The Placement Of That Pitch Has Vexed Me, Sir. Now We Shall Wrestle [MLB Closer]

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 The Placement Of That Pitch Has Vexed Me, Sir. Now We Shall Wrestle [MLB Closer]
It's not really a classic baseball brawl until a tubby Don Zimmer is thrown to the turf, but this'll do. It happened on Thursday at Safeco Field: After the Rangers' Kason Gabbard tossed a fourth-inning delivery at the Mariners' Richie Sexson at face level, Sexson charged the mound and clocked Gabbard with his batting helmet. Benches emptied, and a pileup occurred near the mound. Then, as ... [link]

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Seriously, Richie? Am I Missing Something??
Published 5/9/2008 by Cecilio's Scribe (noreply@blogger.com) at The Legend of Cecilio Guante
... OK, had to get something up on this. Just watched this highlight from last night's Rangers/Mariners game over at Deadspin and, quite honestly, I am still trying to figure out if I'm completely missing something. ...

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