NEW YORK — Former Yankees manager Joe Torre was asked—for probably the 1,000th time in his life—on Thursday if his former right-handed pitcher Roger Clemens intended to hit Mets catcher Mike Piazza with a pitch, and later a broken bat, during the 2000 season that culminated in World Series featuring both teams.
No, Torre said.
"I do not believe that Roger hit him (in the head) on purpose," Torre told WFAN's Chris Carlin and Kim Jones on Thursday at a charity event in Sleepy Hollow, N.Y. "Roger would never throw and hit anybody on purpose there.