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It’s like a perfect storm in our favor.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to forward Rachel Hill, the team’s success in the second half of the season is also due to Montoya’s unique approach to coaching a fresh group.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think a lot of teams would come in and say we’re going to focus on our defensive shape and how we’re going to defend, and he really came in from day one and said, ‘We’re going to possess the ball,’” Hill said at the press conference. “At the end of the day, we all just have to buy in, and we have to believe in that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the days before the quarterfinals, there will be no big celebrations, just business as usual, Montoya said — analyzing last week’s game, improving what needs improving and focusing on the fresh start the playoffs bring.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Even when we’re away, we talk about our fans and how we want to play for them and just the support that they’ve had for us,” Montoya said. “It means the world to our players and our staff. 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He is the lead defendant in a superseding indictment that was unsealed this week, naming 16 people in all.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They have triggered an avalanche of violent crimes, including brutal murders,” Matthew Allen, special agent in charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Los Angeles division, \u003ca href=\"https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/16-defendants-charged-superseding-indictment-alleging-bulk-shipments-cocaine-canada\">said in a statement\u003c/a>. “Wedding, the Olympian snowboarder, went from navigating slopes to contouring a life of incessant crimes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/1630x1082+0+0/resize/1200/quality/75/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fe7%2Fd5%2F71c8f3374c038c933a2127ba90be%2Fscreenshot-2024-10-18-at-9-18-50-am.png\" alt=\"Ryan Wedding appears on an FBI wanted poster. 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The alleged leaders of the enterprise’s transportation arm agreed to a flat fee of $220,000 Canadian for each load, according to court documents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As part of the federal investigation — dubbed Operation Giant Slalom, echoing an Olympic event Wedding once competed in — law enforcement agents caught defendants with a total of some 1,800 kilograms (1.8 metric tons) of cocaine, according to the Justice Department. They also seized guns, $255,400 in cash, and more than $3.2 million in cryptocurrency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This week, Operation Giant Slalom’s reach extended to an elite enclave in Aventura, Florida. The FBI raided \u003ca href=\"https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/3914-Island-Estates-Dr-Aventura-FL-33160/44060368_zpid/\">a mansion\u003c/a> worth millions of dollars that a defendant, Miami Beach music executive and restaurateur Nahim Jorge Bonilla, \u003ca href=\"https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/aventura/article294122259.html\">had reportedly bought\u003c/a> from music star DJ Khaled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wedding had sent Bonilla 12 kilograms of cocaine, according to the indictment — 7 that were paid for and 5 on consignment. In June, Wedding threatened to kill Bonilla’s mother if the remaining debt wasn’t settled within three days, court papers say. Within a week, Bonilla allegedly paid Wedding for 2 kilograms of cocaine and sent 20 kilograms of methamphetamine to Montreal, Canada, to settle the rest of the debt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/2028x1178+0+0/resize/1200/quality/75/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F04%2Ffa%2F5ca0d8634c44a77aa45a4a683aef%2Fscreenshot-2024-10-18-at-9-40-42-am.png\" alt=\"Stacks of cocaine are seen in a Justice Department image from Aug. 1, when some 201 kgs of cocaine were seized in Riverside County, Calif., as part of an investigation into an international trafficking ring.\">\u003cfigcaption>Stacks of cocaine are seen in a Justice Department image from Aug. 1, when some 201 kgs of cocaine were seized in Riverside County, California, as part of an investigation into an international trafficking ring. \u003ccite> (U.S. Attorney’s Office, Central District of California)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In other cases, murders were allegedly carried out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Wedding and Clark allegedly directed the Nov. 20, 2023, murders of two members of a family in Ontario, Canada, in retaliation for a stolen drug shipment,” the U.S. Attorney’s Office says. The agency says another person was killed in May over an unpaid debt, allegedly on Wedding and Clark’s orders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Twelve of the 16 defendants have been arrested. They include four Canadians arrested in Ontario this week and three Canadians arrested in the U.S., according to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/en/news/2024/significant-transnational-organized-crime-group-disrupted-rcmp-fbi-and-police-canada-and\">Royal Canadian Mounted Police.\u003c/a> But Wedding and several others remain at large.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If convicted, Wedding and several co-defendants “would face a mandatory minimum penalty of life in federal prison on the murder and attempted murder charges,” according to the Justice Department. Other charges in the case also carry similarly stiff penalties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s the second time U.S. authorities have leveled serious drug charges against Wedding: In 2009, he was convicted of conspiracy to distribute cocaine and served more than a year in prison. Canadian authorities had also previously investigated him as part of drug inquests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the Salt Lake City Games in 2002, Wedding placed 24th in the parallel giant slalom, according to his \u003ca href=\"https://olympics.com/en/athletes/ryan-wedding\">Olympic bio page\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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He was lambasted for attending \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/gavin-newsom-birthdays-california-coronavirus-pandemic-b89221b870cb137e3eb1695631000f9e\">a birthday party\u003c/a> in 2020 at the pricy French Laundry restaurant in wine country north of San Francisco, breaking the very rules he preached to the public to slow the spread of the coronavirus during the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007639\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007639\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/GettyImages-2166945159.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/GettyImages-2166945159.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/GettyImages-2166945159-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/GettyImages-2166945159-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/GettyImages-2166945159-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Steve Ballmer, the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers, speaks onstage at the ribbon-cutting ceremony during the opening night of the Intuit Dome on Aug. 15, 2024, in Los Angeles. \u003ccite>(Kevin Winter/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The new California law allowing the exception for the private club members comes after California lawmakers spent years unsuccessfully pushing to extend \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/4baec7b626104ec0bc15e08e0679d0ec\">the last call for drinks\u003c/a> in a few cities. Several states, including New York and Tennessee, have already passed legislation extending serving hours beyond 2 a.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If they think opening venues and having drinking until 4 o’clock in the morning is good for just exclusive groups, then it should be for everyone, and my contention is, it’s not good for anyone,” Republican state Sen. Kelly Seyarto said in August of the measure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Representatives working for Steve Ballmer didn’t immediately respond to calls about the new law and potential influence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The arena located in Inglewood — 12 miles from the team’s old arena in downtown Los Angeles — officially opened in August with 18,000 seats. It is scheduled to host the 2026 All-Star Game and serve as the basketball venue for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supporters of the new California law said it’s a pilot program that will boost the local economy and attract more visitors to the entertainment hub in the city of Inglewood, which boasts several iconic venues, including the Rams’ SoFi stadium, the Forum, and now the new Intuit Dome. Under the law, the exception will sunset in January 2030, and the new last-call rule still needs final approval from the city. Opponents worry the new last-call hours will lead to more drunk driving and promote excessive drinking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a signing message, Newsom also said he would direct California Highway Patrol to work with local police to monitor drunken driving incidents in the area and report back findings to lawmakers for further consideration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I remain cognizant of the potential risks to public safety posed by extending service hours for alcoholic beverage service, which could lead to an increase in driving under the influence-related crashes and fatalities,” Newsom said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The last call for drinks is 2 a.m. in California, but the state will soon carve out an exception to allow alcohol to be served until 4 a.m. for one private, members-only club located in \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/sports-technology-nba-nhl-los-angeles-clippers-c2d937b78072daf9088e792c14089d3b\">the Los Angeles Clippers’ new state-of-the-art arena\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom over the weekend will allow about 100 club members to be served wine, beer and other liquor until 4 a.m. in private suites inside the Intuit Dome after game days and concerts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was sponsored by a group owned by Steve Ballmer, the current Clippers owner and former CEO of \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/06cd71793f7e4ebc82c436ef7674d73f\">Microsoft\u003c/a>. Ballmer funded the Intuit Dome and his wife, Connie Ballmer, gave Newsom’s campaign \u003ca href=\"https://cal-access.sos.ca.gov/PDFGen/pdfgen.prg?filingid=2598713&amendid=0\">$1 million\u003c/a> in 2021 to help fight a recall election against the governor. The group owned by Steve Ballmer also spent roughly $220,000 this year to sway lawmakers on the legislation, among other proposals, according to lobbying reports.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The measure drew criticism from some, including ethics experts, for granting an exception benefiting a major campaign donor’s family member.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s certainly going to become an issue for his opponents and critics to point to the fact that he seemed to provide a special favor to a wealthy sports franchise owner and its facility and its wealthy fans,” said John Pelissero, director of government ethics at Santa Clara University. “It just doesn’t look good.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom’s spokesperson Izzy Gardon said, “The governor’s decisions on legislation are made solely on the merits of each bill.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s not the first time the governor has faced a backlash for carving out exceptions for a select few. He was lambasted for attending \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/gavin-newsom-birthdays-california-coronavirus-pandemic-b89221b870cb137e3eb1695631000f9e\">a birthday party\u003c/a> in 2020 at the pricy French Laundry restaurant in wine country north of San Francisco, breaking the very rules he preached to the public to slow the spread of the coronavirus during the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007639\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007639\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/GettyImages-2166945159.