The indie band Belle and Sebastian released 'Piazza, New York Catcher' in 2003 Sporting News via Getty Mike Piazza, then a catcher for the New York Mets, was the subject of 2002 rumors he was gay ...

Blessed with opposite-field power, hunky looks, and an admirable joy in hamming it up off the field, Mike Piazza was a household name in baseball from 1992 to 2007 — a career span that coincided ...

2000 — Vladimir Guerrero of the Montreal Expos hits his 100th career home run. 2006 — Mike Piazza hits his 400th career home run. 2016 — Andrew McCutchen hit three homers and drove in five ...

1901 — Chicago defeated Cleveland 8-2 in the first American League game. Three other scheduled games were rained out. The game lasted 1 hour, 30 minutes in front of a reported crowd of 14,000 at ...

1902 — Cleveland’s Addie Joss pitched a one-hitter in his major league debut. Joss allowed a scratch single to Jessie Burkett as the Indians beat the St. Louis ...

When he was a catcher for the New York Mets in 2002, Mike Piazza became the first pro athlete to call a press conference to announce he was straight. This came on the heels that he was in a gay ...

Pasquantino will likely be the most established big league bat in manager Mike Piazza's lineup. But things could get very interesting if another player in the Royals organization joins in the action.