Editing Mike Piazza (section)

==Reggiana==
In 2016, Piazza purchased a majority ownership stake of the third-division Italian soccer club [[AC Reggiana 1919#A.C. Reggiana 1919 (2005–2018)|A.C. Reggiana]] in [[Reggio Emilia]], with an estimated investment of $3 million. His interest grew from his friendship with former Italian soccer player [[Maurizio Franzone]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/20/sports/soccer/mike-piazza-italy-reggiana-owner.html|title=Mike Piazza Learns How to Be an Owner. Of a Soccer Team. In Italy.|last=Keh|first=Andrew|date=February 20, 2017|work=The New York Times|access-date=May 3, 2018|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=May 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180504020006/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/20/sports/soccer/mike-piazza-italy-reggiana-owner.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

After two seasons of ownership and a controversial playoff loss to Robur Siena (with a penalty called in the 96th minute) Piazza put the team up for sale. Finding no buyers, and faced with mounting costs, including rent, the club ceased operations in July 2018. In December 2018 the team declared bankruptcy for the third time in twenty years.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://theathletic.com/721275/2018/12/18/the-passion-of-mike-piazza-how-the-midlife-crisis-of-a-baseball-hall-of-famer-led-to-the-demise-of-a-100-year-old-italian-soccer-club/|title=The Passion of Mike Piazza: How the midlife crisis of a baseball Hall of Famer led to the demise of a 100-year old Italian soccer club.|last=Powell|first=Robert Andrew|date=December 18, 2018|work=The Athletic|access-date=December 24, 2018|url-access=registration|archive-date=December 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225130003/https://theathletic.com/721275/2018/12/18/the-passion-of-mike-piazza-how-the-midlife-crisis-of-a-baseball-hall-of-famer-led-to-the-demise-of-a-100-year-old-italian-soccer-club/|url-status=live}}</ref> Piazza and his wife had feuded with [[Luca Vecchi]], then mayor of Reggio Emilia, during their time as owners of the club.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mike-piazzas-tenure-as-an-italian-soccer-club-owner-couldnt-have-gone-much-worse/|title=Mike Piazza's tenure as an Italian soccer club owner couldn't have gone much worse|last=Skiver|first=Kevin|date=December 19, 2018|work=[[CBS Sports]]|access-date=December 3, 2019}}</ref>