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
eventually royals team
The thing about a team like the Royals is that eventually they have to win,
except hurt
I haven't done anything to hurt it, except play 150 games. I'll be back at first.
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.
meat order winning
The meat of our order still hasn't done anything and we're still winning games.
meat order
The meat of our order hasn't really done anything.
ballpark believe certainty convinced
I'd like to believe so. No one can ever say with certainty who's going to go to a World Series. But you have to come to the ballpark every day convinced you are going to win.
confidence decent games start supposed team winning
For me, it's all about the first 81 games. It's by then that you know what the team has for the most part. If you get to 81 games with a decent record, the confidence grows. You start winning games you're not supposed to win.
questions whether
It's nice, especially in this ballpark, because there were a lot of questions about whether I could do it here.
balls believe brought good hitting missing remember
I remember missing balls and hitting them out that way. I can't believe they brought it in. That will be good for Jenks (Geoff Jenkins).
amongst came easily game great people played short swept
We could just as easily have swept that series. We played that first game tough, we just came out on the short end. But we're excited. We feel like we've got a great team. I know a lot of people don't, but we do. Amongst ourselves, we think we're going to do a lot of things right this year.
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.
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.
half last numbers second threw
We've got to keep Gil on the field. Joel threw really well for us in the second half last year. The numbers may not be mind-boggling, but he got a lot better.
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.