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
hit per pitch
With him, you may only get one pitch to hit per at-bat. It was the first one, fortunately.
against games hit hopefully pitchers tough toughest win
We do have a tough division. We have to play 54 games against the toughest pitchers in the league. Hopefully we can hit and pitch on the same day and win games.
bad certainly guys losing pitcher stop team type
It's unbelievable. He's been great. Every team has one or two guys who can stop those three- or four-game losing streaks. He's certainly that type of pitcher who can just stop a bad time.
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.
hit miss pitchers spot sure team three threw weekend
They threw three pitchers at us this weekend who didn't miss a spot in three days. If they did, we fouled it back. When a team collectively doesn't hit like this, you can be pretty sure it's the pitching.
bring dugout half outer pitches start
There wasn't a lot to hit. He'd start his pitches in our dugout and bring them back on the outer half of the plate. It was just one of those nights.
against faced few last missed pitch seen third tonight velocity
He had velocity tonight more than I'd seen the last few times I'd faced him. I had one pitch, first pitch of my third at-bat, that I should have done something with and I missed it. Against Randy, you can't miss your pitch.
ability exactly guys hanging knows locker pitch smart student throw wants younger
He's smart and he's got the ability to throw a pitch where he wants it. He's a student of the game. Guys who are younger should be hanging around his locker because he knows exactly what to do to every hitter.
blaming facing fact game good saw struggling stuck sure
We've been struggling with our at-bats. But we've stuck with our game plan. We've been blaming (the slump) on the fact that we've been facing good pitchers. And we have. We saw another one tonight. And it sure is good to see Ichiro going again.
fact game good putting run stick struggle struggling tried
We've been struggling to get hits. But we've tried to stick with our game plan. We've been putting our struggle down to the fact we've run into good pitching.
expected ran serious
We expected to be a little better. We just ran into some serious pitching.
award nice stay win
It would be nice to win it; it would say I was able to stay on the field, ... But it's not an award you want to win more than once.
eventually royals team
The thing about a team like the Royals is that eventually they have to win,
again blessed healthy productive
You always think you're never going to get hurt. When you do it's a shock. It's something you don't want to go through. So I feel blessed to be healthy again and even more so to be productive again.