fivetooltool.blogspot.com - 5/10/2008
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Tonight in Seattle, Richie Sexson charged the mound to attack Rangers pitcher Kason Gabbard on a ball that was over the middle of the plate and two feet away from being a called strike. He was anticipating contact following a couple of plunked hitters, including some obvious headhunting by King Felix Hernandez on Rangers second baseman Ian Kinsler. Normally, I could care about baseball ...
Tale of the Tape: Sexson vs. Gabbard, who would win?
wcbias.com 5/10/2008 — Who would’ve won an NHL-style brawl had Seattle Mariners “slugger” Richie Sexson not been a pansy and actually thrown a punch at Kason Gabbard?
WCBias.com breaks it down:
With that size, reach and enough pop for 300 career bombs, you’d have to label Sexson the favorite
Then again, with a .209 average and 36 strikeouts in 33 games, he might have a hard time connecting on his swings at the ...
Mariners' Sexson suspended six games by MLB
msn.foxsports.com 5/10/2008 — Seattle slugger Richie Sexson was suspended for six games and fined Friday by Major League Baseball after charging the mound and throwing his helmet at a Texas pitcher the previous night.
Bob Watson, baseball's vice president in charge of discipline, ...
Talkin’ Baseball, Steroids and “The Code” With Author Ross Bernstein
seamheads.com 5/10/2008 — "The Code" in baseball is an interesting aspect but often not discussed aspect of the game. Just this past week, both Richie Sexson and Joba Chamberlain have caused ripples in the game because of it. In Sexson's case, he thought a Kason Gabbard pitch was a little too high (it was) and a little too tight (it wasn't) and charged the mound. The incident led to a bench-clearing brawl spearheaded ...
Rangers to put incident behind them —
Major League Baseball News 5/10/2008
Kason Gabbard is reluctant to talk about his fourth-inning altercation with Mariners first baseman Richie Sexson on Thursday in Seattle, the Rangers' pitcher says that he did not intentionally throw at the Mariners' first baseman.
