as for the dodgers in 1997, it was mike piazza providing the pop. and i don't mean what folks in the midwest mistakenly call soda.
piazza had a monster season in 1997. he scored 104 runs, had 201 hits, 40 home runs, 124 rbi, a .362 batting average, and an ops of 1.024. unfortunately for piazza, he finished 2nd in the mvp voting for the second year in a row. that's because larry walker bested him in all of the offensive categories i mentioned above. still, it was the most impressive offensive display by a dodger since pedro guerrero's 1985 season, and was certainly better than that from a pure numbers standpoint. however, guerrero's team in 1985 made the postseason - piazza's 1997 team did not. his pop was not enough.
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