Comments on: Buzz: Piazza May Retire

By: phoola

phoola — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 20:04:12 +0000

Prominent? Hard to even remember those years, thankfully.

By: retire17&8

retire17&8 — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:05:01 +0000

Actually, they were down 8-0 and scored 10 runs in the bottom of the 8th. The greatest regular season game I ever went to…maybe you should check your facts before you comment…

By: metsomniac

metsomniac — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 10:07:34 +0000

HA HA

By: metsomniac

metsomniac — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 10:06:51 +0000

if the Mets retire 17, 31, 7 (unless it was for HOF Reyes), and 36 they would might as well change their name to the Yankees

By: metsomniac

metsomniac — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 10:04:26 +0000

Actualy i just fliped floped on this… i’m tired. they will probably retire 31, but i think it would be breaking precedent. Piazza is a first-ballot HOF, but a lot of those years he was wearing Dodger blue is all I’m saying.

I love Piazza, he will always have a special place in my heart, so i hope the Mets do retire it.

By: metsomniac

metsomniac — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 10:00:51 +0000

this is one area where the Mets are way better than the Yankees. The Yanks retire everybody’s number… there not gonna have any left. I mean you should at least be a HOF player to get your number retired.

On the other hand, the Mets take pride in retiring numbers. the only player is Tom Seaver. For this reaon it may take a home grown talent like David wright and Jose Reyes to get thier numbers retired. the biggist thing working against Piazza is his Dodger roots. I love the man and would lover to see 31 next to 41 but history doesn’t bode well.

if Hernendez and Carter played for the yanks in ’86 there numbers would have been retired in an instant.

By: atl0nym4

atl0nym4 — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 03:05:14 +0000

14 37 31 41 42

By: mr_met

mr_met — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 23:20:51 +0000

i wanna see you one more time in a mets uniform mikey… even one day

By: i hate tommy herr

i hate tommy herr — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 22:27:01 +0000

I would love to see him somehow retire as a Met. The homerun he hit off Mulholland in 2000 during that huge comeback still remains one of the best things I have ever seen as a fan.

By: Dennis A

Dennis A — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 19:48:30 +0000

I think the retirement of his number depends upon whether or not he wears a Mets cap on his plaque. That’s the main difference between Carter and Seaver.
If nobody signs Piazza, he should try playing for Bobby Valentine’s team over in Japan and have somebody make a documentary about it. Better yet, ESPN will pay his salary for rights to the documentary. It’s a win-win.