This might become a regular segment or post here on the blog. What good are blogs for if you can't ramble on and on about who and what pisses you off? It's exactly what the blog was invented for, actually. The individual who is pissing me off: Yankees 1B/DH Richie Sexson
Why he is pissing me off: Because he sucks and he is still actively playing baseball.
First of all, Richmond Lockwood? Uhh, yeah I would just change my name to Pete or something. I just love it how in the sports world we live in today, athletes get rewarded for consistently whining and crying like babies. Grown ass men, by the way. This happens all the time now and you can find it in any different sport and any type of situation. But my favorite is Richie Sexson. Sexson's career in Seattle started off, by all accounts, pretty nicely.
But it didn't really last. I remember attending a game between the Mariners and the Red Sox two years ago up at SafeCo Field (great stadium to see a baseball game at, by the way). Top of the 9th inning, the Sox were down two runs. I was rooting for the Sox, of course, so I was pretty bummed. Anyway, Jason Varitek hits a two-run homer to tie the game and the place erupts. The place could have been called Fenway Park Jr., that's how loud it was. And I thought I was finally going to get to see the Sox finally beat Seattle. But ol' Richmond Lockwood Sexson had a different idea.
He comes up 2nd in the 9th, and bombs a walk off homer to send the Sox home as losers. That, ladies and gentlemen, was the last time Richie Sexson was any bit of good at all.
Since then, he's done nothing but suck it up and cry like a baby. Rumors are that he was quite the jerk to the media as well as his teammates. Steve Kelley of the Seattle Times puts it like this in his article: "But Sexson's attitude was bad. He became more and more aloof with most of his teammates. He always seemed to have an excuse for his problems, and he often confronted writers, who were only reporting the truth." Translation: he was a big A-hole and bi*ched a lot.
His last newsworthy act as a Seattle Mariner? Starting a bench-clearing brawl for no reason and throwing his batting helmet at the pitcher. Classy stuff.
Sexson sucked so hard that the Mariners had to finally released him. I mean, they had no choice. He was batting .218 and had 11 HR for the year. Very much worth the $14 million plus he is getting paid this year, no doubt. Anyway, he's a Yankee now. The sick world we live in wouldn't have it any other way. And it's like Sexson isn't even phased by his long past of suckiness. One of his first quotes as a Yankee was this: "It felt good to kind of get off the schneid, get out and going. That's my role, to come in and get some hits off of lefties."
Uhh, actually your goal is to suck it up some more and shutup, you big loser. By the way, "schneid" isn't a word, you jerk, what the hell are you talking about? Anyway, you piss me off Richie Sexson. I'm done with you.
By the way, this is a must read. Hilarious stuff.
