Shawn Estes still believes it should have been someone else.

Twenty-four years after the ex-pitcher secured a spot in Subway Series lore by throwing behind Roger Clemens and infamously missing on a potential bean-ball relation, Estes said he “resented” having to do so.

“The reason why I resented it is not that I felt like that it didn’t need to be done and it wasn’t like the ‘woe is me, why am I the guy that has to take care of this?’ I kind of felt like it was more of it wasn’t my responsibility,” he told Tony Reali.

“I feel like it should have fallen on someone that had more skin in the game, that had more emotions toward the situation that was at hand.”

Retaliation bean balls are part of baseball’s tradition, and Estes failing to hit Clemens is one of the most infamous examples in the sport’s history.

Estes became the third wheel in the rivalry between Clemens and ex-Mets legend Mike Piazza that took a turn of the worse in 2000.

The seven-time Cy Young winner beaned Piazza in the head during a July 8, 2000 game at Yankee Stadium and then months later in the World Series did something never seen before.

After he sawed off Piazza’s bat in the first inning of Game 2, Clemens grabbed a piece of the barrel and threw it toward Piazza while the catcher ran down the first-base line in a historic World Series moment.

Well, those moments left the Mets wanting blood and fate would have it that Clemens would not pitch again against the Mets until June 15, 2002 at Shea Stadium.

And this is where Estes enters the picture.

Estes was not on the 2000 Mets, having been with the Giants at the time, and now had the responsibility of hitting Clemens.

“Not to say that I didn’t like my teammates that were there in 2000 that I were teammates in 2002, Al Leiter, John Franco, obviously Mike Piazza. It’s not because I didn’t like them. They had way more emotion because they were involved in that situation itself. They could build up that animosity and hated toward Clemens and realized, ‘Yeah, we’ll do whatever it takes to get retaliation here,’” Estes said.

“Because Mike Piazza got hit in the head, could have ended his career, we felt it was intentional and then the World Series he chucks the barrel of the bat at our guy. There were a lot more emotions there. I had none of those emotions. I resent, I didn’t hate Roger Clemens, right? I felt a little bit more like I resented the situation that I had to be the one. I would have been like, OK, if one of the guys that really did truly despite Roger Clemens has the opportunity to pitch in that game, then he’s the game that does it…”

Clemens strolled to the plate in the third inning of a scoreless game and with the world watching, Estes, a southpaw, threw behind his opposing starter and somehow missed him.

Cameras captured Mets manager Bobby Valentine running his hands through his head in frustration, and the pitch resulted in both teams’ being warned.

Estes ultimately struck out Clemens, but most — if not all — Mets fans wished Clemens had been on first base after taking one in the lower half.

It’s a moment that will forever last with Estes, Clemens and New York baseball fans.

Said Estes: “If I had a preference, I would have liked it to have happened like the day before maybe or a couple hours before.”