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October 31, 2009

Al Davis Could Learn From Steinbrenner

Cam Inman, Contra Costa Times

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THE ICONIC OWNER sits above in a luxury suite, his health fleeting, his home crowd adoring him, his team playing for a world championship.

This is supposed to be Al Davis.

Instead, it is George Steinbrenner.

Damn Yankees. Al should be madly jealous.

While Steinbrenner's New York Yankees are playing for a world championship, Davis' Raiders are simply playing out their seventh straight disastrous season.

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TAGGED: world series 2009, mlb, NFL, New York Yankees, Oakland Raiders, George Steinbrenner, Al Davis

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