David and Johnny (who are dressed identically) fight, and Terry stabs one of them with a splintered bat, realizing too late it was David.

Of the three games I watched at home, dramatic as they were, not a memorable moment was shared, discounting Roger Clemens firing Mike Piazza's splintered bat in the direction of the stunned catcher.

Did they never tire of swinging that splintered bat?

Throwing splintered bats at opponents isn't part of this.

Mariano Rivera faced three Kansas City hitters in the ninth inning Thursday, and three times the bat boy Chris Shaloub jogged to home plate to retrieve splintered bats.

When Clemens and Pettitte were around in 2000 - Mike Piazza still remembers the splintered bat flying past him - the Yankees won their fourth World Series in Torre's first five years.

If it doesn't, he scraps it like a splintered bat.

He did throw part of a splintered bat, and that act was more bizarre than the pitch he threw on July 8, the one that hit Piazza in the head.

Clemens cemented his reputation as an intimidator by beaning Mike Piazza last July and by flinging a splintered bat across Piazza's path during the World Series last October.

In an unforgettable moment in Game 2, World Series pressure drove Roger Clemens to the point of hysteria when he threw the barrel of a splintered bat toward Mike Piazza.