Inside the Oakland A's final game at the Coliseum

Catch up quick: Owner John Fisher's desire to relocate the team to Las Vegas had led fans to launch a long-fought campaign to keep the A's in the Bay.

• That saga came to a decisive and bittersweet end last Thursday at the A's game against the Texas Rangers which would ultimately be their final win of the season.

The vibe: Fans turned up at the Coliseum early in the day in full green and gold regalia. Chants of "Let's go, Oakland" soon roared throughout the stadium, as did some chants of "Sell the team" in a reference to Fisher.

• Play-by-play announcer Vince Cotroneo, PR manager Mike Selleck and stadium operations chief David Rinetti were among the many hit by tears in the hours leading up to the game, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
• Former A's pitcher Barry Zito sang the national anthem while A's legends Dave Stewart and Rickey Henderson threw the ceremonial first pitch.
• Local celebrities, including A's superfan Banjo Man and former Oakland cheerleader Krazy George, also made appearances throughout the game.
• A groundskeeper would later shovel up dirt from the infield for fans to take home, according to Bay Area sports writer Alex Espinoza.

What came next: The A's rallied to win 3-2, but it triggered more tears in the stadium, which was packed with almost 47,000 people.

• Despite reportedly being instructed to depart from the field immediately following the game, players stayed to honor and pay homage their fans.
• "There are no better fans than you guys ... Thank you for your lifelong support of the Oakland A's," A's manager Mark Kotsay, visibly emotional, said in an address to the crowd.
• He closed out by leading fans in what he called the "greatest cheer in baseball" — one final chant of "Let's go, Oakland."