1.   Cooney was asked if he could guess what Clemens might have been thinking when he threw the bat fragment.

2.   He said he has never seen a similar situation, in which a pitcher threw a bat fragment, nor could recall hearing of one.

3.   Mets fans, in reacting to the continuing morality play starring the pitcher and slugger, were largely unwilling to allow that the bat fragment was thrown by accident.

4.   And then came that weird moment, when he tossed the bat fragment in front of Mike Piazza.

5.   And then came that weird moment, when he tossed the bat fragment in front of Mets star Mike Piazza.