Mike Piazza Posts Crazy Hall Of Fame Freakout Video On YouTube...Well Not Really

Since failing to make the Major League Baseball Hall of Hipocracy Fame earlier today, Mets legend Mike Piazza has already had at least one fictional reaction attributed to him.

Personally, while I do not actually know what the real Mike Piazza is doing right now, I would not blame him for going all World of Warcraft Freak Out Kid on the whole MLB.

Mike Piazza  uses a TV remote to demonstrate what the BBWAA did to him.

Blue Jays TV Network Steals Apple Graphic & Broadcasts It During Jays Game

Well it appears I have unintentionally pranked another TV network.  According to Chris Creamer's Sportslogos.net, Rodgers Sportsnet aired a graphic for an upcoming Alomar show during last night's Blue Jays broadcast using The Apple's phony Alomar plaque instead of the actual HOF one!  They even took care to remove my watermark.   Stay classy Toronto.  Read the whole story here.

Hall Of Fame Reveals Design Of Alomar Plaque, Glosses Over Mets Career

The Hall Of Fame released this image of Roberto Alomar's plaque today.  It's probably the best we can ask for as Mets fans.

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Pete Rose Angered By Mets Hall Of Fame Snub

Pete Rose was at Citi Field on Sunday afternoon, and he wasn't disguising his feelings.  On a day when the Mets inducted four people into the Mets Hall of Fame, Rose's name was not on the list.  Why should Rose be inducted into the Hall of Fame of a team for which he never played you may ask?  According to Rose, who was effectively banned from baseball in 1989 and is ineligible to ever be inducted into the National Baseball Hall Of Fame, he feels that if he can get inducted into enough individual team halls of fame it may cause the MLB to revisit his ineligibility.  While a spokesperson for the MLB did admit that individual team halls of fame are a bit of a gray area, he called Rose's plan far fetched at best.

Rose explains that, in his own way, he is a part of every teams history.  "I may not have played for the Mets but I always followed their progress closely.", says Rose.  "On some nights, VERY closely."  Additionally, Rose feels that their is enough shared history to warrant inclusion.  "Buddy has a plaque up there and we once got into a fistfight on the field.  At the very least maybe have a plaque for the fistfight with my name next to his.  I'll take whatever I can get."

Eventually, Rose was asked to leave by Citi Field security after several guests complained that he was standing next to Bud Harrelson's plaque and telling people, "You know I punched that guy once.  Would you like an autograph?  Only ten bucks."

According to the Mets, the organization has no plans to honor Rose now or in the future and that he was only present because the team was hoping he might consider purchasing a season ticket plan.  With names like Alfonzo and Piazza being thrown around for 2011 honors, it would seem Mr. Rose has a long wait ahead of him.

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Strasburg To Be Inducted Into Baseball Hall Of Fame

Stephen Strasburg is the greatest pitcher ever.  His dominance is equaled only by his greatness.  His baseball card sells on ebay for 58 million dollars and his enormous manhood is already the talk of locker rooms around the league.

There has been a lot of talk in baseball circles about whether Strasburg should be in this years All Star Game in Anaheim.  Clearly he not only belongs there but should also play all nine positions.  Even playing shorthanded the score would still probably be something like STRASBURG 16 - A.L. 0.

Fortunately, the folks in Cooperstown have taken notice and in an unprecedented move, Strasburg will be inducted into the National Baseball Hall Of Fame this Summer.  To accommodate the young fireballer, the committee waived the 5 year waiting period as well as the pesky requirement of actually having to have any kind of prolonged success in baseball.

Today at 4:10 in Washington, D.C., the Mets will face the great Strasburg.  They will try their best not to embarrass themselves too badly in the presence of history's greatest pitcher.  David Wright sums up the situation, "A lot of the guys didn't even want to show up, what with him being so great and all.  In the end we decided we will play so we could tell our kids one day about the time we were beaten by the greatest human being who ever lived."

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