This week will be an emotional one for the Oakland Athletics as they will play their last games ever in the Oakland Coliseum.
For the last 57 seasons, the Athletics have called the Oakland Coliseum home, and come Thursday, they will have to say goodbye.
The last series ever at the Coliseum will be a 3-game series beginning Tuesday and concluding Thursday against the Texas Rangers.
A couple of the great players in Athletics history came out to say goodbye to the ballpark they called home.
According to Dennis Eckersley on ‘X,’ him and Rickey Henderson attended one of the final games played at the Coliseum to say goodbye.
Saying goodbye to the Coliseum with one of the greatest who ever played. A lot of great memories in Oakland. #athletics @Athletics @baseballhall pic.twitter.com/jENitxOuO9
— Dennis Eckersley (@Eck43) September 22, 2024
Eckersley played 9 seasons for the Athletics from 1987 to 1995 which included a World Series title in 1989 when they swept the San Francisco Giants.
Along with the World Series title, Eckersley won the Cy Young award and Most Valuable Player award in the 1992 season.
The 1992 season for Eckersley included a 1.91 earned run average with a career-high 51 saves and 93 strikeouts in 80.0 innings pitched.
Henderson played 14 seasons for the Athletics including his first 6 seasons in the MLB from 1979 to 1984.
The 1982 season was the most notable for Henderson as he stole 130 bases, which is the most by any player in the modern baseball era.
Henderson came back to the Athletics later in his career where he won the Most Valuable Player award in 1990.
It will be an emotional week for everybody involved in the Athletics organization as they say goodbye to their ballpark.
They will play the next few seasons in Sacramento before relocating to Las Vegas.
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