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/GettyImages-2166945159.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/GettyImages-2166945159-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/GettyImages-2166945159-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/GettyImages-2166945159-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Steve Ballmer, the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers, speaks onstage at the ribbon-cutting ceremony during the opening night of the Intuit Dome on Aug. 15, 2024, in Los Angeles. \u003ccite>(Kevin Winter/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The new California law allowing the exception for the private club members comes after California lawmakers spent years unsuccessfully pushing to extend \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/4baec7b626104ec0bc15e08e0679d0ec\">the last call for drinks\u003c/a> in a few cities. Several states, including New York and Tennessee, have already passed legislation extending serving hours beyond 2 a.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If they think opening venues and having drinking until 4 o’clock in the morning is good for just exclusive groups, then it should be for everyone, and my contention is, it’s not good for anyone,” Republican state Sen. Kelly Seyarto said in August of the measure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Representatives working for Steve Ballmer didn’t immediately respond to calls about the new law and potential influence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The arena located in Inglewood — 12 miles from the team’s old arena in downtown Los Angeles — officially opened in August with 18,000 seats. It is scheduled to host the 2026 All-Star Game and serve as the basketball venue for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supporters of the new California law said it’s a pilot program that will boost the local economy and attract more visitors to the entertainment hub in the city of Inglewood, which boasts several iconic venues, including the Rams’ SoFi stadium, the Forum, and now the new Intuit Dome. Under the law, the exception will sunset in January 2030, and the new last-call rule still needs final approval from the city. Opponents worry the new last-call hours will lead to more drunk driving and promote excessive drinking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a signing message, Newsom also said he would direct California Highway Patrol to work with local police to monitor drunken driving incidents in the area and report back findings to lawmakers for further consideration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I remain cognizant of the potential risks to public safety posed by extending service hours for alcoholic beverage service, which could lead to an increase in driving under the influence-related crashes and fatalities,” Newsom said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 5:20 p.m. Thursday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/liveblog/lastoaklandasgame\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https://www.kqed.org/liveblog/lastoaklandasgame\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">Follow live fan coverage from KQED reporters and photographers of the A’s final game at the Oakland Coliseum. \u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No matter where they go, they’re still Oakland to me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So said diehard A’s fan Debra Piper as she arrived at the Coliseum on Thursday morning, hours before the team took the field for their final home game in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m going to really start to tear up now. There is so much history, love and support for the community and the players and this stadium,” said Piper, who left her home in Auburn at 3 a.m. to get here early enough for an extended farewell tailgate party. “It doesn’t matter how many times you come to see them play; when you go out and see the stadium and smell the grass, it’s just that ‘ahh’ feeling. It’s tingly. And now we don’t have that. There’s nothing like baseball to bring people together.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12006770\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12006770 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-03KQED-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-03KQED-5.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-03KQED-5-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-03KQED-5-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-03KQED-5-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-03KQED-5-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-03KQED-5-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Debra Piper (left) and Carla McClean wait in line for the last A’s home game at the Oakland Coliseum in Oakland on Sept. 26, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12006771\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12006771 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-04KQED-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-04KQED-5.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-04KQED-5-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-04KQED-5-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-04KQED-5-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-04KQED-5-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-04KQED-5-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Debra Piper shows off her A’s earrings at the Oakland Coliseum in Oakland on Sept. 26, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Thursday’s game against the Texas Rangers marks a solemn end to the storied team’s 57-year run in Oakland, one that brought the city four World Series championships.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The team is slated to move temporarily to a minor league stadium in West Sacramento next year, with plans to move permanently to a proposed ballpark in Las Vegas in 2028.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12006556\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12006556 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-06-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A young boy wearing an A's jersey stands behind a gate.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-06-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-06-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-06-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-06-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-06-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-06-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daniel Villalobos (center) and Messiah Garcia wait in line for the last A’s home game at the Oakland Coliseum in Oakland on Sept. 26, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Fans lined up at the break of dawn for the Oakland Coliseum gates to open for the sold-out game, and for some, it was a long journey back to the bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A’s fan Lester Hernandez brought his son and two daughters from Miami for the final home game. They arrived at the stadium Thursday at 5:30 a.m., waiting nearly four hours for the stadium’s gates to open at 9:37 a.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve been a fan of the Oakland Athletics for more than 50 years, you know, since they got the championships in 1972, 1973 and 1974,” Hernandez said while waiting in line.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12006560\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12006560 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-10-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"And older man, wearing a green and yellow A's hat, stands with his arm around a younger man, wearing a green A's T-shirt, outside of the Oakland Coliseum\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-10-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-10-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-10-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-10-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-10-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-10-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lester Hernandez and his son Lester Hernandez Jr. wait in line for the last A’s home game at the Oakland Coliseum in Oakland on Sept. 26. 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12006650\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12006650 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-20-1.jpg\" alt=\"A Black man in an A's T-shirt holds a drum in a parking lot.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-20-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-20-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-20-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-20-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-20-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-20-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Christian Allen of Los Angeles (left) plays a drum in the Oakland Coliseum parking lot on Sept. 26, 2024, ahead of the A’s final game in Oakland. Allen has been attending A’s games since 2011. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12006642\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12006642 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-21.jpg\" alt=\"A man wearing an A's hat stands at a hot dog cart handing a hot dog to a customer.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-21.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-21-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-21-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-21-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-21-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-21-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mike Davie of Oakland (left) sells hot dogs in the Oakland Coliseum parking lot on Thursday before the team’s last game in Oakland. Davie carries on the tradition left behind by former A’s hot dog vendor Hal Gordon, known as ‘Hal the Hot Dog Guy,’ a well-known vendor who carried around steamers throughout the stadium’s seating areas. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12006558\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12006558 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-08-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A man in an A's shirt and hat stand among a large outdoor crowd.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-08-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-08-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-08-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-08-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-08-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-08-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ian Alvarado (center) and Shang Yang (right) wait in line for the last A’s game at the Oakland Coliseum on Thursday. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12006647\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12006647 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-14-1.jpg\" alt=\"Signs protesting the Oakland A's leaving the city.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-14-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-14-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-14-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-14-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-14-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-14-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protest signs displayed at the Oakland Coliseum parking lot on Sept. 26, 2024, ahead of the A’s last game there. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Saddled with a green and gold bagpipe, Andrew Johnstone played an ode to his favorite baseball team with “Take Me Out To the Ball Game” at a parking lot tailgate at the Coliseum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We always play the bagpipes going into battle and at funerals, and it’s a bit of a battle and a funeral today, you know?” said Johnstone, who moved to the Bay Area more than 30 years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Scottish-born A’s fan shared how his family’s tartan colors are green and gold, “perfect for the A’s,” he said. Cheers and tears erupted as he asked fans around him to sing along for another round.