In this instant the synapses became overloaded. Clemens heaved the daggerlike piece of wood toward the Yankees' on-deck circle. ("I didn't even know [Piazza] was running," Clemens would say.) The bat, its sharp end tumbling end over end, cartwheeled only about a foot in front of Piazza. "What's your problem?" Piazza yelled.

--from "Roger and Out" by Tom Verducci, Sports Illustrated, October 30, 2000

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