Sexson sets off fracas in Seattle

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MLB: Sexson sets off fracas in Seattle
Published 5/9/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
MLB: Sexson sets off fracas in Seattle 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 hit me below the shoulders, I am fine with that. But get up near the face, [and] I am not going to deal with that.” Before order was restored, Rangers ...

Bring Me the Head of Big Sexy
Published 5/9/2008 by slanch at The Slanch Report
The Seattle Mariners might as well go up to the plate without their bats right now, they might have a better chance. Mired in the midst of a 22 inning scoring drought nothing seems to be going right for the currently hapless M’s. Richie Sexson, a giant of a man, albeit one who is hitting .209 had a hunch he might get hit when he went up to bat in the 4th, after Felix Hernandez ...

The Week In Quotes: May 5-11 by Alex Carnevale
Published 5/12/2008 at Baseball Prospectus
... there. Hit me, and I take first base, but don't throw at my head. I'm 6-foot-8. How difficult is it to hit me in the middle of the back or my thigh?" --Sexson "If he hits me in the face, what are we talking about here? At the time, you are so angry you don't even know what happens for the next five minutes. It's a rage at that point. I wouldn't have been angry if he had kept the ball down." --Sexson "If we were trying to hit him, we would have hit him." --Washington (Jim Street, MLB.com ) THE INARGUABLE LOGIC OF DUSTY BAKER "Nothing lasts forever. It just seems like it's ...