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Johnny Dickshot Jan 29 2006 05:03 PM

Sez Ken Rosenthal: ]Free agent catcher Mike Piazza has agreed to a one-year, $2 million contract with the Padres, FOXSports.com has learned. The contract includes an $8 million mutual option for 2007. Piazza, 37, initially sought to sign with an American League team as a designated hitter. With the Padres, he is expected to become the team's starting catcher and cleanup hitter.

OlerudOwned Jan 29 2006 05:11 PM

It'll be weird seeing Mike in a Padres uniform. Not as much because I'm used to him in a Mets jersey as because San Diego has nasty looking unis [URL=http://img42.imageshack.us/my.php?image=sd41898wi.gif][/URL]

Yancy Street Gang Jan 29 2006 05:18 PM

No way do the Padres exercise that option.

metirish Jan 29 2006 05:19 PM

Mets visit SD for four games starting April 20th, SD comes to Shea for three games starting August 8th, Tuesday ,Wednesday and Thursday for a day game.

ScarletKnight41 Jan 29 2006 05:41 PM

August 8th is MK's birthday. I think we know how we're going to celebrate it.

Nymr83 Jan 29 2006 05:42 PM

only 6 games? interleague play is screwing the sport up. good signing for the padres, now i hope they are 20 games out july 31st and want to trade him to a contender for a guy like victor zambrano :)

A Boy Named Seo Jan 29 2006 05:56 PM

So he's 3 HR shy of 400, 23 runs shy of 1000, 81 hits shy of 2000, all doable this year. Wonder if he hits these, stays above .300, and checks out? I'm betting he does and I'm rooting for him.

soupcan Jan 29 2006 06:11 PM

How could you not root for the guy? Hall of Fame player, class act, won a pennant with the Mets, married a Playboy bunny and he's an all-around good guy. Go Mikey go.

Nymr83 Jan 29 2006 06:43 PM

as long as he didnt become a yankee or division rival i was rooting for him

vtmet Jan 29 2006 08:32 PM

Nymr83 wrote: only 6 games? interleague play is screwing the sport up. I think it's Bud's "unbalanced" schedule more than interleague play...by the time that we play all the NL East teams 18-19 games each, and play 10 games against one of the NL Central teams (in '05, we played the Astros 10 games), it doesn't save alot of games for the other 10 teams in the NL Central/West...

SwitchHitter Jan 29 2006 08:35 PM

"Where do the Padres play?" San Diego. "What are Padres, are they like sting rays only in giant pods?' No, it's Padres, not Pod Rays. It's the Spanish word for "father". It's a long story. "Is that in the American League?" No, it's the National League. They're even going to let him catch. "Can we go to Minute Maid Park and see him?" Maybe. I knew she had a vivid imagination, but Pod Rays? Tonight at bedtime we're going to review the National League teams and where they play.

Diamond Dad Jan 29 2006 08:49 PM Geez

The Mets couldn't bring him back for $2 million to split time at Catcher? Why the F not??

soupcan Jan 29 2006 09:10 PM Re: Geez

Diamond Dad wrote: The Mets couldn't bring him back for $2 million to split time at Catcher? Why the F not?? That's what I keep saying!

Nymr83 Jan 29 2006 09:17 PM

]Tonight at bedtime we're going to review the National League teams and where they play. as it should be. ]The Mets couldn't bring him back for $2 million to split time at Catcher? Why the F not?? he apparently thought there was a much greater market for his services back when we had to offer him arbitration or say goodbye... he was mistaken.

Johnny Dickshot Jan 29 2006 09:32 PM

The Mets would have been prohibited from resigning him beyond a 20% paycut, or else wait till May 1.

Frayed Knot Jan 29 2006 09:52 PM

]I think it's Bud's "unbalanced" schedule more than interleague play No, it's more inter-league play. That and expansion. Think about it; the Mets (and all other NL teams) had 11 opponents prior to the '93 expansion (Fla & Colo). Now they have 20!! There's just no way to do that w/o fewer games per club. The unbalanced sked has existed in one form or another since they split into divisions in 1969. ]The Mets would have been prohibited from resigning him beyond a 20% paycut, or else wait till May 1. Well, they could have signed him to any amount once the FA period began. The problem, of course, is that he would have had to agree to it prior to the arb-offering date and at that time he still had bigger $tar$ in his eyes.

Edgy DC Jan 29 2006 10:05 PM

I like the schedule unbalanced very much..

Frayed Knot Jan 29 2006 10:12 PM

Oh so do I. It's just that, with the expanded number of opponents, those on the short end of the unblanaced have gone from 12 gms/yr down to as few as 5 while the intra-divisions have remained at or near 18/per. It's just MORE unbalanced now than it's ever been and that's a direct byproduct of expansion & interleague.

