31.   Piazza said today.

32.   Piazza also said he was looking forward to another chance at the interleague home-run hitting contest, in which he was shut out last year in Baltimore.

33.   Piazza said clubs were split on the issue of greater revenue sharing and criticized some owners for keeping the money instead of using it to improve their teams.

34.   Piazza said he actually looked in the mirror, saw someone who was miserable and decided to become Mr. Positive.

35.   Piazza said he did well in the categories about Las Vegas, nutrition and geography.

36.   Piazza said he intended to return to the lineup on Friday, when the Dodgers open a three-game series in St. Louis.

37.   Piazza said he thought Zeile, a Los Angeles native, took the trade harder than he did.

38.   Piazza said he would never sign something like that, and he would not appreciate being asked to.

39.   Piazza said his first time catching Nomo went smoothly, despite the language barrier.

40.   Piazza said his mistake was thinking the Dodgers would just open the vault because of past performance.