With only two weeks to go before the 2010 NFL Draft, the entire NFL world is in a mock draft frenzy, with a hundred different interpretations for every team.
Of all the teams in the league, the Oakland Raiders are the most difficult to predict, as no one can say with any certainty which way Al Davis will jump in any given year no matter what areas of need there are on the squad.
This is my hope for this year, because for all the talent on the Raiders team, they also have some glaring weaknesses. Unless they address those weaknesses, the ...
With the 8th pick in the 2010 draft the Oakland Raiders select....!@*%$#@!
We don't have a 6th round pick.
In this draft, two O-linemen, 2 DT, one linebacker, 1 SS, 1 CB, 1 RB, are selected, I present to you what I see would be the best choices and improvising in hypothetical scenarios. The main glaring needs are obviously O-line and D-line, linebackers on back to secondary. The steal of the draft though is the unsung star RB I have selected in the 5th round. You decide tell me what you think? Good? Bad? no way!! Also check ...
There were really no relief pitchers during the first 40 seasons of Major League Baseball, through the 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, and 1900s. The first relief pitchers really came along in the 1910s.
During those first 40 seasons of MLB, in the rare occasions that the starting pitcher did not finish the game and a relief pitcher was needed, one of the other starting pitchers who had the day off would go in and relieve the starter.
That’s really how it worked during the first 40 seasons of MLB.
So, this list is, more or less, the best relief pitchers from ...
It is finally over, Donovan McNabb has been traded. The thing is he has been traded to the Washington Redskins. For a lot of the Raider Nation this was disappointing. With that out of the way, it is time to do another mock draft with two trades that can happen soon or on draft weekend. Without further ado, here we go……………..Begin Slideshow
Have you heard of schools like Philander Smith, Huston-Tillotson, Wiley College, Prairie View University, Texas Southern University, Southern University and Grambling University?
These are historically black colleges and I am wondering how many Oakland Raiders have come from these schools.
One reason I ponder the question is that years ago, after integration, many of these schools were struggling to survive. It seems the best teachers left and the best students also left to enter other school environments.
It has taken years for these schools to get their footing back after the growing pains of American integration.
There is always someone who can make it through ...
Since Moneyball , the Oakland Athletics have been under a microscope.
Every move reviewed, every signing analyzed, and every high school player drafted since 2002 has assessed by everyone under the sun.
Oakland took advantage of knowledge that few, if any, paid any attention to.
For anyone unfamiliar with Moneyball , the Athletics, a small market club in the American League West, continued to win, continued to compete, despite having one of the lowest payrolls in baseball.
Their strategy, “looking for, in essence, new baseball knowledge."
I for one, had no idea about SABR, OPS, DERA, ...
This article is designed to stimulate a process to uncover those Oakland Raiders who are in the game for the love of money, and solely for that reason.
Have you ever gotten the feeling that some of these guys do what it takes to get the job, then after they get the job they "lay back and relax"? Some of them just don't seem to care about winning.
If the young NFL players are in professional football solely for the love of money, you can be sure that the quality of the game will never be the same. If this is the case, ...
The Oakland A's are going to have an awful 2010 season. After watching the A's 5-3 defeat to the Seattle Mariners and the better part of the second game of the season there's the same issue that has been plaguing the A's for seemingly the better part of this decade.
They have no offense!
As the season approach the A's were supposedly changing their offensive strategy from the team that was patient at the plate to a more aggressive type of team especially on the bases.
Well that's a good change in philosophy if the A's had some hitters that could make contact. ...
There is plenty of speculation about who the Raiders will take with their No. 8 pick, but one thing that just about everyone agrees on is that they need to improve play along the offensive line.
They have resigned their own free agents such as Khalif Barnes, but have done nothing else to bolster one of the league's worst offensive lines. You have to believe then, that they will try and pick up some new blood in the draft.
Oakland and Al Davis are known for going their own way in the draft and confounding the draft guru's. Their first rounders ...
With Opening Day now behind us, rosters for the season are now set.
The A's finalized their 25-man roster two days ago. I didn't agree with everything they did, but overall, they did a strong job of picking the best players.
What follows are five reactions I had to specific moves.
Happy baseball season! Let's enjoy the game!Begin Slideshow