What hat should Mike Piazza wear if elected to Cooperstown?

[Odominator]

More importantly, what team will Paul Lo Duca go into cooperstown as?

[vtmet]

Dodgers...

He might have spent more time as a Met, but he played at a HOF caliber longer as a Dodger:

As a Dodger; 7 years, 3000+ Plate Appearances of:
.331 average; .394 OBP; .574 Slugging Percentage; .966 OPS;

As a Met, it can be broken down into 2 stages, because as an aging catcher, Mike started to break down:
'98-'02: 2878 Plate Appearances of:
.308 average; .378 OBP; .575 Slugging Percentage; .953 OPS;
(180 of those Plate Appearances came as a Dodger/Marlin in '98)
http://www.baseball-reference.com/pl...tting_standard
'03-'05: 1243 Plate Appearances of:
.265 average; .352 OBP; .455 slugging Percentage; .808 OPS;
http://www.baseball-reference.com/pl...tting_standard

[Bernman]

Mike Piazza - should just keep his head down & his mouth shut. He will have gotten away with using performance enhancing drugs & still get into the Hall of Fame of the 1st chance - unlike Bonds & Clemens.

[Jeffy25]

Mike Piazza - should just keep his head down & his mouth shut. He will have gotten away with using performance enhancing drugs & still get into the Hall of Fame of the 1st chance - unlike Bonds & Clemens.

What about Rickey?

[VRP723]

Smh

[Bernman]

Yep - Rickey, Bagwell, Ivan Rodriguez - they will all be in the hall based on that there was no report mentioning their names - very funny!

You also have guys like Gaylord Perry who has admitted to cheating his whole life & is in the Hall of Fame - BTW - He really was not that good anyway!

Meanwhile - they keep Pete Rose out based on that the gambled on baseball after he retired as an active player - hum?

[defjersol]

A's

haha yes

[Jeffy25]

Meanwhile - they keep Pete Rose out based on that the gambled on baseball after he retired as an active player - hum?

Well it's not the voters that are keeping him out.

He is banned from baseball by the commissioner's office for his behavior, regardless if it was as a manager.

I personally believe he should be in the hall of fame as a player though

[popo85]

Mets

[lolPhillies]

Clearly the Mets.

[Cheezombie]

A's

Beat me to it :/

[Cracka2HI!]

He's not a Hall of Famer without the Dodgers years. A career full of seasons like he had on the Mets is not a HOF player. That said he should go in as a Dodger. This is one of many players that should probably get to pick...as long as we wasn't going to pick San Diego or Oakland...or Florida! LOL!!

[H-MYK]

He'll go in as a Met

[FraziersKnicks]

More everything as a Met. He had his best seasons as a Dodger, but he has more everything as a Met. Games, AB's, PA's, hits, HR's, RBI's etc.

[Wrigheyes4MVP]

I'd be honestly shocked if he didn't get in as a Met.

Honestly, in this case he should have the opportunity to choose. He wants to go in as a Met. He bleeds blue and orange and I don't think its just because he is angry that the Dodgers traded him.

All you need to see is the fact that some Dodgers fans have actually come out and said that they think he will go in as a Met. No Mets fan will ever come out and say that he should go in as a Dodger.

It would be a personal hit to the entire Mets fan base if he didn't get in as a Met, whereas some Dodgers fans would be upset, but many would understand if he didn't get in as a Dodger.