1.   Piazza missed the last two games of the interleague series, but the two continued to exchange insults.

2.   Piazza has missed five games with a strained left hamstring and should start Tuesday night.

3.   Piazza missed the rest of the series.

4.   Piazza missed two games this week after being hit Saturday on his left hip by a pitch, near where he was struck Thursday.

5.   Piazza missed the last two games of the division series against Arizona with a sprained and swollen left thumb.

6.   Piazza missed the final two games of the division playoff against Arizona with a sprained and swollen left thumb.

7.   Piazza missed the last two games of the division series against Arizona with a spained and swollen left thumb.

8.   Piazza missed the last two games of the NL division playoffs because of a reaction to a cortisone shot to his injured left thumb.