Michael Joseph Piazza was born in Norristown PA on September 4th, 1968. His father and Tommy Lasorda were friends. His dad was a high school dropout, was a self-made man. He worked in car sales, as a real-estate investor and a entrepreneur. His wife took care of Mike and his four younger brothers. He grew up a Phillies fan and studied Hall of Famer, Mike Schmidt’s, approach to hitting, His family had season seats in the second row behind the Phillie’s dugout.
When he was young, baseball was his singular focus. He would hit baseballs at a mattress propped against a basement wall.