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/ZddC5xLe3j8\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for the rest of his plans for the day? “Enjoy the game and try to stay sober,” Johnstone laughed. “Let’s get in there and win this bloody thing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Coliseum’s famous Brutalist facade became the backdrop for the A’s fashion-obsessed on Thursday. Crocheted hats, handmade jewelry, autographed sneakers made the stadium sparkle with Oakland flair.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My whole wardrobe is green and gold. I don’t know what to do!” lifelong A’s fan Jules Hanson said. “This has been such a huge part of my life. I’ve met lifelong friends, and we’ve been through so much together.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12006649\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12006649 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-17-1.jpg\" alt=\"A woman with green hair and green-and-gold eyeliner.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-17-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-17-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-17-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-17-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-17-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-17-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stacy Miller, an A’s ticket holder for over 20 years, wears green-and-gold eyeshadow for the A’s final home game on Sept. 26, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12006639\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12006639 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-16.jpg\" alt=\"A woman wears a knit A's Stomper the Elephant beanie.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-16.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-16-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-16-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-16-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-16-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-16-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sahra Ghafari, an A’s fan since 1989, wears a beanie of Stomper the elephant, the A’s official mascot, at the final A’s game at the Oakland Coliseum on Sept. 26, 2024. The beanies are hand-crocheted by Kim Jackson, an A’s fan of over three decades. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12006667\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12006667 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-27.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-27.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-27-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-27-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-27-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-27-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-27-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mila Shank, at the Coliseum parking lot in Oakland on Thursday morning, showing off the A’s tattoo she got a few days ago. Shank has been coming to games here since 1982. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Dressed to the nines in a yellow suit, Todd Schwenk handed out yellow roses to his fellow A’s fans before entering the Coliseum on Thursday morning. It’s a regular tradition for Schwenk, who said he’s handed out more than 500 roses at A’s home games this week alone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He’s been an A’s fan since 1972 and has been dubbed by some of the stadium ushers as the ‘mayor’ of the Coliseum, where he’s known to wander around throughout games spreading the A’s gospel. “I feel like a walking history book of the Coliseum, and I just love that,” Schwenk said. “I work the room. It’s full of love.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12006637\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12006637 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-10.jpg\" alt=\"A man in a light-yellow jacket and green-and-yellow ties holds yellow flowers and leans against a barricade. \" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-10.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-10-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-10-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-10-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-10-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-10-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Diehard A’s fan Todd Schwenk, known around the Coliseum as ‘The Mayor,’ hands out yellow roses — which he calls a ‘sign of life’ to fans and stadium staff on Thursday, before the A’s last game at the Oakland Coliseum. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Nearly 47,000 fans packed into the stadium on Thursday, the largest crowd for a final home game in Major League Baseball history, according to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/09/26/live-blog-fans-relish-as-final-game-at-oakland-coliseum-after-57-year-tenure/#87498\">\u003cem>Mercury News\u003c/em>\u003c/a>. The mood was at once jubilant and plaintive, as the team took the field for the very last time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12006781\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12006781 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-14KQED-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-14KQED-5.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-14KQED-5-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-14KQED-5-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-14KQED-5-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-14KQED-5-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-14KQED-5-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jessica Vallan’s dad Jerald takes her picture with Rickey Henderson field as they arrive at the A’s last home game in Oakland on Sept. 26, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cdiv class=\"mceTemp\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12006575\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12006575 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-12-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"An A's baseball player signs a ball for a fan.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-12-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-12-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-12-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-12-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-12-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-12-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tyler Soderstrom signs A’s fan Susanna Smulligan’s ball on Sept. 26, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12006780\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12006780 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-13KQED-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-13KQED-5.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-13KQED-5-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-13KQED-5-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-13KQED-5-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-13KQED-5-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-13KQED-5-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A’s fans watch the team warm up from above the dugout for the final time ahead of the last A’s game at the Oakland Coliseum, on Sept. 26, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12006782\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12006782 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-15KQED-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-15KQED-5.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-15KQED-5-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-15KQED-5-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-15KQED-5-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-15KQED-5-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-15KQED-5-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jeff Peterson, who attended the A’s first-ever game in Oakland in 1968, stands for the National Anthem at the Oakland Coliseum in Oakland on Thursday. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A’s gained an early lead, driving in two runs in the bottom of the third inning, and adding another run in the fifth. The Rangers clamored back with two runs to close out the sixth inning 3–2. JJ Bleday helped the A’s hold onto their lead at the top of the seventh with a diving catch in the outfield. After the seventh-inning stretch and one last rendition of “Take Me Out to the Ball Game,” chants of “Sell the Team” filled the stadium, along with profanity-laced reprimands directed at A’s owner John Fisher.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12006623\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12006623 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-16-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"An aerial view of a baseball field.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-16-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-16-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-16-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-16-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-16-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-16-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The first at-bat of the A’s last home game in Oakland, at the Coliseum in Oakland on Sept. 26, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12006691\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12006691 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-16-KQED-1.jpg\" alt=\"A packed stadium.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-16-KQED-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-16-KQED-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-16-KQED-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-16-KQED-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-16-KQED-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-16-KQED-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Packed stands at the Oakland Coliseum for the A’s last home game on Sept. 26, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>An A’s fan tips his hat during the A’s final home game at the Coliseum on Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12006759\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12006759 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-34.jpg\" alt=\"A man wearing a green Oakland A's scarf holds up his hands at a crowded A's stadium.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-34.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-34-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-34-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-34-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-34-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-34-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An A’s fan reacts during the team’s final home game at the Coliseum on Thursday. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12006744\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12006744 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-45.jpg\" alt=\"A large, inflatable baseball floats above the crowd at the Oakland Coliseum.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-45.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-45-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-45-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-45-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-45-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-45-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A large, inflatable baseball bounces above the packed crowd at the last Coliseum A’s game on Thursday. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12006743\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12006743 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-44.jpg\" alt=\"A Dixieland jazz band play in the stands at an A's game.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-44.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-44-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-44-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-44-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-44-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-44-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Oakland A’s Swingers, a Dixieland band, play during the A’s final home game at the Oakland Coliseum on Thursday. