Amidst swirling rumors that the gay player is him, the next day New York Met catcher Mike Piazza held a press conference to declare, “I’m not gay. I’m heterosexual.” And in doing so. A gossip column in Monday's New York Post repeated what it called "a persistent rumor around town that one Mets star who spends a lot of time with pretty models in clubs is actually gay and has started to think about declaring his sexual orientation. I'm heterosexual. For a ballplayer to acknowledge otherwise, of course, would be committing professional suicide.
Beloved Mets catcher Mike Piazza comes out swinging in a new memoir — confronting rumors about being gay and taking steroids, detailing his romantic home runs and finally settling the score with. Jeff Zelevansky Beloved Mets catcher Mike Piazza comes out swinging in a new memoir — confronting rumors about being gay and taking steroids, detailing his romantic home runs and finally settling the score with his hated rival, Roger Clemens. Many think he missed because of persistent rumors he used performance-enhancing drugs during a year career. The year-old makes no bones about holding a grudge against Clemens for beaning him during a July 8, , game, and for the infamous bat-throwing incident later that season against the Yankees during the World Series.
Mike Piazza finally addresses the legendary gay rumor song that swept pop culture, breaking his silence on the story behind the viral moment. NEW YORK -- Wallace Matthews, a noted New York Post sports columnist who wrote a column critical of the newspaper for reporting a rumor that caused Mets catcher Mike Piazza to proclaim that he's heterosexual on Tuesday, says he's no longer writing for the newspaper after it refused to run the column. Matthews didn't say he'd quit or if he'd been fired. He posted his column on the message board of the Web site SportsJournalists.
Mike Piazza finally reacted to Belle and Sebastian's song 'Piazza, New York Catcher,' which immortalized rumors that he was gay. In theatre, timing is everything, and it's too bad New York Mets catcher Mike Piazza couldn't hold off a couple months before making the bizarre May 21 admission to a gaggle of reporters that he was heterosexual, after a New York tabloid speculated a Mets star was gay. If he had said so around August, the press coverage of his reverse coming-out would have dovetailed nicely with The Public Theater's world-premiere co-production of Take Me Out, Richard Greenberg's play about a famous baseball player holding a press conference and telling the world he's gay. Previews begin Aug.
Mike Piazza finally addresses the legendary gay rumor song that swept pop culture, breaking his silence on the story behind the viral moment. .
Beloved Mets catcher Mike Piazza comes out swinging in a new memoir — confronting rumors about being gay and taking steroids, detailing his romantic home runs and finally settling the score with. .
Amidst swirling rumors that the gay player is him, the next day New York Met catcher Mike Piazza held a press conference to declare, “I’m not gay. I’m heterosexual.” And in doing so. .
Mike Piazza finally reacted to Belle and Sebastian's song 'Piazza, New York Catcher,' which immortalized rumors that he was gay. .