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I think it's safe to say that Clemens was heavily into steroids in the 2000 season.
This excerpt from his WIKIPEDIA entry is a classic example, and all that really needs to be said:
In Piazza's first at-bat of Game 2, his bat shattered, sending a large piece of the broken bat shard flying in Clemens' direction. Clemens picked it up and threw the broken bat down toward the first base line—and near a jogging Piazza, missing him but clearing the benches of both teams. Clemens later claimed that he was "fielding" the broken bat, having mistaken it (in his state of heightened adrenaline)
for the baseball. His explanation was widely ridiculed, in part because pitchers fielding baseballs hit in fair territory don't typically throw them just to the left of home plate: Mets pitcher Al Leiter observed that "if he felt that way, shouldn't he have thrown it to [Yankees first baseman] Tino [Martinez]?" (Clemens responded that upon realizing the "ball" to be a bat fragment, he threw it away in frustrated confusion.) Ultimately, Clemens was not ejected from the game, although he was later fined $50,000. Following the bizarre incident, he proceeded to shut down the Mets with 9 strikeouts, no walks and only 2 hits in 8 innings.
This excerpt from his WIKIPEDIA entry is a classic example, and all that really needs to be said:
In Piazza's first at-bat of Game 2, his bat shattered, sending a large piece of the broken bat shard flying in Clemens' direction. Clemens picked it up and threw the broken bat down toward the first base line—and near a jogging Piazza, missing him but clearing the benches of both teams. Clemens later claimed that he was "fielding" the broken bat, having mistaken it (in his state of heightened adrenaline)
for the baseball. His explanation was widely ridiculed, in part because pitchers fielding baseballs hit in fair territory don't typically throw them just to the left of home plate: Mets pitcher Al Leiter observed that "if he felt that way, shouldn't he have thrown it to [Yankees first baseman] Tino [Martinez]?" (Clemens responded that upon realizing the "ball" to be a bat fragment, he threw it away in frustrated confusion.) Ultimately, Clemens was not ejected from the game, although he was later fined $50,000. Following the bizarre incident, he proceeded to shut down the Mets with 9 strikeouts, no walks and only 2 hits in 8 innings.
NBA is a joke
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