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Down A Hole: When Mike Piazza Told Everyone He Wasn't Gay
I don’t remember where I was going or why I was going there, but given the neighborhood I was in and when in my life I was there, I was almost certainly going to a bar. It was raining, and as I hustled down a street that was briefly in that golden New York state of being both smelly and shiny, I saw it blaring out from atop a bundle of old tabloids sitting on the curb—a New York Post back page featuring a squinting Mike Piazza next to a headline reading “I’m Not Gay.” I remember thinking, as I rushed past it in the rain to go get some silly well drinks, that it all seemed like a long second ago. That was in
The story of how Mike Piazza came to tell the assembled members of the New York sports media that he was in fact not gay felt bizarre even when it was happening—the result of cheesier-than-usual tabloid salaciousness and reflective of a series of ancient biases and expectations that were musty and out of date even then. It’s something I think about from time to time, and in the interest of remembering this strange
In theatre, timing is everything, and it's too bad New York Mets catcher Mike Piazza couldn't hold off a couple months before making the bizarre May 21 admission to a gaggle of reporters that he was heterosexual, after a New York tabloid speculated a Mets star was gay.
If he had said so around August, the squeeze coverage of his reverse coming-out would have dovetailed nicely with The Public Theater's world-premiere co-production of Take Me Out, Richard Greenberg's play about a celebrated baseball player holding a apply pressure conference and telling the world he's gay. Previews begin Aug.
According to the Donmar Warehouse website, the following dialogue may sum up the new work: "If I'm gonna have sex — and I am because I'm young and rich and famous and talented and handsome so it's a law — I'd rather do it with a guy, but, when all is said and done, Kippy? I'd rather just play ball."
In the play, "Darren Leeming is a young iconic baseball star, living life large, male as can be, envied by everyone. He calls a press conference and, without telling anyone what he is about to undertake , he com
NEW YORK -- Wallace Matthews, a noted New York Post sports columnist who wrote a column critical of the newspaper for reporting a rumor that caused Mets catcher Mike Piazza to proclaim that he's heterosexual on Tuesday, says he's no longer writing for the newspaper after it refused to run the column.
"I'm through with them, but I'm not sure if they're through with me," Matthews told ESPN Radio on Wednesday.
Matthews didn't say he'd quit or if he'd been fired. He posted his column on the message board of the Web site at a.m. ET. He says the newspaper refused to run the column, but said it reconsidered and would run the story on Thursday.
The Post later Wednesday fired Matthews, citing "insubordination."
"In clear of Matthews' derogatory comments and insubordination, Post management felt it was no longer appropriate for him to continue in the paper's employ,'' the release said.
Matthews wrote on that it was "abhorrent'' the paper ran the item about a player. The Post had refused to run the column without editing changes.
Matthews said, "I always knew the paper had no int
Mike Piazza Breaks His Silence On That Legendary Gay Rumor Song
Mike Piazza is finally weighing in, and he's taking it all in stride.
Back in , the New York Mets All-Star catcher, now 56, was the subject of major tabloid rumors speculating about his sexuality.
Things got so intense that Piazza famously held a press conference to evident the air, telling reporters at the time, "I'm not gay. I'm heterosexual. I can't rule what people think. I can say I'm heterosexual. I date women. That's pretty much it."
But while the rumors surrounding Mike Piazza's sexuality eventually faded, they lived on in an unexpected place: a hit indie song.
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Mike Piazza Opens Up About 'Piazza, New York Catcher' Fame Two Decades Later
In , Scottish band Belle and Sebastian immortalized the gossip in their track “Piazza, New York Catcher,” where singer Stuart Murdoch crooned, “Piazza, New York catcher, are you straight or are you gay?” The song even made its way onto the soundtrack of the cult classic "Juno."
Now, more than two dec