I didn't know if I was getting held up. He said, 'We got a lot of Mets fans here, but I'm a Yankee fan. I'm like, 'All right, man, sounds good. Clemens angered the Mets during the season when he hit Mike Piazza in the head with his first pitch to the slugger of a game July 8. Intimidation is part of Clemens' equipment.
Intimidation is part of that.
I go back to Gibson. He'd knock you on your rear end anytime. It's part of the package. The Mets believed the Piazza beaning was no accident. Hampton cooled the inflamed feelings the next day, shutting out the Yankees for seven innings in a 2-0 Mets victory.