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Not really, but what else am I supposed to believe that picture is for?

I mean, aren’t those squinty eyes positively dreamy? Personally, I love the tousled hair and goatee. It lets you know that even though he’s Christian, he’s got that bad boy streak in him. The calm ocean in the background is reassuring. Even though he looks like he wears a leather jacket with the collar turned up, under that rough exterior, he’s still a sensitive guy.

Jokes aside, and whether or not you’re religious, I’ll credit Piazza for this, per his interview with beliefnet, he doesn’t pray to win and understands why that’s stupid:

“No, I really don’t. I learned a lesson. I read a great book on General George S. Patton Jr., which I thought was really interesting. Here was a vile, blood-and-guts type general who would stop at nothing to get victory on the battlefield. But he was very religious and very devout and prayed every day, and then would swear like nobody’s business. And I think that’s the ultimate dichotomy, the ultimate paradox. The reason why I bring this up is, someone asked him one time, ‘Do you pray for victory?” And he says, ‘No, I don’t pray for victory. I pray for the Lord to help me do my best.’”

It may be a low measuring bar, but when Jeremy Guthrie thinks his performance is a miracle of God, Piazza is a voice of reason among some of today’s athletes.