Blogicized: Men of the Internet

• Guess what, single gal? Guys you meet on Craigslist might be 32 and living with their parents in New Jersey! Okay, I guess you might’ve already known that. [Apartment 2024]

• Alas. The Padres signed Mike Piazza to a one-year, $2 million deal to be their catcher. Although the Phillies missed out him, Padres fans are ecstatic about the possibility for the sexiest locker room ever. [Gaslamp Ball via Deadspin]

• An added bonus to Philadelphians getting oil from Hugo Chavez: It possibly pisses off Pat Robertson. [Badminton Stamps]

• The city has signed the Wireless Philadelphia contract, and Northeast Philly is going to be the guinea pig to make sure the system will work. The whole city is supposed to be done by 2007. So get ready to use your wireless laptop on the city’s system in about 2010. [Philly Future]

Mike ‘n’ Mike on the Phillies?

Yesterday, ex-Inquirer scribe Jayson Stark reported on ESPN.com that the Phillies were in preliminary talks with Mike Piazza, the ex-Mets catcher and Norristown native. Assumedly, he’d spell Mike Lieberthal at catcher a few times a week and play first when Ryan Howard needed a day off. He’d also DH in away interleague games.

The Phillies downplayed the talks yesterday, which probably means they’re going nowhere. Piazza will likely sign for more money in the AL where he could DH fulltime.

But it’d be a good move if the Phils could get him for cheap. Although Piazza’s numbers are declining, heck, lots of guys’ numbers are declining. A Mike Piazza in the twilight of his career is better than a Tomas Perez in the same situation, even if the latter throws pies very well. He’d be a stronger righthanded bat of the bench that anyone else on the squad right now. And, hey, even when he plays catcher, it’s not like the Phillies don’t have experience playing with a bad defensive catcher.

Plus: Think about all the people who’d be censored on WIP for saying, “Piazza and Lieberthal on the same team? Which one’s the pitcher and which one’s the catcher?” Oh, wait. They allow jokes like that on there, probably. Then it’d get old pretty fast.

Sources: Phillies, Piazza have preliminary talks [ESPN.com]
Phils downplay report of talks with Piazza
piazza?!?! [PhilliesPhans.com]