baseballthinkfactory.org - 5/9/2008
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SEATTLE—The location of the pitch, not the intention of it, sent Mariners first baseman Richie Sexson “into a rage” Thursday night, and ended up with him throwing his helmet and then pile-driving the pitcher into the ground.
“I understood the situation, but there is a right way and a wrong way to play the game,” Sexson said after the Mariners’ 5-0 loss to the Rangers at Safeco Field. “If you ...
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6-4-2 — an Angels/Dodgers double play blog —
... . Milton Bradley actually trying to break up a fight? And that pitch wasn't anywhere close to Sexson's head. BTF snark here.
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Lone Star Ball —
... gets too high and mighty, remember how many people thought Frankie Francisco throwing a chair into the stands in Oakland was awesome, how many still defend him for doing it, and remember that the Ranger manager at the time wouldn't even come out and say anything critical about the fact it happened until upper management intervened and told him passive-aggressively endorsing throwing chairs wasn't acceptable.
There's a fair amount of discussion about the fight at BTF.
Anyway, the fight overshadowed what was a damn good game for the Rangers, who now have ...
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Sexson Should Be Suspended —
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Well, last night’s game was interesting, wasn’t it.
Seriously, Richie Sexson needs to be suspended. That pitch that Kason Gabbard threw at him last night wasn’t even close to hitting his mellon. And he went off.
And using your batting helmet in a fight is kind of dirty.
All in all, I’m disappointed that Gerald Laird didn’t try [...]
Richie Sexson is a Punk —
Mac Gs World
Mariners 1B Richie Sexson charges the mound after freaking out by a high fastball that was nowhere near his head. Rangers color man Tom grieve deftly describes Sexson's cowardly act. "That is a gutless six foot seven, 200 hitting, formerly good player, what a joke" Sexson better be careful or the number one Rangers fan in America, President GW Bush will sick the NSA on him for this punk ...