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The departure of the team is also a huge blow to the hundreds of food vendors, ushers, security guards and other workers at the stadium \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12006372/as-as-play-final-game-at-oakland-coliseum-workers-feel-the-financial-and-emotional-toll\">who stand to lose their jobs\u003c/a>. Karm Henry, who has worked as a food vendor at the Coliseum for the last seven seasons, was overcome by emotion Thursday as the traversed the stands, hoisting a poll over his shoulder with bags of cotton candy hanging from the end. Henry said he cried on his way to the stadium this morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12006746\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12006746 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-49.jpg\" alt=\"A man in a blue shirt sells cotton candy on a stick at the Oakland Coliseum during a game.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1341\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-49.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-49-800x536.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-49-1020x684.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-49-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-49-1536x1030.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-49-1920x1287.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Karm Henry, a food vendor at the Oakland Coliseum who has worked here for 7 seasons, sells cotton candy in the stands during the A’s final home game. Henry said he cried on his way to work today. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Emotions — and sometimes tensions — ran high as the game neared its end. Two people who ran onto the field during the top of the ninth inning were taken away by security. A smoke bomb was also thrown onto the field and removed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12006785\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12006785 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-18KQED-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-18KQED-5.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-18KQED-5-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-18KQED-5-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-18KQED-5-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-18KQED-5-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-18KQED-5-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A fan runs onto the field at the A’s last home game in Oakland on Sept. 26, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12006747\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12006747 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-58.jpg\" alt=\"Security guards on a baseball field, as green smoke wafts through.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1274\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-58.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-58-800x510.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-58-1020x650.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-58-160x102.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-58-1536x978.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-58-1920x1223.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Security guards remove colored smoke bombs thrown onto the field during the A’s final home game against the Texas Rangers at the Oakland Coliseum on Thursday. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the end, the crowd exploded as the A’s clinched a 3–2 win against the Rangers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12006786\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12006786 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-19KQED-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-19KQED-5.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-19KQED-5-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-19KQED-5-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-19KQED-5-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-19KQED-5-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-19KQED-5-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vanessa Wasczuk-Valencia roots for the home team towards the end of the A’s last home game in Oakland on Sept. 26, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Players took to the field to wave at fans, as A’s manager Mark Kotsay addressed the crowd:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Thank you for your lifelong support of the Oakland A’s,” Kotsay said. “We’ve played our asses off this year. We still got three left, gentlemen. I think we all should pay homage to this amazing stadium that we have had the privilege to enjoy for the last 57 years. And I ask you for one more time to start the greatest cheer in baseball. Let’s Go, Oakland!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12006748\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12006748 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-59.jpg\" alt=\"Oakland A's players stand on the mound waving to fans.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-59.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-59-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-59-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-59-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-59-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-59-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Oakland A’s pose for a group photo on the mound Thursday afternoon after beating the Texas Rangers 3–2 in their final home game at the Oakland Coliseum. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As tens of thousands of fans made their way back to the parking lot and BART station, many stayed behind to take in one last moment at the Coliseum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With tears in his eyes, Gilbert Bañuelos III recalled being an Oakland sports fan his entire life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a lot of emotions right now because I was fortunate to be here for the last Raiders game at the Coliseum, and now I’m here for the last Oakland A’s game,” Bañuelos said. “It just sucks, you know, this is it for here. I could travel to go see them, but this is home. And now it’s just a memory and a legend, a legacy that will never be forgotten.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12006789\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12006789 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-22KQED-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-22KQED-5.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-22KQED-5-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-22KQED-5-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-22KQED-5-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-22KQED-5-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-22KQED-5-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gilbert Bañuelos III, a lifelong fan, sheds a tear at the end of the A’s last game at the Oakland Coliseum on Sept. 26, 2024. ‘It just sucks, you know. This is it for here. I could travel to go see them, but this is home. And now it’s just a memory and a legend, a legacy that will never be forgotten,’said the lifelong A’s fan,’ he said. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For Bañuelos and other fans clinging to the final minute, ties to the A’s are about much more than home runs and strikeouts; it’s a family and a community of friends.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My uncle was a huge A’s fan. He’s the one that really got me attached to them,” Bañuelos said. “I want to make a big shout out to my uncle Sal, may he rest in peace. I wish you were here. I’m just glad I had the opportunity to see it. This one’s for you, uncle — they won.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jim and Gayle Burleigh were lingering after the game to savor the last time at the stadium also.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s very emotional, it’s very sad. We took our boys here as they grew up,” Jim said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The characters that made this team and made our memories, I am gutted right now,” Gayle mustered through tears. “I wish we could have figured out a way to have them stay.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12006790\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12006790 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-23KQED-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-23KQED-5.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-23KQED-5-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-23KQED-5-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-23KQED-5-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-23KQED-5-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-23KQED-5-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vanessa Wasczuk-Valencia hugs Gilbert Bañuelos III at the end of the last A’s home game at the Oakland Coliseum in Oakland on Sept. 26, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Jenneane Rocha, 44, remembers coming to games at the Coliseum as young as age 6.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I came here with my dad all the time and he passed away, so I went with a friend and her dad, and he also passed away,” she said of her emotional ties to the team. “If you just want to see good baseball, Oakland fans are the kindest and the sweetest.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 5:20 p.m. Thursday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/liveblog/lastoaklandasgame\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https://www.kqed.org/liveblog/lastoaklandasgame\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">Follow live fan coverage from KQED reporters and photographers of the A’s final game at the Oakland Coliseum. \u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No matter where they go, they’re still Oakland to me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So said diehard A’s fan Debra Piper as she arrived at the Coliseum on Thursday morning, hours before the team took the field for their final home game in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m going to really start to tear up now. There is so much history, love and support for the community and the players and this stadium,” said Piper, who left her home in Auburn at 3 a.m. to get here early enough for an extended farewell tailgate party. “It doesn’t matter how many times you come to see them play; when you go out and see the stadium and smell the grass, it’s just that ‘ahh’ feeling. It’s tingly. And now we don’t have that. There’s nothing like baseball to bring people together.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12006770\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12006770 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-03KQED-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-03KQED-5.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-03KQED-5-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-03KQED-5-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-03KQED-5-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-03KQED-5-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-03KQED-5-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Debra Piper (left) and Carla McClean wait in line for the last A’s home game at the Oakland Coliseum in Oakland on Sept. 26, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12006771\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12006771 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-04KQED-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-04KQED-5.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-04KQED-5-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-04KQED-5-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-04KQED-5-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-04KQED-5-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-04KQED-5-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Debra Piper shows off her A’s earrings at the Oakland Coliseum in Oakland on Sept. 26, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Thursday’s game against the Texas Rangers marks a solemn end to the storied team’s 57-year run in Oakland, one that brought the city four World Series championships.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The team is slated to move temporarily to a minor league stadium in West Sacramento next year, with plans to move permanently to a proposed ballpark in Las Vegas in 2028.