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Mike Piazza

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Books

Newsmakers 1993. Detroit: Gale Group, 1998.

Noble, Marty. Mike and the Mets. Champaign, IL: Sports Publishing Inc., 1999.

Sports Stars. Series 1-4. U•X•L, 1994-98. Detroit: Gale Group, 2002.

Periodicals

Bamberger, Michael. "Like so many other New York City Firefighters who died on September 11 Mike Carroll was a dedicated athlete and loyal teammate whose indomitable spirit led him to embrace his final heroic mission. His young son would find comfort in the company of Mike Piazza." Sports Illustrated (December 24, 2001): 106.



Bamberger, Michael. "Baseball: playin' the Dodger blues in the course of a few traumatic days, Mike Piazza's world turned upside down—and SI was there when he heard the news that his L.A. days were over." Sports Illustrated (May 25, 1998): 32.

Caldera, Pete. "Iron Mike: Piazza shows true grit." Record (Bergen County, NJ) (August 29, 2000): S05.

Jacobson, Steve. "Comfortable Piazza a giant in Big Town." Newsday (July 2, 2000): C07.

Nightengale, Bob. "Piazza's attitude and discipline keep him on top." Sporting News (April 24, 1995): 38.

Plaschke, Bill. "The man in the gold mask." Sporting News (March 16, 1998): 9.

Schutta, Gregory. "Piazza awes teammates." Record (Bergen County, NJ) (July 3, 2000): S03.

Shenolikar, Sachin, and Schwartz, Alan. "Pudge Vs. Piazza see how two of baseball's toughest characters stack up." Sports Illustrated For Kids (July 3, 2000): 42.

Verducci, Tom. "Catch this! Mike Piazza isn't just the best-hitting backstop of all time. He's also the leading man on baseball's hottest team." Sports Illustrated (August 21, 2000): 38.

Whigham, Julius. "The man behind the mask: from Valley Forge to New York, Mike Piazza knows his history." Palm Beach Post (February 21, 2001): 1C.

Other

baseball-reference.com. http://www.baseball-reference.com/p/piazzomi01.shtml (November 17, 2002).

"Bonds, Piazza win 10th Silver Slugger awards." Associated Press http://foxsports.com/content/view?contentId=741946 (November 11, 2002).

ESPN. http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/stats?statsId=4928 (November 17, 2002).

FOXSports. http://foxsports.com/content/view?dcontentId=603032 (November 11, 2002).

"Piazza reacts to Butler's comments by saying he leads in his own way." AP Press Online (March 3, 1998): 38.

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