Mike Piazza Through The Years

Mike Piazza throwa out the first pitch prior to Game 3 of the 2015 World Series between the New York Mets and the Kansas City Royals at Citi Field on Oct. 30, 2015. (Photo by Pool/Getty Images)

Mike Piazza Through The Years

Mike Piazza waves to the crowd during his induction to the New York Mets Hall of Fame at Citi Field on Sept. 29, 2013. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)

Mike Piazza Through The Years

Mike Piazza shows his New York Mets Hall of Fame plaque with former Mets John Franco and Edgardo Alfonzo at Citi Field on Sept. 29, 2013. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)

Mike Piazza Through The Years

Former Mets players Tom Seaver and Mike Piazza greet fans before throwing out the first pitch of the San Diego Padres against the New York Mets during opening day at Citi Field on April 13, 2009. (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)

Mike Piazza Through The Years

Mike Piazza of the Oakland Athletics swings at the pitch against the Seattle Mariners on April 26, 2007. (Photo by Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images)

Mike Piazza Through The Years

Mike Piazza of the San Diego Padres tags out Yorvit Torrealba of the Colorado Rockies on July 27, 2006, in Denver. (Photo by Brian Bahr/Getty Images)

Mike Piazza Through The Years

Mike Piazza of the San Diego Padres talks to the media in his first appearance at Shea Stadium since leaving the New York Mets, on Aug 8, 2006. (Photo by Chris Trotman/Getty Images)

Mike Piazza Through The Years

Mike Piazza celebrates his home run with Doug Mientkiewicz against the Milwaukee Brewers during the fourth inning of their game on August 3, 2005, at Shea Stadium. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)

Mike Piazza Through The Years

Mets catcher Mike Piazza makes a throw against the Milwaukee Brewers during their game on Aug. 3, 2005, at Shea Stadium. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)

Mike Piazza Through The Years

National League All-Star Mike Piazza of the New York Mets waits for batting practice before the 76th Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Comerica Park on July 12, 2005 in Detroit. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)

Mike Piazza Through The Years

National League All Star Mike Piazza of the New York Mets is interviewed as he rides down the 2005 All Star Game Red Carpet outside Comerica Park on July 12, 2005 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)

Mike Piazza Through The Years

Mike Piazza of the New York Mets runs up the first base line after he hit a double scored Miguel Cairo to give the Mets a 3-2 in the eighth inning of their game against the Florida Marlins at Shea Stadium on April 16, 2005. (Photo by Ezra Shaw /Getty Images)

Mike Piazza Through The Years

Mike Piazza and manager Bobby Valentine are greeted prior to a game against the Chicago Cubs in Tokyo on March 30, 2003. (Photo by Getty Images)

Mike Piazza Through The Years

The Mets' Mike Piazza hits a home run, the 352 of his career as a catcher, which breaks Carlton Fisk's career home run record, on May 5, 2004, at Shea Stadium. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)

Mike Piazza Through The Years

Mike Piazza pounds the ground in frustration after umpire Eric Cooper called him out at home plate after colliding with San Francisco Giants catcher Benito Santiago in a 2001 playoff game at Shea Stadium. (credit: STAN HONDA/AFP/Getty Images)

Mike Piazza Through The Years

Mets catcher Mike Piazza hits a two-run home run in the bottom of the eighth inning against the Atlanta Braves on Sept. 21, 2001, at Shea Stadium. (credit: MATT CAMPBELL/AFP/Getty Images)

Mike Piazza Through The Years

Mike Piazza wears a Port Authority Police hat in honor of the 9/11 dead and missing emergency personnel before the Mets' game against the Atlanta Braves at Shea Stadium on Sept. 21, 2001. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Allsport/Getty Images)

Mike Piazza Through The Years

Mike Piazza is congratulated by third base coach John Stearns after Piazza hit a first-inning home run on April 3, 2001, against the Atlanta. (credit: STEVE SCHAEFER/AFP/Getty Images)

Mike Piazza Through The Years

Mike Piazza is congratulated by teammates after hitting a two-run home run in the third inning of Game 4 of the World Series at Shea Stadium on Oct. 25, 2000. (credit: DON EMMERT/AFP/Getty Images)

Mike Piazza Through The Years

Mike Piazza hits a home run in the bottom of the third inning of Game 4 of the World Series at Shea Stadium on Oct. 25, 2000. (credit: STAN HONDA/AFP/Getty Images)

Mike Piazza Through The Years

Mike Piazza and pitcher Armando Benitez celebrate the final out against the Yankees during Game 3 of the 2000 World Series. (credit: Ezra Shaw/ALLSPORT

Mike Piazza Through The Years

Mike Piazza gets sprayed with champagne by teammate Bobby Jones after the team's victory over the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 5 of the 2000 National League Championship Series/ (credit: MATT CAMPBELL/AFP/Getty Images)

Mike Piazza Through The Years

Mike Piazza screams after the teams victory over the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 5 of the National League Championship Series on Oct. 16, 2000, at Shea Stadium. (credit should read DOUG KANTER/AFP/Getty Images)

Mike Piazza Through The Years

Mike Piazza celebrates his three-run home run in the bottom of the eighth inning that put the Mets ahead 11-8 against the Atlanta Braves on June 30, 2000, at Shea Stadium. The Mets scored 10 runs in the inning to come back. (credit: MATT CAMPBELL/AFP/Getty Images)

Mike Piazza Through The Years

Mike Piazza, manager Bobby Valentine and general manager Steve Phillips pose for a portrait with the Sporting News' Hillerich & Bradsby C. Silver Slugger Award on April 27, 2000. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

Mike Piazza Through The Years

Catcher Mike Piazza of the New York Mets connects on a two-run home run in the seventh inning to tie the game against the Atlanta Braves during game 6 of the NLCS on Oct. 19, 1999. (credit: JEFF HAYNES/AFP/Getty Images)

Mike Piazza Through The Years

Four-year-old Jaelen Gilkey, son of Arizona Diamondbacks' Bernard Gilkey, shakes hands with New York Mets catcher Mike Piazza prior to Game 2 of the NLCS on Oct. 6, 1999, in Phoenix. (credit: MIKE FIALA/AFP/Getty Images)

Mike Piazza Through The Years

Mike Piazza celebrates a Mets' win outside the dugout in 1999. (credit: Ezra O. Shaw /Allsport

Mike Piazza Through The Years

The Mets' Mets' Mike Piazza is surrounded by the media at a press conference on May 23, 1998, at Shea Stadium. Piazza was traded to the Mets from the Florida Marlins a day earlier. (credit: MATT CAMPBELL/AFP/Getty Images)

Mike Piazza Through The Years

Mike Piazza, shown warming up before a Florida Marlins game on May 21, 1998. (credit: RHONA WISE/AFP/Getty Images)

Mike Piazza Through The Years

Dodgers catcher Mike Piazza in action against the Arizona Diamondbacks in Los Angeles. (credit: Jed Jacobsohn/Allsport)

Mike Piazza Through The Years

Dodgers catcher Mike Piazza signs autographs for fans at Doubleday Field in Cooperstown, New York, on Aug. 4, 1997. (credit: DON EMMERT/AFP/Getty Images)

Mike Piazza Through The Years

Los Angeles Dodgers' Mike Piazza accepts the Most Valuable Player trophy he won in leading the National League to a 6-0 victory in Philadelphia in 1996. (credit: BRIAN BAHR/AFP/Getty Images)