The Oakland A's have been building steam the past two seasons, making the playoffs as AL West champions in back-to-back years. To keep momentum and success rolling, there are a few things the team must do, such as filling holes left by veterans and adding more punch to the lineup.
Edward Creech of MLBTradeRumors.com jokes "the Athletics' main objective this offseason should be to figure out a way to beat Justin Verlander in an ALDS Game 5."
It would be funnier if it wasn't true.
In 2012, Oakland's lineup lit up the scoreboard during the late summer days of the season. Then it ...
If the Oakland Raiders are ever to become a more effective offense, they have to get more out of the running game. That might sound ludicrous, considering Dennis Allen’s team possesses the fourth-ranked rushing attack in the NFL, yet, in this case, the statistics are incredibly misleading.
Running back Darren McFadden is halfway through another disappointing, injury-filled campaign in which he has topped the 100-yard barrier just once. He has already missed one game with a hamstring injury and possibly will sit out Oakland’s Week 9 game in New York because of the same injury.
Rashad Jennings has actually been a more ...
Sunday's loss to the Philadelphia Eagles will certainly add some questions to the substantial amount of praise the Oakland Raiders have gotten so far this season.
After some impressive performances throughout the first six games, and especially so on the defensive side of the ball, the Week 9 blowout loss made for quite the disappointment.
Having said that, it does represent just one of many games on the season's schedule, and in the big picture, does very little to nullify the significant progress the team has made in such a short period of time.
As Raiders fans are well aware, this team was ...
Still smarting from the 49-20 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles in Week 9, the Oakland Raiders don’t have much time to sort through the mess. With a cross-country trip to New York on the horizon, Dennis Allen’s team needs to fix what went wrong in a hurry.
At least the news regarding quarterback Terrelle Pryor seemed encouraging. Pryor suffered a knee sprain and underwent tests immediately after the game and again on Monday. None showed any significant damage, and the hope is that Pryor will be cleared to play.
Correcting the breakdowns on defense has to be a main priority and shouldn’t ...
"Welcome to AT&T Park, home of the San Francisco Giants and Oakland Athletics."
Don't laugh. We might actually be saying that in real life before long.
As reported by Phillip Matier and Andrew Ross of the San Francisco Chronicle, Major League Baseball is on board with the idea of having the A's play home games at the home of the Giants if officials for O.Co Coliseum can't get a new short-term lease agreement done.
If it happens, it would start next season and it wouldn't be a one-year thing. It would a two-year thing, one that would likely serve as a stepping stone for ...
Josh Reddick was a part of the Andrew Bailey trade between the Oakland A's and Boston Red Sox before the 2012 season. At the time it was seen as a typical star-for-prospects trade by Oakland's general manager, Billy Beane.
That was the thought before Reddick smashed 32 home runs in his first year with the A's and brought a gold glove to Oakland's outfield in 2012. Reddick's play was a factor in helping Oakland reach the playoffs for the first time since 2006.
Then came the 2013 season and with it came heightened expectations for the right-fielder as well as the rest ...
Just when it looked like the Oakland Raiders were a pretty good read, they went out and completely flipped the script in a Week 9 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday. About the only thing that’s certain is that Dennis Allen’s team has a whole lot of improving to do at 3-5.
The Raiders put together some impressive numbers on offense: 92 plays, 560 yards, 29 first downs and nearly 38 minutes in time of possession.
Then there was the uglier side of things. Oakland’s defense gave up seven touchdown passes and allowed Eagles quarterback Nick Foles to do things only Hall ...
The Philadelphia Eagles running up the score on the Oakland Raiders was the insult added to the injury that occurred in the first half. Once again, it was Darren McFadden who had to exit the game because of another injury to the leg.
McFadden has a history of injuries ranging from turf toe in his rookie year to a Lisfranc injury that shut him down while he was on pace to be an MVP candidate in 2011. In the loss to the Eagles, McFadden had to leave with a hamstring injury. This time the McFadden injury was different. There was a ...
D.J. Hayden sat in front of his locker, head down and covered by a white towel. The Oakland Raiders’ first-round draft pick politely declined all requests for an interview, his mind undoubtedly swimming with visions of footballs raining out of the sky.On an afternoon in which the Raiders were terrible all the way around on defense, Hayden painfully stood out.The rookie cornerback has had his share of growing pains this season, but nothing like what he endured in Week 9 against Philadelphia when Hayden become the personal whipping boy for Eagles quarterback Nick Foles.Hayden was beaten for two touchdowns, one ...
The Oakland Raiders were 3-4 and on their way to respectability headed into their Week 9 game. The defense was better than expected, they had an exciting young quarterback and generally the team looked like it was headed in the right direction.
That was until the Philadelphia Eagles annihilated the Raiders—in Oakland—by the score 49-20. It’s one thing to lose at home to a superior team, it’s quite another to get blown out by a below-average squad, and that’s what the Raiders did on Sunday.
The loss was a much-needed wake-up call for the rebuilding Raiders. Just because the team has improved ...