No, not the pope. He won't arrive for a couple hours yet. But they just interviewed the other great ballplayer, er, Catholic, in the house, Mike Piazza. Broadcast on the stadium Jumbotron. Couldn't hear anything, but no matter. Check out this Catholic Digest piece on the future Hall of Famer. Even if the NL had the DH, I don't think Mike would be moving back to NY anytime soon. This will have to do.
Always a Met in our hearts
Thursday April 17, 2008
Filed Under: Nationals Stadium, Pope
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I had the privilege of interviewing Mike Piazza for Beliefnet last year--a thrill for a lifelong Mets fan like me! He talked at length about his Catholic faith and how it influenced his career:
Read the whole interview here: http://www.beliefnet.com/story/220/story_22083_1.html.