Two and a half decades later, Roger Clemens’ broken bat throw at Mike Piazza is still a defining moment of the Subway Series rivalry.

While many were outraged and confused when Clemens took a chunk of Piazza’s broken bat and fired it into the ground right back at him , Clemens has set the record straight numerous times over the years and did so once again on the latest episode of Jack Curry’s “Yankees News & Views” podcast.

Roger Clemens fields Mike Piazza’s broken bat during Game 2 of the Subway Series World Series on Oct. 22, 2000. AP

“TV made it look like it was five feet from him,” Clemens said. “I didn’t think it was that close to the guy, and I definitely wasn’t throwing it at him. I tease people now … if I wanted to hit him with it, I could have hit him with it.”

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