Editing Mike Piazza (section)

==International baseball==
Before the 2006 MLB season, Piazza represented [[Italy national baseball team|Italy]] in the [[2006 World Baseball Classic]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=William Davis |first1=Bradford |title=Former Mets star Mike Piazza to manage Team Italy in World Baseball Classic |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/national-sports/ny-world-baseball-classic-mike-piazza-manager-italian-team-20191113-pxtyqww3k5gkhibrjahghtdl5m-story.html |website=baltimoresun.com |date=November 13, 2019 |publisher=Baltimore Sun |access-date=21 November 2019}}</ref>

Piazza was the Italian National Baseball team's hitting coach at the 2009 and [[2013 World Baseball Classic]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Piazza says he will manage Italian national baseball team |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/piazza-says-he-will-manage-italian-national-baseball-team/2019/11/13/fb68ac0c-0646-11ea-9118-25d6bd37dfb1_story.html |website=washingtonpost.com |publisher=Associated Press |access-date=21 November 2019}} {{dead link|date=June 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> He was an instructor for the Italian Baseball Academy when it won back-to-back European Baseball Championships in 2010 and 2012.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kelly |first1=Matt |title=Piazza to manage Italy in 2021 WBC |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/mike-piazza-named-team-italy-manager |website=mlb.com |publisher=Major League Baseball |access-date=21 November 2019}}</ref>

On November 13, 2019, Piazza announced that he would manage the Italian National Baseball team in the 2020 [[European Baseball Championship]] and the 2021 [[World Baseball Classic]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bengel |first1=Chris |title=Mike Piazza agrees to manage Italian national baseball team |url=https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mike-piazza-agrees-to-manage-italian-national-baseball-team/ |website=cbssports.com |date=November 13, 2019 |publisher=CBS |access-date=21 November 2019}}</ref> Due to the coronavirus pandemic and cancellation of the 2020 European Baseball Club competitions, Piazza was unable to do so.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cancellation of the 2020 European Baseball Club Competitions |url=http://www.baseballeurope.com/post/cancellation_of_the_2020_european_baseball_club_co#:~:text=Zagreb%2C%20April%201st%2C%202020%20%E2%80%93,spread%20of%20the%20coronavirus%20pandemic. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200522120507/http://baseballeurope.com/post/cancellation_of_the_2020_european_baseball_club_co#:~:text=Zagreb%2C%20April%201st%2C%202020%20%E2%80%93,spread%20of%20the%20coronavirus%20pandemic. |url-status=usurped |archive-date=May 22, 2020 |website=baseballeurope.com |access-date=23 June 2020}}</ref>