A's fans packed the house for the team's last hurrah and celebrated with the team afterwards in what was an emotional farewell. Manager Mark Kotsay delivered a moving speech to the faithful supporters of the team, making clear that he felt this whole situation was unjust.

Barring a miracle — Fisher repenting and selling the A’s in the next few months — Thursday will be the final major-league professional sports game played in Oakland. It’s a fate unbefitting the one-time “City of Champions,” whose only failure was attracting owners somehow more incompetent than local government.

On a quiet night in Alameda, when I open up the windows, walk the dog, or sit out on the porch, and if the wind is just right and the schedule aligns, I can hear it. Bum nah nah nah. Bum nah nah nah.