PHOENIX -- Team Italy's celebrity is pretty much limited to its hitting coach, who happens to be Mike Piazza, the greatest hitting catcher of all-time, and judging by Italy's performance in its first ...

Reporting from Sao Paulo, Brazil — I came across Mike Piazza, former baseball player and now, apparently, die-hard Italian soccer fan, in the Sao Paulo airport Saturday morning. Who knew? Piazza, the ...

Mike Piazza is getting back into the Italian sports scene, a year removed from an endeavor that fell nothing short of disaster. The MLB Hall of Famer announced Wednesday that he will manage the ...

Mike Piazza is freakin' pissed off, people. The former New York Mets catcher has owned Italian third-division soccer club AC Reggiana since 2016, hoping to lead them back to prominence in the Italian ...

The World Baseball Classic is loaded with notable major leaguers, but one of the biggest names will be in the manager's seat. Italy will be managed by Hall of Fame catcher Mike Piazza, who has long ...

Hall of Fame catcher Mike Piazza will manage the Italian national team in the European Baseball Championship and World Baseball Classic. Piazza made the announcement Wednesday morning, and will coach ...

ROME (AP) — When Mike Piazza was hired to manage Italy’s national baseball team, one of the first people he shared the news with was Tommy Lasorda. Now 92, the former Los Angeles Dodgers manager had ...

Italians beat Canada 14-4%2C credit their hitting coach Piazza says he would consider coaching in the majors Italy looks to advance to second round for first time PHOENIX -- In the greatest 24 hours ...

ROME — Coaching Italy’s national baseball team fits in perfectly with Mike Piazza’s current lifestyle. The Hall of Fame catcher and his family have been living in Italy for several years since ...

Mike Piazza expressed his gratitude in Italian, unprompted, by dropping a “grazie a tutti” four different times during a Friday night event promoting True Vodka, his latest business endeavor. “The ...

Mrs. Piazza really hated Italy. The wife of former Mets great and Hall of Fame catcher Mike Piazza said her husband’s ambition of owning a soccer team was “his midlife crisis” in a lengthy feature ...