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Roger Clemens / Mike Piazza Bat Throwing Incident
Clemens' 2000 season was punctuated by a pair of
notorious moments involving New York Mets catcher Mike
Piazza. During a July 8, 2000 game between the Mets and
the Yankees, Clemens hit Piazza squarely in the head with
a pitch. Piazza had previously enjoyed great success as a
hitter against Clemens (including a grand slam against
Clemens one month earlier), which was widely seen as
Clemens' motivation. The incident and its aftermath
received intense media coverage. Piazza bitterly criticized
Clemens, while the Mets were assailed for not "protecting"
their star catcher (retaliating by hitting an important
Yankee batter). And when both the Yankees and the Mets
reached that year's World Series, there was great
anticipation regarding the two men's first confrontation
since the beaning.
Clemens' 2000 season was punctuated by a pair of
notorious moments involving New York Mets catcher Mike
Piazza. During a July 8, 2000 game between the Mets and
the Yankees, Clemens hit Piazza squarely in the head with
a pitch. Piazza had previously enjoyed great success as a
hitter against Clemens (including a grand slam against
Clemens one month earlier), which was widely seen as
Clemens' motivation. The incident and its aftermath
received intense media coverage. Piazza bitterly criticized
Clemens, while the Mets were assailed for not "protecting"
their star catcher (retaliating by hitting an important
Yankee batter). And when both the Yankees and the Mets
reached that year's World Series, there was great
anticipation regarding the two men's first confrontation
since the beaning.
