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Mike Piazza weighs in on waiting for Hall, cap on plaque, back acne

Former New York Mets catcher Mike Piazza was one of two players voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame on Wednesday. Here are some of this thoughts on that, and other things:

Why did it take until fourth time on ballot, and what was the wait like?

“As I’ve said many times before, when you put everything in historical perspective, Yogi Berra had like four ballots. Joe DiMaggio had three ballots. And so myself being sort of a student of the history of the game, and having respect for the process, it was nail-biting at times, but I had a tremendous amount of support throughout my career from the writers and the fans.