Michael Joseph Piazza (born September 4, 1968 in Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA) is a U.S. Major League Baseball player who currently plays for the San Diego Padres. He is generally recognized as the top-hitting catcher of all time. He is a 12-time All-Star. On May 5, 2004, Piazza surpassed Carlton Fisk for most home runs by a catcher with his 352nd as a catcher.

Childhood

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Mike grew up for the first few years of his life in a small house in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania. The house was hardly big enough to hold Mike's family which consisted of his parents, Vince and Veronica, and his brothers Vince Jr., Danny, Tony and Tommy. The backyard was where Mike made his earliest baseball memories. His father had made a batting cage made of wood with a net inside. On one side of the cage was a pitching machine. Mike would load this with some tattered baseballs and then hit them. It was Mike's second home; he spent every bit of his spare time here. Even during the cold Pennsylvania winters, Mike was a constant presence in the cage, having shoveled snow out of it and then heated the baseballs on the stove in his house. To protect from the vibration of the bat on the hard baseballs in the cold, he would also wear gloves while hitting.

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JeffreyBrohel (Jeff Brohel) Sat, 12 Dec 2009 01:16:17 -0000
I'll say it again: why is Mike Piazza in a Duralast commercial??!! ...
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@darknova306 He kinda makes Bengie Molina look like Mike Piazza.
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