Look, there’s only one The Franchise, and he has a statue. Let’s not start getting nutty here.
NJ.com reports: There is a petition circulating the internet calling for the Mets to put up a statue of former catcher Mike Piazza in front of Citi Field around the 25th anniversary of 9/11 and his home run.
Some users on Reddit don’t agree with the proposal.
“No,” one person wrote. “It was a great HR but I don’t want to think about 9/11 every time I go to a game. It was traumatic enough when it happened.”
“Not appropriate and kind of insulting to people who died or lost family members that day,” wrote another. “And I say that as a huge Piazza fan. It was a special moment but it doesn’t deserve a statue. Let’s not make 9/11 about the Mets.”
I personally have the very unpopular opinion that the home run is the most overrated home run in the history of baseball. I watched that game that night and felt nothing. I wasn’t over the shock. If it meant something to you, that’s fine, but I think it was just another home run. What if Mark Johnson or Desi Relaford had hit it?
On the statue front, let’s not get crazy. We put a Piazza statue then we will start looking for excuses for a David Wright statue (of what?) and we’ll have an Endy Chavez and one of Matt Harvey with a bloody nose and we’ll have watered the entire thing down – kinda like Al Leiter being in the Mets Hall of Fame for some reason.
Now, if you guys wanna make a state of THIS, I would be on board. Fans could be reminded that the SS doesn’t like them as they enter the stadium.
By the way, first of frequent reminders that Steve Cohen is now in Year 5 of the 3 to 5 Year Plan to win the World Series.
