New York ? The New York Mets have been waiting for Roger Clemens to pitch and bat at Shea Stadium ever since he beaned Mike Piazza two years ago.

It looks like they might get their chance when the Yankees visit in three weeks. But Mets manager Bobby Valentine is fearful that all the attention will make it hard for his team to get revenge.

“It means it will be very difficult for us to hit him in the neck because of all the buildup,” Valentine said Saturday.

Since Clemens beaned Piazza on July 8, 2000, baseball fans in the city have been ready for another confrontation especially at Shea, where Clemens would have to come to bat.

When they met for the first time after that in Game Two of the 2000 World Series at Yankee Stadium, Piazza shattered his bat on a foul ball and, in a bizarre turn, Clemens threw the jagged barrel in front of the Mets catcher’s path.

“He’s a great pitcher who won’t get what most people thinks he deserves if he comes to the plate,” Valentine said.

“So it will be disappointing to those waiting for something to happen.”

Last year, Yankees manager Joe Torre configured his rotation to avoid having Clemens pitch against the Mets. This year will be different, Torre said Clemens is in line to pitch one of the first two games at Shea on June 14 and 15.

Piazza is 7-for-12 (.583) against Clemens in regular-season games with three homers and a double. That success led many Mets to think that Clemens purposely hit Piazza in the game two years ago.