Down A Hole: When Mike Piazza Told Everyone He Wasn't Gay

Contents:

• CELEBRATG LGBTQ SPORTS HISTORY: MIKE PIAZZA ANNOUNC, ‘I’M NOT GAY. I’M HETEROSEXUAL.’
• TOP 10 ATHLET WHO ARE RUMORED TO BE GAY
• METS LEGEND MIKE PIAZZA SPILLS ON CLEMENS, GAY MORS AND STEROIDS NEW MEMOIR
• MIKE PIAZZA SAYS HE SERV HOF, TALKS PEDS, GAY MORS BOOK
• THE 6 BT QUOT FROM MIKE PIAZZA'S MEMOIR: "IF I WAS GAY, I'D BE GAY ALL THE WAY"
• EX-WIFE SLGS GAY MOR AT FORMER MET
• MIKE PIAZZA IS NOT GAY
• EX-MAJOR LEAGUER MIKE PIAZZA: 'IF I WAS GAY, I’D BE GAY ALL THE WAY'
• MIKE PIAZZA GAY, WHAT IS HIS WORTH, WHO IS HIS WIFE?
• DOWN A HOLE: WHEN MIKE PIAZZA TOLD EVERYONE HE WASN'T GAY
• ZAKK WYLDE THREATENS INTERVIEWER OVER "GAY" COMMENT
• BY THE WAY, MIKE PIAZZA STILL ISN'T GAY
• MOMENT #25: MIKE PIAZZA ANNOUNC, 'I'M NOT GAY. I'M HETEROSEXUAL.'

CELEBRATG LGBTQ SPORTS HISTORY: MIKE PIAZZA ANNOUNC, ‘I’M NOT GAY. I’M HETEROSEXUAL.’

And 2002, Piazza held a news nference to clare, “I’m not gay. ” In dog so, he ma many thk he is, fact, gay.

In the June/July 2002 issue of Details magaze, then-New York Mets manager Bobby Valente said he believed baseball was ready for an openly gay player.

There is a persistent mor around town that one Mets star who spends a lot of time wh pretty mols clubs is actually gay and has started to thk about clarg his sexual orientatn.

TOP 10 ATHLET WHO ARE RUMORED TO BE GAY

Amidst swirlg mors that the gay player is him, the next day New York Met tcher Mike Piazza held a prs nference to clare, “I’m not gay.

METS LEGEND MIKE PIAZZA SPILLS ON CLEMENS, GAY MORS AND STEROIDS NEW MEMOIR

” And dog so ma many thk he is fact gay. He agreed wh Valente that baseball players, ne years ago, would accept a gay teammate:. Yet many people, particularly gay people, took offense.

Whether Piazza’s ments were supportive or not, the implitn to many was that beg lled gay was emed so bad that you had to clear up the mor.

MIKE PIAZZA SAYS HE SERV HOF, TALKS PEDS, GAY MORS BOOK

“He plays for the Mets” quickly beme shorthand for “he’s gay. ” And the Piazza-gay mors only tensified after the prs nference. To this day, many thk Piazza is gay based exclively on that prs nference; One mastream sports Web se said 2004: “When we thk of gay athlet, the first one who to md is Mike Piazza, then there is Olympic gold medalist diver, Greg Louganis.

“If I was gay, I’d be gay all the way.

None of the athlet are nfirmed to be gay or anythg like that. The purpose of this list is to go a b more pth about some of the mors that are surroundg the players, not to nvce the rear that the athlet are gay.

THE 6 BT QUOT FROM MIKE PIAZZA'S MEMOIR: "IF I WAS GAY, I'D BE GAY ALL THE WAY"

In fact, as society is now much more open to people no matter their orientatn, we have seen a ton more athlet, both active and retired, e out and adm that they are homosexuals, and 's absolutely a great thg. This list will look at some of the most high profile exampl of pro athlet who have had mors about beg gay surroundg them, but aga, none of those are nfirmed and even if they were nfirmed, they would be somethg to celebrate. In 2011, mors began swirlg that Selby was gay, or at least bi-cur.

Curry however, is also known by some bee of the allegatns that he is gay. His ex-wife has acced him of beg gay and that Dunn’s lover om llege actually lived wh them for the first few years of their marriage.

