“Toronto was the team that we had to contend with all the time, and Oakland. Those were the two teams that we had to battle all the time. Once I went to New York and we started winning, then the rivalry started to come back just a little bit. And then once I left New York, it's full-fledged now. It's a rip-roaring force fire right.”
Wade Boggs
“When you take clubs like Minnesota, Oakland, many of these small-market teams, you're going to have some changeover,”
Terry Ryan
“We had to come through and show we're a team to be reckoned with in the (Oakland Athletic League). This is exactly what we needed. We had to instill confidence in ourselves and our school.”
Kenneth Hunt
“We had to come through and show we're a team to be reckoned with in the (Oakland Athletic League), ... This is exactly what we needed. We had to instill confidence in ourselves and our school.”
“I am very proud with my association with the Oakland Raiders, ... I am very thankful to Mr. (Al) Davis (team owner) for giving me that opportunity to play in 1999.”
Rich Gannon
“I am very proud with my association with the Oakland Raiders. I am very thankful to Mr. (Al) Davis (team owner) for giving me that opportunity to play in 1999.”
“I remember facing him on opening day in 1987. It was Oakland at the Minnesota Twins, the first time I got him out on a breaking ball down-and-in and next at bat he hit the same pitch for a home run. I was telling my kids that story yesterday.”
Curt Young
