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"What's the matter, Mr Hilarious" is now my new retort to everything. Nintendo bless you, Mr Mackekekbokvkevetch.

Posted by Eric Grandy | May 9, 2008 1:58 AM
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Y'all need a pro hockey team in Seattle. Get yer aggressions out that way.

Posted by go wild | May 9, 2008 2:13 AM
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Sexson needs a ticket out of town. He's a sunk cost at this point. He needs to go somewhere else and find out if his career is really over or not.

Posted by Fnarf | May 9, 2008 7:39 AM
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That whole "fight" was as staged as the WWE. Sexson needed to come out of the lineup, without the humiliation of getting benched, and sometimes these theatrics can whip up a crowd, but first you need an actual crowd in the ballpark.

Season over.

Posted by Peter F | May 9, 2008 7:59 AM
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You gotta think about this in a practical fashion, Mr. Hilarious. First, the old school of baseball thought says that bench-clearing brawl can bring a team together and lead to a win streak. (I think actually hitting the ball would do it better, but tomayto-tomahto.) And lastly -but most importantly- Richie is going to be out of the line-up for 10+ games.

Posted by bg | May 9, 2008 8:09 AM
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Is there video of this anywhere?

Posted by JD | May 9, 2008 9:18 AM
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YouTube clip from last night http://youtube.com/watch?v=Q53svl8pkWM

Posted by Hyah | May 9, 2008 9:36 AM
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Didn't .209 used to be a decent batting average?

Posted by w7ngman | May 9, 2008 10:07 AM
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No.

Posted by leek | May 9, 2008 10:39 AM
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Only if your name is Mario Mendoza.

Posted by joykiller | May 9, 2008 10:58 AM
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Ok.

Posted by w7ngman | May 9, 2008 11:12 AM
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A well placed "Fuck You" or "Go Fuck Yourself" before or while you walk away is a good way of saving face without coming off too much like a douche (at least in my mind).

Posted by gillsans | May 9, 2008 12:03 PM
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I feel bad for the big guy. It's not like he's got no talent. He's on one rough-ass ride. Imagine the mental struggle he's going through (the entirety of his problems) which is occurring under the multi-layered microscope of Seattle sportsdom. That's a heavy load. Seattle fans and, to a somewhat lesser extent, the local sports media simply loooove to be negative and to complain. (Sam, I give you credit for actually going out and rooting for the team.) I know it is what it is, he's making yadda yadda money, and all the other blah blah blah that people love to point out. But so what. I'm still pulling for the big guy, and I like him, and Gabbard's lucky Richie didn't pull his head off, put a sheet of acid inside it and pop it back on. I think Richie still showed some class by just sort of holding the little guy down on the ground, and not letting him run around under the furniture like a panicked hamster.

Posted by Lloyd Clydesdale | May 9, 2008 12:24 PM
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Yes, I feel sorry for him, too. I want him to find greener pastures elsewhere. He's got many millions of dollars to console himself with if he can't find another job. But I want MY team to have GOOD players.

Posted by Fnarf | May 9, 2008 1:29 PM
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I don't even like baseball, so maybe my opinion is not relevant. That being said, this business of intentionally hitting players with the ball offends my sense of fair play. Is the ball not a weapon in that circumstance? How is hurling a helmet any worse than hitting someone with a 100 mph ball?

I understand that he was not hit in this case so what he did was inappropriate. However, when they are hit on purpose I support them clocking the pitchers.

Nolan Ryan became a folk hero when he got that guy in a headlock. He hit that batter on purpose. I would have been very happy if the batter had broken his nose with his helmet. And I'm from Texas.

Posted by Jim | May 9, 2008 5:50 PM

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