“How many people will show up to watch history?”, take 2.

Posted by Coley Ward on Thursday June 04th 2009, 11:47 am - filed in News reel

Yesterday, we asked readers to guess how many people would show up to watch Randy Johnson attempt to win his 300th game.

At stake was a copy of Ron Darling’s new book, “The Complete Game.”

But the game got rained out.

So here’s what we’re going to do. We’ve got four hours before Johnson tries for a second time to win his 300th game. If you already guessed yesterday and you don’t want to change your guess, that’s cool. The old guesses will still count. If you want to change your guess, leave a new one in the comments. If you didn’t guess before but you want to join the fun, now’s your chance. Again, just leave your answer in the comments section.

I’ll close the comments a few minutes before game time, so get your guesses in now. And remember, it’s “The Price is Right” rules. The person who is the closest without going over wins.

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Piazza will serve up memoir

Posted by Coley Ward on Wednesday November 12th 2008, 12:17 pm - filed in News reel

Here’s a note I found at the bottom of a Philly.com gossip column:

Twelve-time all-star and Norristown native Mike Piazza is writing a memoir that Simon & Schuster plans to publish in 2010.

The slugging catcher, recently retired, said in a statement, “I look forward to having the chance to take people behind the scenes and to talk about the many great people and characters I’ve played with and for.”

Umpbump’s Paul Moro ordered his copy of the book in advance. He’s a fan. And he’s no doubt hoping for a chapter on Piazza’s trend-setting facial hair.