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12006556\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12006556 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-06-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A young boy wearing an A's jersey stands behind a gate.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-06-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-06-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-06-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-06-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-06-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-06-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daniel Villalobos (center) and Messiah Garcia wait in line for the last A’s home game at the Oakland Coliseum in Oakland on Sept. 26, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Fans lined up at the break of dawn for the Oakland Coliseum gates to open for the sold-out game, and for some, it was a long journey back to the bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A’s fan Lester Hernandez brought his son and two daughters from Miami for the final home game. They arrived at the stadium Thursday at 5:30 a.m., waiting nearly four hours for the stadium’s gates to open at 9:37 a.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve been a fan of the Oakland Athletics for more than 50 years, you know, since they got the championships in 1972, 1973 and 1974,” Hernandez said while waiting in line.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12006560\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12006560 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-10-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"And older man, wearing a green and yellow A's hat, stands with his arm around a younger man, wearing a green A's T-shirt, outside of the Oakland Coliseum\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-10-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-10-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-10-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-10-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-10-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-10-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lester Hernandez and his son Lester Hernandez Jr. wait in line for the last A’s home game at the Oakland Coliseum in Oakland on Sept. 26. 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12006650\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12006650 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-20-1.jpg\" alt=\"A Black man in an A's T-shirt holds a drum in a parking lot.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-20-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-20-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-20-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-20-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-20-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-20-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Christian Allen of Los Angeles (left) plays a drum in the Oakland Coliseum parking lot on Sept. 26, 2024, ahead of the A’s final game in Oakland. Allen has been attending A’s games since 2011. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12006642\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12006642 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-21.jpg\" alt=\"A man wearing an A's hat stands at a hot dog cart handing a hot dog to a customer.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-21.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-21-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-21-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-21-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-21-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-21-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mike Davie of Oakland (left) sells hot dogs in the Oakland Coliseum parking lot on Thursday before the team’s last game in Oakland. Davie carries on the tradition left behind by former A’s hot dog vendor Hal Gordon, known as ‘Hal the Hot Dog Guy,’ a well-known vendor who carried around steamers throughout the stadium’s seating areas. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12006558\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12006558 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-08-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A man in an A's shirt and hat stand among a large outdoor crowd.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-08-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-08-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-08-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-08-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-08-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-08-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ian Alvarado (center) and Shang Yang (right) wait in line for the last A’s game at the Oakland Coliseum on Thursday. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12006647\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12006647 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-14-1.jpg\" alt=\"Signs protesting the Oakland A's leaving the city.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-14-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-14-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-14-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-14-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-14-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-14-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protest signs displayed at the Oakland Coliseum parking lot on Sept. 26, 2024, ahead of the A’s last game there. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Saddled with a green and gold bagpipe, Andrew Johnstone played an ode to his favorite baseball team with “Take Me Out To the Ball Game” at a parking lot tailgate at the Coliseum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We always play the bagpipes going into battle and at funerals, and it’s a bit of a battle and a funeral today, you know?” said Johnstone, who moved to the Bay Area more than 30 years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Scottish-born A’s fan shared how his family’s tartan colors are green and gold, “perfect for the A’s,” he said. Cheers and tears erupted as he asked fans around him to sing along for another round.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/ZddC5xLe3j8'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/ZddC5xLe3j8'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>As for the rest of his plans for the day? “Enjoy the game and try to stay sober,” Johnstone laughed. “Let’s get in there and win this bloody thing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Coliseum’s famous Brutalist facade became the backdrop for the A’s fashion-obsessed on Thursday. Crocheted hats, handmade jewelry, autographed sneakers made the stadium sparkle with Oakland flair.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My whole wardrobe is green and gold. I don’t know what to do!” lifelong A’s fan Jules Hanson said. “This has been such a huge part of my life. I’ve met lifelong friends, and we’ve been through so much together.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12006649\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12006649 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-17-1.jpg\" alt=\"A woman with green hair and green-and-gold eyeliner.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-17-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-17-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-17-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-17-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-17-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-17-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stacy Miller, an A’s ticket holder for over 20 years, wears green-and-gold eyeshadow for the A’s final home game on Sept. 26, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12006639\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12006639 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-16.jpg\" alt=\"A woman wears a knit A's Stomper the Elephant beanie.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-16.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-16-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-16-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-16-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-16-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-16-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sahra Ghafari, an A’s fan since 1989, wears a beanie of Stomper the elephant, the A’s official mascot, at the final A’s game at the Oakland Coliseum on Sept. 26, 2024. The beanies are hand-crocheted by Kim Jackson, an A’s fan of over three decades. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12006667\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12006667 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-27.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-27.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-27-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-27-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-27-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-27-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-27-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mila Shank, at the Coliseum parking lot in Oakland on Thursday morning, showing off the A’s tattoo she got a few days ago. Shank has been coming to games here since 1982. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Dressed to the nines in a yellow suit, Todd Schwenk handed out yellow roses to his fellow A’s fans before entering the Coliseum on Thursday morning. It’s a regular tradition for Schwenk, who said he’s handed out more than 500 roses at A’s home games this week alone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He’s been an A’s fan since 1972 and has been dubbed by some of the stadium ushers as the ‘mayor’ of the Coliseum, where he’s known to wander around throughout games spreading the A’s gospel. “I feel like a walking history book of the Coliseum, and I just love that,” Schwenk said. “I work the room. It’s full of love.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12006637\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12006637 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-10.jpg\" alt=\"A man in a light-yellow jacket and green-and-yellow ties holds yellow flowers and leans against a barricade. \" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-10.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-10-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-10-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-10-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-10-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-10-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Diehard A’s fan Todd Schwenk, known around the Coliseum as ‘The Mayor,’ hands out yellow roses — which he calls a ‘sign of life’ to fans and stadium staff on Thursday, before the A’s last game at the Oakland Coliseum. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Nearly 47,000 fans packed into the stadium on Thursday, the largest crowd for a final home game in Major League Baseball history, according to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/09/26/live-blog-fans-relish-as-final-game-at-oakland-coliseum-after-57-year-tenure/#87498\">\u003cem>Mercury News\u003c/em>\u003c/a>. The mood was at once jubilant and plaintive, as the team took the field for the very last time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12006781\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12006781 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-14KQED-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-14KQED-5.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-14KQED-5-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-14KQED-5-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-14KQED-5-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-14KQED-5-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-14KQED-5-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jessica Vallan’s dad Jerald takes her picture with Rickey Henderson field as they arrive at the A’s last home game in Oakland on Sept. 26, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cdiv class=\"mceTemp\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12006575\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12006575 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-12-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"An A's baseball player signs a ball for a fan.