Last day of wearing Oakland across the chest, the last game of a team who has existed for over 5 decades, the last game for a community, the Oakland Athletics will be no more, but they are legendary. Thank you Oakland Athletics for everything 💚💛
I know that Thursday was a day we will never forget. Today is not much easier. A’s fans, you have raised me from a boy to a man to a husband & now a proud father. You have been my heartbeat in the most trying of times. I hope I’ve represented you with as much love & respect as you’ve shown my family & I. The history before me made me proud to WEAR the Green & Gold. You, the fans, have made me proud to bleed it…
"The memories hopefully will last forever. May those memories be a blessing."
@KenKorachRadio signs off for the final time from the Oakland Coliseum after the @Athletics 3-2 win.
Thank you Oakland.
Max Schuemann is such a real one for staying on the field and waving the A’s flag for the fans once more to salute the faithful. 🫡 #Athletics#RootedInOakland
Yesterday was a man made disaster in Oakland. Sports are not a life and death issue, but with loneliness and lack of community at all time highs, we shouldn't stand for it.
The govt should prohibit franchise relocation and in it's place require promotion and relegation. 1/3
"The void will still be there, John."
Wow. The Athletic's Grant Brisbee with a visceral, gut-punching bit of great writing here on the occasion of the last Oakland A's game and their awful owner.
Manager and former Oakland A’s outfielder Mark Kotsay gets choked up talking about the end of the Oakland A’s.
“There’s a lot of people here who have invested their lives and their souls into this organization and into this stadium.”
#RootedInOakland
It's weird to me that I find this as emotional as I do. I'm not from Oakland at all. Teams move. But man, it just feels like the fans and city were done so dirty and there's so much amazing history being thrown in the trash.
"They're the greatest fans in baseball, and don't ever let anybody tell you anything different. These are the GREATEST fans in baseball."
Oakland A's legends Dave Stewart and Rickey Henderson have a message for A's fans. They also share their fondest memories in this ballpark.