Read: Mike Piazza’s Hat in the Hall, and Number at Citi Field
In a post to Sweet Spot, for ESPN.com, Rob Neyer takes a look at seven future Hall of Famers, and wonders what team hat they will wear when inducted in to the Hall of Fame.
Neyer believes Mike Piazza should get inducted as a member of the Mets, adding, “But it’s close enough that his input might play a role, and I don’t have any idea which way he’s leaning.”
…i have heard from people in the Mets organization who feel piazza could one day see his number retired in Citi Field… the team clearly puts him on the same pedestal as Tom Seaver, having the two featured shoulder to shoulder, with no one else, during various on-field ceremonies over the last few years… however, from what i can gather, the Mets are waiting to see what happens with mike and the Hall of Fame… i actually think this is pretty smart… i mean, if they retire mike’s number and then he is inducted in to the Hall of Fame in a Dodgers cap, or, if they have to retire his number after he’s in the hall as a Dodger, given all the Wilpons-Love-the-Dodgers criticism from Mets fans, i’m thinking that could end up being quite awkward for the team… and so, i can understand why they’re waiting, and letting this play out… mike isn’t eligible until 2012… he last played for the Mets in 2005… so, who knows, maybe in 2015, the 10–year anniversary of him leaving the Mets, maybe that will mark a good time to send up his number…