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-12-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-12-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-12-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-12-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-12-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-12-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tyler Soderstrom signs A’s fan Susanna Smulligan’s ball on Sept. 26, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12006780\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12006780 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-13KQED-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-13KQED-5.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-13KQED-5-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-13KQED-5-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-13KQED-5-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-13KQED-5-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-13KQED-5-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A’s fans watch the team warm up from above the dugout for the final time ahead of the last A’s game at the Oakland Coliseum, on Sept. 26, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12006782\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12006782 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-15KQED-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-15KQED-5.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-15KQED-5-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-15KQED-5-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-15KQED-5-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-15KQED-5-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-15KQED-5-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jeff Peterson, who attended the A’s first-ever game in Oakland in 1968, stands for the National Anthem at the Oakland Coliseum in Oakland on Thursday. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A’s gained an early lead, driving in two runs in the bottom of the third inning, and adding another run in the fifth. The Rangers clamored back with two runs to close out the sixth inning 3–2. JJ Bleday helped the A’s hold onto their lead at the top of the seventh with a diving catch in the outfield. After the seventh-inning stretch and one last rendition of “Take Me Out to the Ball Game,” chants of “Sell the Team” filled the stadium, along with profanity-laced reprimands directed at A’s owner John Fisher.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12006623\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12006623 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-16-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"An aerial view of a baseball field.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-16-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-16-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-16-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-16-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-16-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-16-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The first at-bat of the A’s last home game in Oakland, at the Coliseum in Oakland on Sept. 26, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12006691\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12006691 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-16-KQED-1.jpg\" alt=\"A packed stadium.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-16-KQED-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-16-KQED-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-16-KQED-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-16-KQED-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-16-KQED-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-16-KQED-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Packed stands at the Oakland Coliseum for the A’s last home game on Sept. 26, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>An A’s fan tips his hat during the A’s final home game at the Coliseum on Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12006759\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12006759 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-34.jpg\" alt=\"A man wearing a green Oakland A's scarf holds up his hands at a crowded A's stadium.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-34.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-34-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-34-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-34-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-34-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-34-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An A’s fan reacts during the team’s final home game at the Coliseum on Thursday. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12006744\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12006744 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-45.jpg\" alt=\"A large, inflatable baseball floats above the crowd at the Oakland Coliseum.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-45.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-45-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-45-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-45-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-45-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-45-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A large, inflatable baseball bounces above the packed crowd at the last Coliseum A’s game on Thursday. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12006743\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12006743 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-44.jpg\" alt=\"A Dixieland jazz band play in the stands at an A's game.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-44.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-44-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-44-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-44-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-44-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-44-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Oakland A’s Swingers, a Dixieland band, play during the A’s final home game at the Oakland Coliseum on Thursday. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The departure of the team is also a huge blow to the hundreds of food vendors, ushers, security guards and other workers at the stadium \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12006372/as-as-play-final-game-at-oakland-coliseum-workers-feel-the-financial-and-emotional-toll\">who stand to lose their jobs\u003c/a>. Karm Henry, who has worked as a food vendor at the Coliseum for the last seven seasons, was overcome by emotion Thursday as the traversed the stands, hoisting a poll over his shoulder with bags of cotton candy hanging from the end. Henry said he cried on his way to the stadium this morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12006746\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12006746 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-49.jpg\" alt=\"A man in a blue shirt sells cotton candy on a stick at the Oakland Coliseum during a game.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1341\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-49.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-49-800x536.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-49-1020x684.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-49-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-49-1536x1030.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-49-1920x1287.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Karm Henry, a food vendor at the Oakland Coliseum who has worked here for 7 seasons, sells cotton candy in the stands during the A’s final home game. Henry said he cried on his way to work today. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Emotions — and sometimes tensions — ran high as the game neared its end. Two people who ran onto the field during the top of the ninth inning were taken away by security. A smoke bomb was also thrown onto the field and removed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12006785\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12006785 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-18KQED-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-18KQED-5.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-18KQED-5-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-18KQED-5-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-18KQED-5-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-18KQED-5-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-18KQED-5-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A fan runs onto the field at the A’s last home game in Oakland on Sept. 26, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12006747\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12006747 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-58.jpg\" alt=\"Security guards on a baseball field, as green smoke wafts through.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1274\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-58.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-58-800x510.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-58-1020x650.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-58-160x102.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-58-1536x978.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-58-1920x1223.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Security guards remove colored smoke bombs thrown onto the field during the A’s final home game against the Texas Rangers at the Oakland Coliseum on Thursday. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the end, the crowd exploded as the A’s clinched a 3–2 win against the Rangers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12006786\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12006786 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-19KQED-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-19KQED-5.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-19KQED-5-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-19KQED-5-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-19KQED-5-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-19KQED-5-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-19KQED-5-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vanessa Wasczuk-Valencia roots for the home team towards the end of the A’s last home game in Oakland on Sept. 26, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Players took to the field to wave at fans, as A’s manager Mark Kotsay addressed the crowd:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Thank you for your lifelong support of the Oakland A’s,” Kotsay said. “We’ve played our asses off this year. We still got three left, gentlemen. I think we all should pay homage to this amazing stadium that we have had the privilege to enjoy for the last 57 years. And I ask you for one more time to start the greatest cheer in baseball. Let’s Go, Oakland!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12006748\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12006748 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-59.jpg\" alt=\"Oakland A's players stand on the mound waving to fans.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-59.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-59-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-59-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-59-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-59-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240926_AsFinalHomeGame_GC-59-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Oakland A’s pose for a group photo on the mound Thursday afternoon after beating the Texas Rangers 3–2 in their final home game at the Oakland Coliseum. