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.

Supporters stole away to be here for the matinee finale, a sellout crowd of 46,889 seeing one last win in the much maligned but loved A's home, 3-2 over the Rangers.

Everybody said goodbye to Oakland Athletics baseball in their own way Thursday afternoon. After 57 seasons at the Coliseum -- and decades of indecision and vitriol swirling around the team's future -- the A's played their final game in Oakland in front of a massive crowd on a bright and gorgeous Bay Area afternoon.