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You knew last week would be a slow sports talk radio week...

mlbaseballtalk Feb 06 2006 07:58 PM

But this was quite annoying: Last week when Mike Piazza officially signed with the Padres, Michael Kay came on his show on 1050 radio and questioned why reporters were saying Piazza was the greatest Met of all time in their stories after the signing. Okay, first off -Who was saying that? Some intern/part-timer writing copy or actual full-time columnists/reporters. There is a difference between a regular getting caught up in the hype and some copy-writer trying to puff his graphs -Yeah its complete hyperbole but do we need to spend time on the radio show denouncing it during Super Bowl week? Even if you put Piazza ahead of everyone except Seaver or not (or even above Seaver as the case could be) Now is not the time for that particular argument, save it for the day an annoucement comes that Piazza gets his number retired and/or goes into the Mets Hall of Fame -And it was another opportunity for the Piazza haters, including Kay and his update guy Don LaGreca, to completely bash Piazza, bash his catching abilities, and generally make fans wonder if trading Preston Willson for the guy was a good thing to do (well they never said the last part, but by the way they (Kay, LaGreca, the fans) were saying it was almost like they wanted to chalk up the trade as one of the worse in franchise history! Can not make this stuff up

seawolf17 Feb 06 2006 08:03 PM

Had to get me started on Michael Kay, didn't you? I don't even listen to that jagoff anymore. I'd rather listen to Mike Francesa drone on about horse racing than listen to Kay. Hell, I'd rather watch Francesa eat a rack of ribs than listen to Kay. You will not instigate me. Repeat -- you will not.

metirish Feb 06 2006 08:06 PM

"Hi, I'm Michael Kay...and you're not"

Zvon Feb 06 2006 08:50 PM Re: You knew last week would be a slow sports talk radio wee

mlbaseballtalk wrote: Now is not the time for that particular argument, save it for the day an annoucement comes that Piazza gets his number retired and/or goes into the Mets Hall of Fame Agreed. Piazza will get his just due and deserved place in Met history. Its the fans who will make that a certainty. Not idiot radio hosts.

Edgy DC Feb 06 2006 09:16 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Feb 06 2006 10:46 PM

Well, the fans tried to boo him into submission in 1998. Hopefully, whoever writes the history book will be of cool head.

Zvon Feb 06 2006 10:39 PM

Edgy DC wrote: Well, the fans tried to boo him into submission in 1998. Hopefully, whoever writes the history book will be of cool head. I think Piazza will look good, when we look back, after a time. Who will not consider the late 90's till the mid 2000's the Piazza years in Met history?

Yancy Street Gang Feb 07 2006 08:58 AM

Mets Hall of Fame: Yes, definitely. Retired number: No.

Johnny Dickshot Feb 07 2006 09:08 AM

Piazzaa suits up for the Pods in No. 33.

metirish Feb 07 2006 09:30 AM

Looking good...