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As tens of thousands of fans made their way back to the parking lot and BART station, many stayed behind to take in one last moment at the Coliseum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With tears in his eyes, Gilbert Bañuelos III recalled being an Oakland sports fan his entire life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a lot of emotions right now because I was fortunate to be here for the last Raiders game at the Coliseum, and now I’m here for the last Oakland A’s game,” Bañuelos said. “It just sucks, you know, this is it for here. I could travel to go see them, but this is home. And now it’s just a memory and a legend, a legacy that will never be forgotten.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12006789\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12006789 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-22KQED-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-22KQED-5.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-22KQED-5-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-22KQED-5-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-22KQED-5-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-22KQED-5-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-22KQED-5-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gilbert Bañuelos III, a lifelong fan, sheds a tear at the end of the A’s last game at the Oakland Coliseum on Sept. 26, 2024. ‘It just sucks, you know. This is it for here. I could travel to go see them, but this is home. And now it’s just a memory and a legend, a legacy that will never be forgotten,’said the lifelong A’s fan,’ he said. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For Bañuelos and other fans clinging to the final minute, ties to the A’s are about much more than home runs and strikeouts; it’s a family and a community of friends.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My uncle was a huge A’s fan. He’s the one that really got me attached to them,” Bañuelos said. “I want to make a big shout out to my uncle Sal, may he rest in peace. I wish you were here. I’m just glad I had the opportunity to see it. This one’s for you, uncle — they won.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jim and Gayle Burleigh were lingering after the game to savor the last time at the stadium also.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s very emotional, it’s very sad. We took our boys here as they grew up,” Jim said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The characters that made this team and made our memories, I am gutted right now,” Gayle mustered through tears. “I wish we could have figured out a way to have them stay.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12006790\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12006790 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-23KQED-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-23KQED-5.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-23KQED-5-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-23KQED-5-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-23KQED-5-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-23KQED-5-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-23KQED-5-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vanessa Wasczuk-Valencia hugs Gilbert Bañuelos III at the end of the last A’s home game at the Oakland Coliseum in Oakland on Sept. 26, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Jenneane Rocha, 44, remembers coming to games at the Coliseum as young as age 6.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/liveblog/lastoaklandasgame\">Follow live coverage from KQED reporters and photographers of the A’s final game at the Oakland Coliseum\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[dropcap]B[/dropcap]ob Rosenthal, a lifelong baseball fan and a merchandise vendor at the Oakland Coliseum, said he likens working during A’s games to “getting paid to eat candy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If I wasn’t doing it, I’d probably be going to the games and spending money,” said the 73-year-old, who worked at the Coliseum since the first A’s game there in 1968, when the team moved to Oakland from Kansas City. “I figured I might as well work there and get paid for what I do.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite his sunny disposition, sporting the team’s green and gold, he said the last few weeks have been “heart-wrenching.” He is among hundreds of workers — security, food vendors, broadcasters, among others — who face uncertain times as the A’s play their final home game at the Coliseum on Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s basically cutting out 50 percent of my salary,” said Rosenthal, who also works a similar gig at San Francisco Giants games. “I’m not going to be able to go on vacations like I used to.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In April, A’s owner John Fisher announced the team would move to West Sacramento for at least the next three seasons while a proposed new $1.5 billion stadium in Las Vegas is built to house the A’s permanently. In a press release on Monday, he apologized to fans: “Though I wish I could speak to each one of you individually, I can tell you this from the heart: we tried. Staying in Oakland was our goal. It was our mission, and we failed to achieve it. And for that, I am genuinely sorry.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12005839\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12005839\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240920-COLISEUM-WORKERS-MD-05-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240920-COLISEUM-WORKERS-MD-05-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240920-COLISEUM-WORKERS-MD-05-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240920-COLISEUM-WORKERS-MD-05-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240920-COLISEUM-WORKERS-MD-05-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240920-COLISEUM-WORKERS-MD-05-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240920-COLISEUM-WORKERS-MD-05-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lee Neuo works to stock the fridges of the field box seats along the first and third base lines at the Oakland Coliseum in Oakland on Sept. 20., 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Bay Area has historically been blessed with a multitude of professional sports teams that have allowed the many Coliseum workers to cobble together a full-time workload. When baseball season ends, people can transition to working football and basketball game, or nonsporting events, like concerts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“To make a living in this business, you have to work multiple venues,” said John Arnolfo, the director of the concessions vendors division for Teamsters Local 853, which represents about 60 Coliseum vendors, including Rosenthal. “Most of these people that work the A’s, they work the Giants, Warriors, 49ers. They used to work the Raiders.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Arnolfo, the arrival of a women’s professional basketball team, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11986061/get-ready-for-the-golden-state-valkyries-bay-areas-new-wnba-team\">Golden State Valkyries\u003c/a>, which are set to begin playing next season at San Francisco’s Chase Center, will also help soften the financial blow for some Coliseum workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12005843\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12005843\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240920-COLISEUM-WORKERS-MD-12-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240920-COLISEUM-WORKERS-MD-12-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240920-COLISEUM-WORKERS-MD-12-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240920-COLISEUM-WORKERS-MD-12-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240920-COLISEUM-WORKERS-MD-12-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240920-COLISEUM-WORKERS-MD-12-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240920-COLISEUM-WORKERS-MD-12-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rachel (center) and Luis Gonzalez (left) wait in line to buy A’s merchandise from at the team store at the Oakland Coliseum in Oakland on Sept. 20, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But out of all those sports, baseball promises the most profits for many workers because there are so many games, multiple workers told KQED. During a six-month regular season, the A’s play around 81 games out of a 162-game season at home. (By comparison, the 49ers are scheduled to play nine games at home out of their 17-game season.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s so many people at the Coliseum that we’ve seen every day who’ve been here even longer than I’ve been here, and I don’t know what their future holds, and that breaks my heart,” said David Feldman, who grew up in Walnut Creek, and has worked on the A’s television broadcast crew since 1991. “Besides the place where I live, the place where I have spent the most days of my life has been at the Oakland Coliseum.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said until now, Major League Baseball has done a good job of making sure the A’s and Giants aren’t playing home games at the same time, allowing him to work for both teams. This season, the A’s and the Giants only played six games when both teams were at home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12005842\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12005842\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240920-COLISEUM-WORKERS-MD-11-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240920-COLISEUM-WORKERS-MD-11-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240920-COLISEUM-WORKERS-MD-11-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240920-COLISEUM-WORKERS-MD-11-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240920-COLISEUM-WORKERS-MD-11-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240920-COLISEUM-WORKERS-MD-11-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240920-COLISEUM-WORKERS-MD-11-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A’s fan Jesse Gonzalez (front) and others examine the hats at a merchandise store at the Oakland Coliseum in Oakland on Sept. 20, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>With the A’s moving out of the Bay Area next season, the MLB has scheduled the two baseball teams to play 56 home games at the same time. This means, next year, even if he wanted to make the drive to West Sacramento to work an A’s game, it would likely conflict with his ability to work a Giants game, Feldman said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s going to impact a lot of the TV crew workers who used to work at both places,” he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Feldman hopes to continue to work for A’s broadcasting, but how that might work out is unclear to him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It hasn’t been talked about,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Workers face different outcomes once the Coliseum shuts its gates to the A’s partly because of the patchwork of employers there — the team itself, third-party contractors for things like security, and the food service giant Aramark, which employs people in roles like cooks, bartenders, and food servers. Some employees have union representation and some do not.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12005841\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12005841\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240920-COLISEUM-WORKERS-MD-08-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240920-COLISEUM-WORKERS-MD-08-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240920-COLISEUM-WORKERS-MD-08-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240920-COLISEUM-WORKERS-MD-08-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240920-COLISEUM-WORKERS-MD-08-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240920-COLISEUM-WORKERS-MD-08-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240920-COLISEUM-WORKERS-MD-08-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rick Cowell works to restock A’s merchandise at a team store at the Oakland Coliseum in Oakland on Sept. 20, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Unite Here Local 2 represents over 400 people, many working for Aramark. IATSE 107 represents stagehands who service the building, fixing seats and setting up metal detectors. Allied Universal takes care of security during games.