Today In Very Obvious News: Richie Sexson is a Tool

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 brawls; they are just sound and fury and more posturing than a WWE event. But Sexson's performance tonight really took it to another level. He'd have been only slightly more obvious about it if he had gone before the pitch, or called for time from the ump before he went.

Oh, and it was also a nice touch to bring his helmet -- i.e., a weapon -- with him to the mound, because Sexson is such an itty bitty guy at 6-foot-8, 240 pounds. It's just one more way in which Sexson does not, in any way, resemble a baseball player.

Of course, maybe the thought was that if it worked for the Cubs last year, maybe it's worth trying here. Unfortunately for the Ms, they have people like Sexson in the lineup, along with the phenomenally useless Jose Vidro, the previously scorned Raul Ibanez, and less, much less...

Update -- here's the video. High comedy from the Rangers analysts, too.