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09:26 AM ET 11.18 | Mike Piazza is rediscovering ancestral roots in Italy and helping to make baseball relevant there. Piazza is the hitting coach for the Italian National Team that won the European Championship this year. He will serve as hitting coach for Team Italy in the 2013 World Baseball Classic. Piazza, 44, would like to return to the majors someday in some capacity and continues to keep the lines of communication open with the Mets and Jeff Wilpon.

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November 18, 2012 10:06 AM ET

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If a roider like McGwire can be a hitting coach, I guess Piazza can, too.

williewilliejuan

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November 18, 2012 10:12 AM ET

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Now if only those other "rumors" would go away !!!

drbpor

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November 18, 2012 10:15 AM ET

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Originally posted 10:12 AM ET 11.18 by drbpor

Now if only those other "rumors" would go away !!!

Are you implying Piazza leans a certain way.

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November 18, 2012 10:52 AM ET

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Whoop-tee-fricking-doo.

...the best policy

Harrodsburg, KY

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November 18, 2012 11:39 AM ET

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The Post is just laying the groundwork for future rumors about who is going to replace the some Mets coach. Those stories are scheduled to begin as soon as the Mets lose 4 games in a row.

Traded to Seattle

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November 18, 2012 11:46 AM ET

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Originally posted 11:39 AM ET 11.18 by Traded to Seattle

The Post is just laying the groundwork for future rumors about who is going to replace the some Mets coach. Those stories are scheduled to begin as soon as the Mets lose 4 games in a row.

williewilliejuan

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November 18, 2012 11:53 AM ET

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the majority of managers who ussually make any team arise had been catchers, and more catchers, managers or hitting coaches this catchers have the ability to bring up any team WHO had been under 500% piazza should get a oportunity within time in the future,,

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November 18, 2012 02:11 PM ET

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He might very well succeed as an MLB manager. It seems to me some of the better managers in baseball over the years have been former catchers, eg.; Sciosia, Bochey, Torre.

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November 18, 2012 07:30 PM ET

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a top quality and experienced manager has always been the top notch to bring in into any team, mike piazza could be the dodgers next manager, yes its too earlier to think like that but, time ussually runs faster than ourselves!!