“It's a day that will come and go pretty quickly,” he said, “and you just don't want to miss any opportunity to express your gratitude toward the fans, toward the people that mean everything, the workers in the stadium.
Athletics bid emotional farewell to Oakland Coliseum where they called home since 1968
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One thing I want to say is that the A's fans showed up today, they showed up in big numbers, bigger than the Giants fans today,” said Kotsay, a former A's outfielder and now third-year Oakland manager who replaced his former mentor, Melvin.
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