Richie Sexson
Richie Sexson
Richmond Lockwood "Richie" Sexsonis a former Major League Baseball first baseman who played for five teams from 1997 to 2008. At 6'8", Sexson is the tallest position player in MLB history...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth29 December 1974
CityPortland, OR
people powerful
It's one of the most powerful things in sports. Not a lot of people can do that.
believe good half hope
You try not to hope. Hope is not a good word. That's half the battle. You've got to believe you can win.
questions whether
It's nice, especially in this ballpark, because there were a lot of questions about whether I could do it here.
award win
It's not an award you want to win more than once.
hits knows
Everyone knows he'll have his 200 hits by the end of September, That's possible, too.
close goes loss matter
It's a loss. It's frustrating. No matter how close it is, it still goes into the loss column.
catch good six teams time tough
It's going to be a tough month, a tough first six weeks. But you've got to play these teams sometimes, and now is a good time to see where we're at. You can always catch fire.
assured believe cool exploding face figured seen
It's fun, because he's not used to any of this. I can't believe he's never seen an exploding pen. I figured they made those things in Japan. Once I assured him that his face wasn't on fire, he was cool with it.
base earlier funny joking later second single
It's funny because earlier in the game, I'd had a single with Raul (Ibanez) on second base and he didn't score, ... We were joking on the bench. Reeder said he would have scored on that one. And then later he's on second and he doesn't score. It's just one of those things. We didn't think any more about it.
point power reach
It's kind of a point you try to reach as a power hitter,
fun
It's a way to have some fun in the clubhouse.
beat games kids late pitchers seventh sixth
We've been in most of these games in the fifth, sixth and seventh innings. Most of the pitchers we know are going to be with us have been OK. It's the kids who have been getting beat up late in games.
harder looking playing reasons trying
We're looking for reasons to keep playing hard. We're trying to be a spoiler. But it is harder to play when you know you're out of it.
kept moving played won wrong
We should have won because they cheated. They kept moving up to the wrong tees. We played from the back tees.