So it has been quite some time since I have done anything with this blog. My goal is to try and do something atleast every couple of weeks. There probably isn’t many people that read this at this point, and I don’t blame you.
Back in December I went with some friends from work to see my Raiders play the Redskins in Oakland. I had a blast. I arrived to the stadium before everyone else in my group. I had a great seat, I was on about the 15th row and on the 50 yard line behind the Raider bench. The tunnel the players came out of was next to where I was at. When I found my seat I was so early that there
were only 2 other people in the entire section. I walked up to the front row and the players started to come out (without pads) to do their pregame workouts. The security guard told me I couldn’t stand there and that I needed to go back to my seat, I explained I was from out of town and just taking in the whole experience of being in the stadium. When he heard me say I was from out of town he said that was a different story and that he was going to introduce me to some players. For anyone that knows me and my past autograph experiences, you know I was in heaven. For some odd reason I seem to run into professional athletes a lot. I don’t mean watching events, I mean getting take a pic, shaking a hand, or getting a signature. A couple minutes later the Raider QB’s come walking out, he calls them over and they give me and a couple others a “fist bump” (Jamarcus Russell and Bruce Gradkowski). I met the Redskins coach, Ron Zorn. I didn’t have anything to get signed so I took pictures of the players as they came through (probably about 30-40 pics). One of the highlights was looking down the tunnel and watching the Raiders form a circle before running out of the tunnel. Most would find this lame, but for some reason I thought it was cool (I video taped it). It turned out where I was standing just happened to be the seat for Violator. Now, if anyone is reading this you are probably asking, who is Violator. He is the Raider Fan that wears shoulder pads with spikes and paints his face with silver and black. Awesome! Anyway, the Raiders got beat after Gradkowski got hurt and Jamarcus Russell came into the game. It was painful to watch a guy that makes 30 mil be so shi##y. The crowd started chanting Jamarcus sucks and F*ck Jamarcus. These, are my people
. I loved every minute of it.

































