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Richie Sexson: standing tall in Seattle: Mariners slugger is back from serious injury and ready to do "whatever it takes" to return to his 40-homer status.

Baseball Digest

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ON APRIL 28, 2004, ALLISON Sexson was watching her son play baseball as she had hundreds of times before.

Unlike most mothers, she could do that from the comfort of her living room because Richie Sexson is a big league ballplayer, a fact that still flushes her with maternal pride.

There was one out in the eighth inning of a tight game between the Arizona Diamondbacks, for whom Richie played first base, and the Chicago Cubs. Flame-throwing right-hander LaTroy Hawkins had just taken the hill because Richie had only one hit in 12 at-bats against him with four strikeouts.

It was a 1-0 count. Richie was 0-for-3, and his family will tell you he tends ...

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