We hadn't had a good bench clearing, batter storming the mound fight this year.
Thanks to Richie Sexson's lunacy that's been corrected.
Like these Rangers announcers, you'll have some trouble figuring out why Sexson charges the mound. The pitch doesn't hit him. You'll hear that broadcaster Tom Grieve isn't a big fan:
"That pitch wasn't even close. That pitch is a foot away from him. That is a gutless, 6'7, .200 hitting formerly good player. What a joke."Earlier in the game Mariners' starter Felix Hernandez hit two Rangers - Gerald Laird and Ian Kinsler. The second baseman exchanged a few words with Felix and catcher Johjima.
"If it was 2 feet lower ... it'd have been a strike!"
This pitch above was Kason Gabbard's first pitch in the bottom half of the 4th. So Sexson did what every self-respecting ball player would do ... takes his hard helmet off, and throws it at a pitcher without a similar weapon.
At least Richie realized that was pretty low:
"Throwing the helmet was not good. I know that's not the right way to do it, but at that time I lost it."What did Rangers manager Ron Washington have to say?
"I thought (throwing the helmet) was (expletive). How tall is he, 6-feet-13? And you go run out there on a little guy and throw a helmet. That's just frustration. The guy is a competitor and he got frustrated."Hey, I was just impressed Sexson was actually able to hit Gabbard with the helmet. That should raise his average to just about the Mendoza line.
Rangers 5, Mariners 0
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