Mike Piazza Mets

Mike Piazza Mets, Right next to the acceptable animosity associated with the Mets announcement Monday that they are traveling to retire Mike Piazza’s No. 31 jersey is the tiny convulse of something else, addition clue about the honor.

This: It’s about time.

Yes, it is continued behind that the Mets alone this boutonniere on their greatest-ever position player, the tough, slugging catcher with added homers as a backstop than anyone in baseball history. He had big allure to battling his big power, too, as able-bodied as big-moment flair. That admirable post-Sept. 11 homer, a New York allotment of activity that still packs an affecting bash all these years later, attests to that.

He’s not Tom Seaver — who is? — but Piazza’s jersey should accept been up there next to The Franchise’s anointed No. 41 continued afore now. There are affluence of fans, the applause complete of a well-struck Piazza bang still campanology in their ears, who agree.

If you agnosticism it, analysis #Retire31 on Twitter.

Piazza was the superstar who gave the Mets a blow — and an amazing calendar blackmail — just if they bare it if he accustomed from the Marlins in 1998. They craved a face of the authorization and he was one of the best players in the game. His bat delivered, time and time again.

Piazza didn’t charge to be adopted to the Baseball Hall of Fame, as he was beforehand this month, to get this plaudit. And we don’t accept to go over every gold brilliant on his resume — top slugging allotment (.542) in aggregation history! — for affirmation that he’s admirable of getting alone the additional Met to be accustomed like this for his plan as a player.
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