Long Shot (73 page)

Oliver, Darren,
194

O’Malley, Peter,
68
,
83

and Dodgers,
63
,
133
,
143
,
147
,
161
,
166
–68

and Dodgers sale,
153
–54,
166
–68,
182

and Giants sale,
92

and Mike’s contract,
167
,
170
,
171

O’Malley, Walter,
143

O’Neill, Paul,
240

Ordonez, Rey,
220
,
256

Ortiz, Hector,
63

Orza, Gene,
286

Osteen, Claude,
59

Osuna, Antonio,
163
,
256

O’Toole, Teri,
134
,
176
,
191

Ott, Mel,
337

Padilla, Vicente,
309

Palmer, Jim,
136

Panerati, Luca,
339

Park, Chan Ho,
148

and Dodgers,
125
,
133
,
136
,
160
–61

as hitter,
143

as pitcher,
143
,
151
,
160
,
163
,
165
,
175
,
243

Parker, Dave,
12

Parks, Derek,
96

Parrish, Lance,
101
,
294

Patterson, Corey,
258

Payton, Jay,
227
,
230
,
232
,
237
,
240
,
244

Peavy, Jake,
318
,
322
,
324

Pena, Alejandro,
20

Pena, Tony,
280

Pendleton, Terry,
152

Pentagon, September 11 attack on,
244

Penthouse
,
195
–96

Perez, Carlos,
181
,
194

Perez, Eddie,
212
,
215
,
216

Perez, Timo,
231
,
234
,
240

Perez, Tony,
295

Perry, Joe,
290

Peters, Rex,
77

Pettitte, Andy,
233
,
240

Pfeiffer, Michelle,
105

Phillips, Jason,
281
,
293
,
301
,
306

Phillips, Steve:

and Clemens,
239

and contracts,
197

and Dodgers,
209

and Mets,
185
,
187
,
188
,
189
,
197
,
205
,
255
,
256
,
260
,
265
,
283
,
302

and Mike at first base,
281

and Valentine,
269
,
270

Philo, Alan,
28

Phoenixville, Pennsylvania,
23
–24,
25
,
316
,
345

Phoenixville High School,
33
–39,
124

Piazza, Alicia (Mike’s wife),
see
Rickter, Alicia

Piazza, Danny (brother),
5
,
6
,
18
,
23
,
25
,
41

Piazza, Mike:

and age,
241
,
264
,
273
,
278
–79,
283
,
284
,
288
,
293
,
298
–99,
305
,
309
,
310
–11,
314
,
318
,
319
,
325
,
332

and agents,
77
,
97
–98;
see also
Lozano, Dan agility and speed drills,
288

attitude of,
42
,
51
,
65
–67,
69
,
71
,
73
,
87
,
102
,
109
–10,
112
–14,
120
,
127
,
141
,
147
–48,
151
–52,
165
–66,
169
–70,
174
,
179
,
184
,
190
–91,
193
,
224
,
228
–29,
248
,
269
–70,
275
–78,
281
,
292
,
304
,
306
,
307
–9,
311
–13,
314
,
318
,
330
,
332
,
334
,
339
,
346
,
347

and auto dealership,
273
,
335
,
342

awards and honors to,
123
,
127
,
145
,
152
,
255
,
269
,
345
–46

and baseball draft,
35
–39,
48
–50,
51
,
53
,
72
,
174

and baserunning,
129

batting statistics of,
349

birth of,
6
,
9

as catcher,
47
,
48
–49,
53
,
55
,
59
–60,
61
,
63
,
78
,
278
–81,
291
,
293
,
294
–96,
306
,
328

catcher’s ERA of,
267
,
279
,
280
,
294
–95

childhood of,
3
–4,
6
,
18
,
23
–24,
25

and the Church,
67
,
116
,
195
–96,
261
,
273
–74,
303
,
335
,
340
–41

and clubhouse leadership,
159
–61,
162
,
165
,
169
,
211
,
237
,
295
,
305
,
312

in commercials,
6
,
11
,
120
,
136
,
202

conspiracies against,
307
–8,
311

and contracts,
54
,
124
–27,
143
,
146
–47,
154
–55,
166
–72,
173
–75,
180
,
189
,
191
,
194
,
195
,
197
–99,
208
,
300
,
301
,
305
,
343
,
346
–47

diet of,
157

and distractions,
138
,
172
,
190
,
228
,
246
,
249
–50,
264
,
265
,
268
,
291
,
304
,
334