What hat should Mike Piazza wear if elected to Cooperstown?

[ciaban]

i think the way people remember him depends on where they grew up, or when they started watching baseball.

[NYMETS2889]

typically the committee in these situations tend to use the team that has less representation (the mets currently have 1 player in the hall) so it will probably be NY and given how vocal he has been over his desire to go in as a met it will most likely be the mets

that being said even if he went in as a dodger it doesnt change what he did the mets and new york during his tenure here and his number should be retired this year, ownership clearly views him on the level of seaver (just look at their appearances and coupling them together)

[SACNYY]

Padres

[Krush]

A's

[SACNYY]

Remember the "I'm not gay, I'm heterosexual" Press conference? lol.

[NYYCowboys]

It's gotta be the Mets. He meant so much to that organization and its fans.

[Dugmet]

Players don't get a say anymore

HoF will ask the player if he has a preference. If the HOF's opinion is split, Piazza's preference could be the deciding factor.

[Leandres_sf]

Mets, I think he meant more to that organization than he did to the Dodgers.

[HowFit]

Mets...

[Pinstripe power]

Mets

[Jeffy25]

We are all wrong, he should go in as a Marlin.

He had some big moments in his 5 games there.

I actually saw one of those games live

[Mr Haha]

Over 900 more PA as a Met, that's basically 2 years worth and his first year with the Dodgers hardly counts (21 games).


He spent 50.88% of his career PA with the Mets
38.95% of his career PA with the Dodgers

He produced 40.64% of his career rWAR value with the Mets
He produced 54.72% of his career rWAR value with the Dodgers

It's a reasonable discussion.

It's got to come down to more than this... Come on Jeffy. Display a bit of heart here.

As an unapologetic Mets hating New Yorker, the post 9/11 homer was a moment that was bigger than the game itself. Couple that with the fact that Piazza's Mets played more meaningful late season games and playoff games than Piazza's Dodgers...

His most meaningful and memorable baseball was played as a Met. He should be remembered as such.

[Jeffy25]

It's got to come down to more than this... Come on Jeffy. Display a bit of heart here.

As an unapologetic Mets hating New Yorker, the post 9/11 homer was a moment that was bigger than the game itself. Couple that with the fact that Piazza's Mets played more meaningful late season games and playoff games should than Piazza's Dodgers...

His most meaningful and memorable baseball was played as a Met. He should be remembered as such.

Just a snap-shot view of the production. Of course, he displayed almost a full decade with each organization, there is more to it then.

[Bravo95]

Remember the "I'm not gay, I'm heterosexual" Press conference? lol.

Missed opportunity if they don't put it on his plaque.

[todu82]

As a Met.