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Fans throw objects and storm the field during the final A’s game in Oakland
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Fans throw objects and storm the field during the final A’s game in Oakland

Some fans in Oakland wanted a lasting memory in the Bay Area.

The Athletics played their last game on Thursday in Oakland. The team planned to call Sacramento home for three years while waiting for its big move to Las Vegas.

And the fans got a little rowdy.

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Oakland's last game

A general view of the ballpark as JT Ginn of the Oakland Athletics throws out the first pitch against the Texas Rangers in the first inning at Oakland Coliseum on September 26, 2024 in Oakland, California. (Eakin Howard/Getty Images)

During the seventh inning, two delays occurred in the same at-bat, one due to a beer bottle thrown onto the field and another due to a smoke bomb.

At the start of the ninth inning, a fan stormed the field and more objects were thrown onto the field.

However, the era ended on a high note as the Athletics defeated the Texas Rangers 3-2 in front of nearly 47,000 fans.

On Tuesday night, two fans ripped seats right out of the ballpark’s concrete, but were caught trying to leave the stadium with them.

Oakland Coliseum

JT Ginn of the Oakland Athletics throws the first pitch of the game to Marcus Semien of the Texas Rangers in the first inning at Oakland Coliseum on September 26, 2024 in Oakland, California. (Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

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The A’s will travel to Sacramento before moving to Las Vegas in 2028, but the stadium in Oakland will remain for the Oakland Roots of the USL Championship soccer league.

Owner of athletics John Fisher wrote in a recent letter To fans, his hope was to keep the team in the Bay Area, but the effort was unsuccessful.

“The A’s are part of the fabric of Oakland, the East Bay and the entire Bay Area. When Lew Wolff and I bought the team in 2005, our dream was to win World Championships and build a new baseball stadium in Oakland. For 18 years we did our best to make that happen. We proposed and pursued five different locations in the Bay Area. And despite concerted and sustained efforts to strike a deal for the Howard Terminal project, we have failed,” the letter states.

“It was only in 2021, after 16 years of working exclusively to develop a home in the Bay Area and faced with a binding MLB agreement to find a new home by 2024, that we began to consider moving the team there bring to.” Las Vegas.”

Oakland fan with for sale sign

Fans hold up a “Sell” flag as the Boston Red Sox play the Oakland Athletics at the Oakland Coliseum on April 2, 2024 in Oakland, California. (Loren Elliott/Getty Images)

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The A’s began play in Philadelphia in 1901 before moving to Kansas City prior to the 1955 season. The organization had called Oakland home since 1968.

The Warriors, Raiders and A’s will all have left Oakland since 2020.

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