It's reasonable to expect that the Mets will retire Mike Piazza's 31 this year. It's equally reasonable to expect that they'll handle the announcement in their patented tone-deaf manner, timed so that any reasonable cynic could mark it as compensation for a lost free agent or a lost season. But never mind that-- the bottom [...]
If you are any kind of baseball fan at all you know that the newest inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown New York will be Ken Griffey, Jr. and Mike Piazza. Some people are heavily invested in the question of who should be in the hall and who should not be there. [...]