A Padre Fan on Mike Piazza.

Mike Piazza has retired. With such little fanfare, I almost missed it.
I hope the Dodgers do something special for him. I was shocked when
the Dodgers got rid of him. I am a Padre fan, but I never got used
seeing him in a Mets uniform. Even when he played for the Padres, I
always thought of him as a Dodger, despite his years with other teams.
I thought it was crazy for the Padres to sign him, but Piazza proved
me wrong. He did great here and was tremendous clubhouse influence.
When he goes into the Hall of Fame, I hope it is with a Dodger cap. Go
in with a Dodger cap out of respect for Tommy Lasorda and the O'Malley
family. An era of baseball we will never see again.

"Padredog" <padredog69.RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Mike Piazza has retired. With such little fanfare, I almost missed it.
> I hope the Dodgers do something special for him. I was shocked when
> the Dodgers got rid of him. I am a Padre fan, but I never got used
> seeing him in a Mets uniform. Even when he played for the Padres, I
> always thought of him as a Dodger, despite his years with other teams.
> I thought it was crazy for the Padres to sign him, but Piazza proved
> me wrong. He did great here and was tremendous clubhouse influence.
> When he goes into the Hall of Fame, I hope it is with a Dodger cap. Go
> in with a Dodger cap out of respect for Tommy Lasorda and the O'Malley
> family. An era of baseball we will never see again.

Well said. I too hope something special is planned. It would be shame for
Mike to just slip away.

S.