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yulisa Elenes, vice president of the East and North Bay at Unite Here Local 2, said that workers she represents — many of whom have worked at the Coliseum for decades — are at risk of being laid off by Aramark once the A’s leave because their contract is specific to the Oakland Coliseum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These jobs here at the Coliseum have been really important to the community in Oakland,” she said. “A lot of the workers have used this job as a way to be able to get benefits, get training to learn how to be a cook or concession worker and apply those skills to get a different job.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\"news_12006230,news_12006211,news_12004485\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said longtime employees are upset that Aramark denied a proposal from the union for severance pay and that the company is cutting off workers’ benefits earlier than what workers are entitled to. She said the union plans to file a grievance with Aramark.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement to KQED, Debbie Albert, a spokesperson for Aramark, said: “We understand that this is a difficult transition period. We are bargaining in good faith with the union regarding the effects of the A’s departure and are prepared to offer those impacted available roles in other areas of our organization.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for the future of the Oakland Coliseum itself, in August, the Oakland Roots soccer team announced they reached a deal to play their 2025 home games at the Coliseum, ensuring at least for part of next year, the venue will not sit vacant. Both the A’s and the city of Oakland have sold their share of the Coliseum site to a local Black-owned developer group with plans for housing, green space, entertainment and retail for the site.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even with some prospects for other work, for people like Bob Rosenthal, who has been working at the Coliseum as long as the A’s, Thursday’s game will be a hard day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12005840\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12005840\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240920-COLISEUM-WORKERS-MD-06-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240920-COLISEUM-WORKERS-MD-06-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240920-COLISEUM-WORKERS-MD-06-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240920-COLISEUM-WORKERS-MD-06-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240920-COLISEUM-WORKERS-MD-06-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240920-COLISEUM-WORKERS-MD-06-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240920-COLISEUM-WORKERS-MD-06-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Teams prepare the field at the Oakland Coliseum in Oakland on Sept. 20., 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It’s going to be quite emotional walking out of there and getting into my car for the last time,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Feldman said he has been going through the five stages of grief. He’s now at acceptance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think for most of the fans and the employees, we’re all feeling it. It’s easy to put blame on the A’s owners, and some people want to blame the city of Oakland, but at the end of the day, it just sucks for everybody.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s basically cutting out 50 percent of my salary,” said Rosenthal, who also works a similar gig at San Francisco Giants games. “I’m not going to be able to go on vacations like I used to.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In April, A’s owner John Fisher announced the team would move to West Sacramento for at least the next three seasons while a proposed new $1.5 billion stadium in Las Vegas is built to house the A’s permanently. In a press release on Monday, he apologized to fans: “Though I wish I could speak to each one of you individually, I can tell you this from the heart: we tried. Staying in Oakland was our goal. It was our mission, and we failed to achieve it. And for that, I am genuinely sorry.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12005839\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12005839\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240920-COLISEUM-WORKERS-MD-05-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240920-COLISEUM-WORKERS-MD-05-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240920-COLISEUM-WORKERS-MD-05-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240920-COLISEUM-WORKERS-MD-05-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240920-COLISEUM-WORKERS-MD-05-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240920-COLISEUM-WORKERS-MD-05-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240920-COLISEUM-WORKERS-MD-05-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lee Neuo works to stock the fridges of the field box seats along the first and third base lines at the Oakland Coliseum in Oakland on Sept. 20., 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Bay Area has historically been blessed with a multitude of professional sports teams that have allowed the many Coliseum workers to cobble together a full-time workload. When baseball season ends, people can transition to working football and basketball game, or nonsporting events, like concerts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“To make a living in this business, you have to work multiple venues,” said John Arnolfo, the director of the concessions vendors division for Teamsters Local 853, which represents about 60 Coliseum vendors, including Rosenthal. “Most of these people that work the A’s, they work the Giants, Warriors, 49ers. They used to work the Raiders.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Arnolfo, the arrival of a women’s professional basketball team, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11986061/get-ready-for-the-golden-state-valkyries-bay-areas-new-wnba-team\">Golden State Valkyries\u003c/a>, which are set to begin playing next season at San Francisco’s Chase Center, will also help soften the financial blow for some Coliseum workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12005843\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12005843\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240920-COLISEUM-WORKERS-MD-12-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240920-COLISEUM-WORKERS-MD-12-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240920-COLISEUM-WORKERS-MD-12-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240920-COLISEUM-WORKERS-MD-12-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240920-COLISEUM-WORKERS-MD-12-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240920-COLISEUM-WORKERS-MD-12-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240920-COLISEUM-WORKERS-MD-12-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rachel (center) and Luis Gonzalez (left) wait in line to buy A’s merchandise from at the team store at the Oakland Coliseum in Oakland on Sept. 20, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But out of all those sports, baseball promises the most profits for many workers because there are so many games, multiple workers told KQED. During a six-month regular season, the A’s play around 81 games out of a 162-game season at home. (By comparison, the 49ers are scheduled to play nine games at home out of their 17-game season.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s so many people at the Coliseum that we’ve seen every day who’ve been here even longer than I’ve been here, and I don’t know what their future holds, and that breaks my heart,” said David Feldman, who grew up in Walnut Creek, and has worked on the A’s television broadcast crew since 1991. “Besides the place where I live, the place where I have spent the most days of my life has been at the Oakland Coliseum.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said until now, Major League Baseball has done a good job of making sure the A’s and Giants aren’t playing home games at the same time, allowing him to work for both teams. This season, the A’s and the Giants only played six games when both teams were at home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12005842\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12005842\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240920-COLISEUM-WORKERS-MD-11-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240920-COLISEUM-WORKERS-MD-11-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240920-COLISEUM-WORKERS-MD-11-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240920-COLISEUM-WORKERS-MD-11-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240920-COLISEUM-WORKERS-MD-11-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240920-COLISEUM-WORKERS-MD-11-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240920-COLISEUM-WORKERS-MD-11-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A’s fan Jesse Gonzalez (front) and others examine the hats at a merchandise store at the Oakland Coliseum in Oakland on Sept. 20, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>With the A’s moving out of the Bay Area next season, the MLB has scheduled the two baseball teams to play 56 home games at the same time. This means, next year, even if he wanted to make the drive to West Sacramento to work an A’s game, it would likely conflict with his ability to work a Giants game, Feldman said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s going to impact a lot of the TV crew workers who used to work at both places,” he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Feldman hopes to continue to work for A’s broadcasting, but how that might work out is unclear to him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It hasn’t been talked about,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Workers face different outcomes once the Coliseum shuts its gates to the A’s partly because of the patchwork of employers there — the team itself, third-party contractors for things like security, and the food service giant Aramark, which employs people in roles like cooks, bartenders, and food servers. 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Russell and Newton’s families lived in the same neighborhood in Monroe, Louisiana, before settling in West Oakland. The migration stories of Henderson, as well as of other famous athletes — Paul Silas, Dave Stewart, Gary Pettis, Lloyd Moseby and more — all mirror that movement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bryant spoke with KQED’s Brian Watt about what made Henderson a special player and how growing up in Oakland helped shape him as an athlete.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This interview has been edited for length and clarity\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>On how Rickey Henderson’s feats on the field made him a legend\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>What it is with him is the style, the confidence, the fearlessness in which he played baseball. When I look at the type of player that Rickey would be today and other eras, he wouldn’t be a leadoff hitter. He would be in the middle of the order with all the other power hitters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But he was just such a unique player who could do anything he wanted on a baseball field. You couldn’t keep your eyes off him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12006247\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12006247\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/GettyImages-88770054.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1296\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/GettyImages-88770054.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/GettyImages-88770054-800x540.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/GettyImages-88770054-1020x689.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/GettyImages-88770054-160x108.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/GettyImages-88770054-1536x1037.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rickey Henderson takes off to steal second base against the California Angles, tying former St. Louis Cardinals Lou Brocks’ record of 938 career stolen bases during a game on April 28, 1991, at the Coliseum.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>On how Rickey Henderson and the way he got to Oakland became part of the city’s history\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>We always talk about Oakland as one of the great sports cities in terms of the development of the players. 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