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That time when an MLB player called a press conference to announce he was straight

Summary by Outsports
Former Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Mets catcher Mike Piazza is out with his memoir and in it he reiterates what he said publicly in 2002 — he is not gay. The New York Post has excerpts from the book: “I found it hugely insulting that people believed I’d go so far out of my way — living with Playmates, vacationing with actresses, showing up at nightclubs — to act out a lifestyle that would amount to a charade,” he writes. “If I was gay, I’d …
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Outsports broke the news on Monday, May 11, 2026.
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