The mors about him potentially beg gay have been gog on sce the early 2000s.

EX-WIFE SLGS GAY MOR AT FORMER MET

This mor was that a member of the New York Mets was gay and people were speculatg that was Piazza.

Qutns about Aikman's sexual orientatn have been around for s and the mor was started by Skip Bayls, when, his book, he stated that Troy Aikman might be gay.

Beloved Mets tcher Mike Piazza out swgg a new memoir — nontg mors about beg gay and takg steroids, tailg his romantic home ns and fally settlg the sre wh his hated rival, Roger Clemens. Piazza believ the persistent whispers that he was the closet began after Mets manager Bobby Valente said a 2002 terview that Major League Baseball was ready for an openly gay player.

MIKE PIAZZA IS NOT GAY

He felt pelled to addrs the gossip publicly, tellg reporters, “I’m not gay. Piazza, who is married wh two dghters, also discs mors about his sexualy: “If I was gay, I’d be gay all the way, " he says.

Piazza thks speculatn started durg his days wh the Mets, when then-manager Bobby Valente told the prs he felt baseball was ready for an openly gay player. A month after that snub, Piazza is about to release a memoir, Long Shot, and the NY Post got a sneak peek—below, we've picked out our six favore quot, about everythg om his hatred for Roger Clemens to yellg at Axl Rose to those persistent gay Piazza Fuckg Hat Roger Clemens: After Clemens almost beamed Piazza wh a 98-mph fastball to his helmet durg a July 8, 2000 game (“I tly believe that if I hadn’t gotten my head down at the last stant, Clemens’ two-seamer would have stck me the eye and possibly killed me”), Piazza lerally planned to get his revenge.

EX-MAJOR LEAGUER MIKE PIAZZA: 'IF I WAS GAY, I’D BE GAY ALL THE WAY'

”Mike Piazza Is Not Gay, Bee If He Were Gay, He'd Be Really Gay And Proud: Piazza isn't sure how the gay mors started, although he thks was maybe an ex-teammate and his manager who started . Sce Mike Piazza's claratn that he's straight, jokters and Yanke fans have had a field day labelg the Mets a gay team. Back 2002, New York Mets legend Mike Piazza had to ll a prs nference to clare that he wasn't a homosexual and that the media were wrong to assume his sexualy.

The prs nference end up makg more people believe that he was gay and didn't que work the favor of the Mets dugout. A New York Post article om May 20th, 2002, started a mour that one of the members of the Mets dugout was gay and ready to e out to the public.

Their belief was that when manager Bobby Valente remarked that baseball was then ready for gay players, he was referrg to one of his own players. "There is a persistent mor around town that one Mets star who spends a lot of time wh pretty mols clubs is actually gay and has started to thk about clarg his sexual orientatn.

MIKE PIAZZA GAY, WHAT IS HIS WORTH, WHO IS HIS WIFE?

“I’m not gay.

DOWN A HOLE: WHEN MIKE PIAZZA TOLD EVERYONE HE WASN'T GAY

However, some people om the gay muny found to be offensive. The implitn to many was that beg lled gay required a big jtifitn on Mike Piazza's part to clear out that he wasn't.

ZAKK WYLDE THREATENS INTERVIEWER OVER "GAY" COMMENT

Mike Piazza's life after gay mours. ”Even though this was a very gross generalizatn of how gay people behave, to be fair to Mike, his sexualy was discsed the public eye wh neher his nsent nor proper jtifitn.

No gay sex occurs this Manhattan duplex apartment. In the face of mors about his sexual preference, Piazza, who lov women, announced yterday (5/22) that, "I'm not gay.

BY THE WAY, MIKE PIAZZA STILL ISN'T GAY

Former Los Angel Dodgers and New York Mets tcher Mike Piazza is out wh his memoir and he reerat what he said publicly 2002 -- he is not gay. In 2002, mors swirled about there beg a gay New York Met and many people immediately thought of Piazza, who was later reported to be datg TV weatherman Sam Champn (Champn married his male partner a year ago). "I'm not gay.

Piazza, New York tcher, are you straight or are you gay?

MOMENT #25: MIKE PIAZZA ANNOUNC, 'I'M NOT GAY. I'M HETEROSEXUAL.'

Is Mike Piazza Gay?

Is Mike Piazza gay?