Nelly Makes Mike Piazza Atone for Criticizing St. Louis's Garbage Food

STL look who the hell I found.!!! I'm last person he wanted to see.!He BEEN APOLOGIZING ALLNIGHT I will be bringing him to eat in LOU. pic.twitter.com/VBnTDCC6oB
— Nelly_Mo (@Nelly_Mo) February 28, 2017

When the New York Times profiled Mike Piazza in February, it offered a view of the Hall of Famer as he adjusts to owning an Italian soccer team. It also included Piazza taking a gratuitous shot at the city of St. Louis. Look, we'd all like to live in Northern Italy, eating prosciutto and coppa and drinking wine by the barrel rather than chasing some MLS expansion team. That's the dream. But damn, Mike, why'd you have to kneecap the Gateway City while you were at it?

"I'd rather be poor in Italy than based in St. Louis," he said. "You can't get a good meal there!"

If that got your attention, it definitely got St. Louisans' attention. It hurt them worse than Piazza's career .995 OPS against the Cardinals.

Only one man could repair the damage: STL native son Nelly.

Looks like Nelly ran into Piazza at a cigar spot in Miami a few nights ago and they hit it off. One thing (a stiff drink?) led to another (stiff drink??), and a possibly shithoused Piazza had to rethink things.

I am personally bringing @mikepiazza31 to the hill to eat.Said he knows he fucked up!He's been following me around all night apologizing lol
— Nelly_Mo (@Nelly_Mo) February 28, 2017

Want to thank @Nelly_Mo for being so cool last night!Said I can come back to StL for some real food! LIfe is funny! #Lessonlearned
— Mike Piazza (@mikepiazza31) February 28, 2017

But will St. Louis ever forgive him? Are the best restaurant chefs in America as magnanimous as the best fans in baseball?