As an era ends, the city that was home to the Oakland A's comes to grips with their departure
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FILE - Fans pour onto the field at the Oakland Coliseum after the Oakland A's beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-2 and won their third straight World Series, Oct. 17, 1974, in Oakland. (AP Photo, File)FILE - Contestants dressed as former Oakland Athletics players Dennis Eckersley, left, Rickey Henderson, center, and Rollie Fingers stand with fans after racing during the seventh inning of a baseball game between the Athletics and the Seattle Mariners in Oakland, Calif., July 3, 2015. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)FILE - Fans wait for autographs before a baseball game between the Oakland Athletics and the Seattle Mariners in Oakland, Calif., July 3, 2015. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)FILE - Oakland Athletics fan "Banjo Man" (aka Stacy Samuels) plays for the crowd in the fifth inning of Game 5 of an American League baseball division series between the Oakland Athletics and the Detroit Tigers in Oakland, Calif., Thursday, Oct. 10, 2013. (AP Photo/Aaron Kehoe, File)FILE - Oakland Athletics fans celebrate after the Athletics defeated the Minnesota Twins in a baseball game to become American League West champions, Sept. 22, 2013, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Beck Diefenbach, File)FILE - Fans at Oakland Coliseum watch a baseball game between the Oakland Athletics and the Cincinnati Reds in Oakland, Calif., on April 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)FILE - Fans at Oakland Coliseum listen as the national anthem is performed before an American League wild-card baseball game between the Oakland Athletics and the Tampa Bay Rays in Oakland, Calif., Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)"Right-Field" Will MacNeil and several other A's fans sing "Take Me Out To The Ballgame" in the Oakland Coliseum during the seventh-inning stretch of a game against the Pittsburgh Pirates on May 1, 2024, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Michael Liedtke)A fan standing in left field during a sparsely attended game between the Oakland A's and Colorado Rockies, May 22, 2024, at the Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Michael Liedtke)An Oakland A's fan plays his saxophone during an Aug. 6, 2024, game while standing outside the Oakland Coliseum on a ramp that connects the regions's public transit system with the stadium in Oakland, Calif.. (AP Photo/Michael Liedtke)A view of the stadium scoreboard at the Oakland Coliseum is seen, Sept. 2, 2024, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Michael Liedtke)FILE - Owner Charles Finley, center, waves a pennant along with a group of fans, as they cheer on the Oakland As, after catcher Gene Tenace connected for his fourth home run of the World Series, Oct. 20, 1972, Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo)Longtime Oakalnd A's fan Mike Silva holds up his framed ticket stubs from the team's World Series games at the Oakland Coliseum, July 16, 2024, in San Jose, Calif., from 1972-74, resulting in three of the nine World Series titles dating back to the franhise's orgins in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Michael Liedtke)A fan wearing a shirt expressing his dismay with the A's move from Oakland while walking through the Oakland Coliseum parking lot on Opening Night, March 28, 2024, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Michael Liedtke)Oakland A's fan staged a rally urging team owner John Fisher to sell to a buyer who will keep the franchise in Oakland in the Coliseum parking lot on March 28, 2024 - the Opening Day of the season - in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Michael Liedtke)A sign in an empty bar inside the Oakland Coliseum still included the team's former slogan, "Rooted in Oakland" is seen on May 1, 2024, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Michael Liedtke)"Right-Field" Will MacNeil waves an A's flag as the home team prepares to take to the field during a game at the Oakland Coliseum on May 1, 2024, in Oakland, Calif.. (AP Photo/Michael Liedtke)FILE - Kansas City Athletics owner Charlie Finley sits astride the team's mascot, "Charlie O," for a short ride during pre-game ceremonies at the Detroit-Kansas City opening game of the American League baseball season in Kansas City's Municipal Stadium, April 12, 1965. (AP Photo/William Straeter, File)In this undated photo provided by Nancy Finley, one of the orange baseballs that former Oakland A's owner Charles Finley unsuccessfully tried to persuade Major League Baseball to introduce into the game during the 1970s a period when the team won three consecutive World Series. (Courtesy of Nancy Finley via AP)
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FILE - Fans pour onto the field at the Oakland Coliseum after the Oakland A's beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-2 and won their third straight World Series, Oct. 17, 1974, in Oakland. (AP Photo, File)