Mike Piazza - from Rumors to Too Much Information



Mike Piazza is getting married to Baywatch babe Alicia Rickter

The marriage should finally put an end to those unfounded rumors that Piazza is a switch hitter. During the 2002 season, the perennial All-Star called an unprecedented news conference to explicitly state he is not gay.

"The truth is that I'm heterosexual and date women," he said.

[Darlene] Bernaola, the former Playmate of the Millennium [and former Piazza girlfriend], knew it all along.

"Our sex life was very, very healthy," she said at the time.

Beyond that, the couple also shared a cutesy pre-game ritual: Piazza would bite a Halls cough lozenge in half, and share it with Bernaola.

Hat tip to the Cosmic Tribune