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True, we are only a couple of days into the 2008 Major League Baseball season, but there are some familiar names absent from any roster.

Who can blame Roger Clemens for retiring after all that gossip columnist Jose Canseco, [self-proclaimed narc of baseball] has put him and his family through?  Who can blame the Yankees for not trying to sign him for another season? 

Who would have ever thought that there would be a bigger scandal in baseball than that of the 1919 "Black Sox" and the 8 men who threw the Series with Cincinnati.  "Shoeless Joe Jackson, Lefty Williams, Chick Gandil, Freddie McMullin, Buck Weaver, Swede Risberg, Happy Felsch and Eddie Cicotte look like angels compared to Canseco.  What the Sox did was very wrong, but what Canseco is doing is ruining lives and careers forever.

But, the big question:  Where is Mike Piazza?  Injured at the start of the season 2007, Piazza returned from the DL to play out the season with the Oakland Athletics, but has not resurfaced since, and not picked up by the A's in 2008.

Rumor had it that Piazza, who owns homes in the Miami area, might be signed to a contract with the Florida Marlins as a DH in 2008.  The Marlins could have used the help in the opener against the NY Mets.  The game was a close one NY 5, FLA 4.  Piazza might have been able to zing one out of the park.  After all, it was at Shea, Piazza's old stomping grounds and  the Mets, some of his old team mates.  Piazza played with the Marlins for a short stint in the 90s before moving on to his very successful career with the Mets.


The earliest MLB teams may re-sign players that were released is May 15, 2008 and after that teams may wheel and deal with other teams to create the perfect storm. 

With the misery and havoc created by Canseco and his delusional claims, baseball needs a hero.  Baseball needs a Mr Clean, a Boy Scout, a stand up citizen.  Baseball needs Piazza.

Will the Marlins have a shot at making it out of the familiar slot of last in the league?  They might, but the organization needs all the help it can get and Piazza is a hitter, one destined to the Hall of Fame, and right now, a hitter without a team.