Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team.  That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity.  As such, we are very happy to present our pre-2022 revision of our top 50 Oakland Athletics.

As for all of our top 50 players in baseball we look at the following: 

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the American League. 

3.  Playoff accomplishments.

4.  Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.

Oakland failed to make the playoffs in 2021, and they did what they always do after the season, which was to trade off assets before they became too costly.  

As always, we present our top five, though there were no changes, and only one new addition overall.

1. Lefty Grove

2. Rickey Henderson

3. Eddie Plank

4. Jimmie Foxx

5. Al Simmons

You can find the entire list here.

The only new entry is Third Baseman, Matt Chapman, a defensive wizard who was traded to Toronto in the off-season, who enters at #50.

We welcome your input and comments and as always, we thank you for your support.

As we are knee deep in the NFL off-season, it is the time for retirements, and we have a significant one as New Orleans Saints Safety, Malcom Jenkins, is calling it a career.

The Jim Thorpe Award winner in 2008, Jenkins was drafted by the Saints 14^th Overall, and the Ohio State Buckeye would become a starting Safety during his rookie season.  Jenkins was a nice component in upgrading the team’s secondary, which helped catapult to them their first ever Super Bowl.  Jenkins played four more years with the Saints, earning Second Team All-Pro honors in 2010, and keeping the team strong.  

In 2014, Jenkins signed with Philadelphia, where he went to three Pro Bowls, while also anchoring the Eagles to their First Super Bowl win (LII).  Jenkins returned to the Saints, playing two more seasons before he retired.

Off of the field, Jenkins was known for his activism, and his community contributions.

He retires with 21 Interceptions and 1,044 Tackles.  Jenkins is eligible for the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2027, and we will shortly put his bio up for you to vote and comment on in our Notinhalloffame Football Futures Section.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to wish Malcolm Jenkins the best in his post-playing career.

In the late 2010s’ there is no doubt that the best defensive player at the “hot corner” was Matt Chapman. 

A First Round Pick in 2014, Chapman was called up in June of 2017, and would hold the starting Third Base job until he was traded to Toronto in 2022.  An All-Star in 2019, Chapman never had a great Batting Average (.243 with Oakland), but had solid power belting 111 Home Runs in 573 Games.  Chapman finished in the top ten in MVP voting twice, won three Gold Gloves, two Platinum Gloves and was the Wilson Overall Defensive Player of the Year in 2018.

Had Chapman been only average at defense, he likely would not have made this list, but what he did with the leather was so impressive that his spot is well earned.

Every now and then, Hell freezes over, and when it does, it is usually based in the Stamford, Connecticut, the home of the WWE.  Announced today, the Steiner Brothers have been named to the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2022.

The Steiners are one of the most decorated and influential tag teams in wrestling history, and were arguably the most successful tag team of the 1990s.  Debuting as a tag team in WCW in 1989, the brothers would win Tag Team Gold in that promotion seven times, and were also two-time WWF Tag Team Champions.  Internationally, the Steiners won the IWGP World Tag Team Titles twice.

Individually, Rick won the WCW United States Title and was also a Television Champion.  Scott also captured the United States Title and won the WCW World Heavyweight Championship.

Presently, Rick’s son competes as Bron Breakker in NXT, and is one of the fastest rising stars in the brand.  Scott has been vocal in many interviews over the past decade against the WWE and Triple H, and in 2015, he was banned from the Hall of Fame following an incident with Hulk Hogan’s then-wife.  

The Steiners are ranked #17 on our latest list of those to consider for the WWE Hall of Fame, and they, along with the other inductees will be removed from our list following Wrestlemania.  We will revise our list shortly afterward.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulated Rick and Scott Steiner for this impending honor.