Valadius Jan 29 2006 10:17 PM

Thank freaking God!!!!!!!!!!! I don't know what I would have done had he signed with the MFYs... *shudders*

Zvon Jan 29 2006 10:26 PM

wow. Piazza gone. (I mean, i knew it was coming but....*sob*) Okay, okay, ....I know, no crying in baseball. So the Piazza years are officially over. And thats what Im gonna be calling these last 8 years from now on....(sigh) Good luck Mikey! (I do hope he reaches those milestones)

PatchyFogg Jan 29 2006 10:35 PM

Nymr83 wrote: as long as he didnt become a yankee or division rival i was rooting for him Kevin Towers is Brian Cashman's best friend in baseball. Something tells me we'll be revisiting this in July.

Elster88 Jan 29 2006 10:43 PM

]The contract includes an $8 million mutual option for 2007. Whoa. It's 7 games, not 6, but whatever. No difference.

smg58 Jan 29 2006 11:14 PM

I'm glad he's on with somebody. I don't know how many HR's he'll hit in San Diego, but I bet he'll do all right. I'm guessing the mutual optionninvolves a decent-sized buyout, so that he comes away with more than $2M.

DocTee Jan 29 2006 11:23 PM

Piazza and Cameron will add far more to SD than X-Man an LoDuca do to NY-- here's hoping Delgado makes up the difference. And here's to the 2006 NL West Champion San Diego Padres.

metirish Jan 29 2006 11:23 PM

I read today that his 19 homers would have been tops on that team last season.....

Valadius Jan 29 2006 11:40 PM

Klesko led the team with 18.

Johnny Dickshot Jan 30 2006 07:34 AM

Occurs to me No. 31 is already retired in San Diego. Does he go with 13?

seawolf17 Jan 30 2006 08:06 AM

Nymr83 wrote: i hope they are 20 games out july 31st and want to trade him to a contender for a guy like victor zambrano :) That would be neat!

Rockin' Doc Jan 30 2006 01:01 PM

As Soup said, Piazza was a class act and I wish him well in San Diego (except when facing the Mets). Unfortunately, Piazza and his agent misjudged his value on the free agent market. Had they realized that he wasn't going to command more than $2 Mil./year, he could likely have resigned with the Mets. I think Piazza thought he would attract a 2-3 year deal for more money to serve as a DH and part-time catcher for an American League team. Home runs will be tough to come by in Petco Park.

Johnny Dickshot Jan 30 2006 01:24 PM

I predict the pornstache makes a BIG TIME comeback in '06.

Frayed Knot Jan 30 2006 02:20 PM

]good signing for the padres, now i hope they are 20 games out july 31st and want to trade him to a contender for a guy like victor zambrano :) Obviously it'll depend on where each player & team stand at that time ... but I don't make that trade if I'm the Mets.

Nymr83 Jan 30 2006 04:56 PM

Johnny Dickshot wrote: I predict the pornstache makes a BIG TIME comeback in '06. he is married now so he'll need approval from the boss first haha

seawolf17 Feb 02 2006 12:44 PM

Piazza: 'I'm Just Excited To Be Able To Finish My Career Somewhere' February 2, 2006 | [url=http://www.theonion.com/content/node/45059]Onion Sports[/url] SAN DIEGO—During a press conference introducing him as the newest member of the Padres, Mike Piazza, the 37-year-old ex-Met catcher on the downside of his career, said he "couldn't be happier or more relieved" to have the opportunity to finish his career. "I have to admit, San Diego was always one of my top 30 choices," said Piazza, a free-agent who finalized a one-year deal with the Padres on Tuesday. "I was open to literally any possibility, but in the end, San Diego swooped in and met all my criteria: a contract, a major-league baseball team, and a spot on its roster." Piazza added that, now that his contract is settled, he can start focusing on getting in good enough shape to hit the three home runs he needs to reach 400 and coast to the Hall of Fame.

cooby Feb 02 2006 12:46 PM

Top 30? Is that supposed to be a joke?

Edgy DC Feb 02 2006 12:52 PM

Being that it's from The Onion, I'd say yeah.

cooby Feb 02 2006 12:54 PM

Ah, geez I completely overlooked that

KC Feb 02 2006 01:05 PM

I did too, on quick read I thought he was goofin' on himself as a joke. I just flashed to when Alfon(Z)o took out those transportation ads thanking the NY fans for everything. That was cool.

Elster88 Feb 02 2006 02:36 PM

Nymr83 wrote: ="Johnny Dickshot"]I predict the pornstache makes a BIG TIME comeback in '06. he is married now so he'll need approval from the boss first haha Please.

Beenso Feb 03 2006 03:05 AM

i'll be there august 8th giving him a standing ovation. i wish him the best.