When you think about the players that played about ten years ago the first guys that come to mind are Bonds, McGwire, Clemens and Sosa.

Not many look back at those days and think about the great catcher Mike Piazza.

Mike Piazza is one of the guys that played the game right when it was not popular to do so.

I am not saying he was alone, the name Ken Griffy Jr. comes to mind when you think about playing the game right.

But Mike Piazza is the more underrated guy of the group that played the game right.

Think about it, how bad it would be if we find out Piazza is on the list.

How much the Dodgers and Mets fans would be devastated if he was one of the 104 men that did not play the game right.

And we will never really know if he was on it or not, at least until baseball releases the list to us the fans.

But sources (LJ Burgess) tell me that Mike Piazza is not on the list.

And I think we can trust my sources.

And Mike being off the list gives all he did so much more meaning.

It means a man and not a half monster hit the post 9/11 game Home Run to take the lead away from the Braves and give it to the hurt state of New York.

It means a man took the Mets to the World Series in 2000.

And it means a man was the captain of the Mets and one of the best catchers in the history of the game.

Thank you Mike Piazza for letting us be part of your great baseball career, and thank you Mike Piazza for helping make baseball the great game it is.