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    Exclamation Mike Piazza

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    Mike Piazza was one of the muscle guys in baseball. You can see in this pic that he has cuts. I found a feature on him in Iron Man magazine (September 1994) that I will type in. It is from a column by editor Steve Holman called "Mass Media."

    IRON MIKE. The feature on Los Angeles Dodger catcher Mike Piazza that appeared in the April 3, 1994, issue of the Los Angeles Times Magazine reinforced weight training's new prominence in the sports world. How does Mike Piazza fit into this equation? He was a 1993 rookie phenomenon with 35 home runs, 112 RBIs and a .318 batting average who led his team and was seventh in the league, and he credits much of his success to bodybuilding. In fact, the man's a mass maniac. The lead paragraph of the piece described Mike as he finished up a two-hour iron-pumping session, glistening with sweat and hitting some leg poses. IRON MAN readers will be happy to hear that Lonnie Teper is hot on Piazza's trail, so watch for a feature on this 6'3", 220-pounder in a future issue. Hey, L.T., while you're hanging around Dodger stadium, slap some sense into manager Tommy LaSorda. In the article on Piazza, T.L. is quoted as saying that bigger muscles can slow flexibility and bat speed, and "I told him to lay off the weights." When it comes to iron and athletic performance, LaSorda's obviously living in the '90s--the 1890s.

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    Piazza had to dodge rumors of steroid use during his career, but he always denied it. He was inducted into the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame in 2016, but there was some grumbling about it.
    Last edited by hifrommike65; 10-14-2019 at 01:57 PM.

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