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 with The Athletic that explored his failed brief reign as owner of Italian soccer team A.C. Reggiana 1919.
“Who the f–k ever heard of Reggio Emilia?” Alicia Piazza, 46, said. “It’s not Venice. It’s not Rome. My girlfriend said, and you can quote this — and this really depressed me.