What should be a shocker to no one, New York Mets legend, and baseball Hall of Fame inductee, Mike Piazza is Italian. But what may shock some people is that Mike Piazza was THIS CLOSE (holds up thumb and pointer finger really close together to emphasize the point) to being trapped in Italy, as the country is still on lockdown over the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Coach of the Italian Baseball Team Left Just in Time, Kept Out
In a sit down on the Jim Rome Show, Piazza reflects about how he left just in time prior to the Italian government shutting the country down.