said Tracy. "Nobody wants to start a season missing key players when you've worked as hard as we've worked to this point."
I've actually heard it only once from him... All the years of him on terrestrial radio, their are obvious reasons why he can't cuss... But it was along the lines of... "Big 12!? Don't give me the Big 12! Missouri escaped barely past Northwestern! Oklahoma State blew it to Oregon! And Texas Tech got FUCKED by Ole Miss." I know he's no-holds barred on Satellite Radio...But I literally hit "Rewind" on my Sirius to hear him say that 10 times over again.
Just picture this video whenever you see a JoeJet post instead of actually reading it, it's much funnier. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBCrsaet-2Q[/youtube]
