From Reggie Jackson to Mark McGwire and Derek Jeter, many of the game's biggest stars have made their mark when the teams have played at the Coliseum. Subscribe to continue reading this article. Already subscribed? To login in, click here. Originally Published: September 21, 2024 at 3:00 p.m.

After winning the 1989 World Series, the Oakland Athletics entered the 1990 amateur draft with four of the first 36 picks. Atlanta had the #1 overall pick, and they were considering Todd Van Poppel, a high school phenom regarded as the best pitching prospect available. Van Poppel's agent was just starting to assert himself. This upstart firebrand agent insisted that Van Poppel receive a record signing bonus and a major-league contract.

Mason Miller has dominated in his rookie Athletics campaign, and it took the right-handed closer until his team's last-ever Coliseum homestand to reflect on it. Miller holds a 2.37 ERA through 60 2/3 innings pitched with eight A's games remaining during the 2024 MLB season. The 26-year-old was named an AL All-Star this summer and earned the nicknames “Miller Time” and “The Reaper” for his ability to shut down games with 96 strikeouts and a fastball that reaches 104 mph. The A's hold a 67-87 record after Friday's extra-inning loss to the New York Yankees, but their future is bright -- and Miller is a big reason why.

Northern California native and New York Yankees superstar Aaron Judge has mixed feelings about the Athletics' looming relocation from Oakland to West Sacramento, and ultimately Las Vegas. Judge, who grew up in Linden, Calif., roughly 84 miles from the Coliseum, will miss baseball in the East Bay but is trying to be optimistic about what's to come. “It's exciting, sad, all mixed together, man,” Judge told NBC Sports California after the Yankees' 4-2 win over the A's on Friday.

A repeat of one of the season's strong pitchers' duels provides the marquee matchup Saturday night when Carlos Rodon and the New York Yankees continue their road series against JP Sears and the Oakland Athletics. Needing a win to stay four games ahead of the Baltimore Orioles atop the American League East, the Yankees (90-64) rode a brilliant pitching performance by Gerrit Cole and a triumphant appearance by the injured Juan Soto to a 4-2, 10-inning win in the series opener.

Gerrit Cole held the Athletics to one run in nine innings and Juan Soto came off the bench to hit an RBI double in the 10th, giving the New York Yankees a 4-2 win on Friday night in the opener of the final scheduled homestand ever in Oakland. "That's the Cy Young," Soto said. Cole (7-5) was sharp after getting hit hard last Saturday in a loss to Boston, allowing two hits and one walk. "I think it was a combination of their aggressiveness and executing good pitches early in the counts," Cole said.

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: It's time for sports. (SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) SIMON: Shohei Ohtani - unstoppable. Chicago White Sox - appalling. And the Oakland A's - leaving. Howard Bryant of Meadowlark Media joins us. Howard, thanks for being with us. HOWARD BRYANT: Good morning, Scott. How are you? SIMON: Fine, thanks. But there's never been anything like Shohei Ohtani. BRYANT: (Laughter) No. SIMON: Man's in a league of his own, right? Thursday - 6 for 6, hit three home runs, stole two bases. He is now at 52-52. The first man ever to have hit 52 home runs, steal 52 bases in one season. Season isn't over. He's also a great pitcher. Have we ever seen a talent like him? BRYANT: Never seen anything like him at

New York Yankees (90-64, first in the AL East) vs. Oakland Athletics (67-87, fourth in the AL West) Oakland, California; Saturday, 9:07 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Yankees: Carlos Rodon (15-9, 4.12 ERA, 1.22 WHIP, 186 strikeouts); Athletics: JP Sears (11-11, 4.24 ERA, 1.20 WHIP, 127 strikeouts) : LINE Yankees -179, Athletics +149; over/under is 8 runs BOTTOM LINE: The Oakland Athletics play the New York Yankees looking to stop a three-game home slide. Oakland is 36-40 in home games and 67-87 overall. The Athletics have a 46-15 record in games when they have more hits than their opponents. New York is 48-31 on the road and 90-64 overall. The Yankees have a 47-18 record in games when they hit

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: It's time for sports. (SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) SIMON: Shohei Ohtani - unstoppable. Chicago White Sox - appalling. And the Oakland A's - leaving. Howard Bryant of Meadowlark Media joins us. Howard, thanks for being with us. HOWARD BRYANT: Good morning, Scott. How are you? SIMON: Fine, thanks. But there's never been anything like Shohei Ohtani. BRYANT: (Laughter) No. SIMON: Man's in a league of his own, right? Thursday - 6 for 6, hit three home runs, stole two bases. He is now at 52-52. The first man ever to have hit 52 home runs, steal 52 bases in one season. Season isn't over. He's also a great pitcher. Have we ever seen a talent like him? BRYANT: Never seen anything like him at

In mere days, the Athletics will play their final home game in Oakland after 56 years. In the 1980s and 1990s, more than one Sacramento leader tried hard to bring Major League Baseball to the state capital and failed. Now it's happening via a rental agreement, a temporary arrangement, maligned by most everyone outside of the Sacramento region that inherits a decaying franchise. The A's won four World Series Championships in Oakland during the 20th century but have faded to irrelevance in recent years as the Athletics owners and the city of Oakland ground toward a public divorce, years in the making.

Gerrit Cole tuned up for the postseason by holding the Athletics to one run in nine innings and Juan Soto came off the bench to hit an RBI double in the 10th, giving the New York Yankees a 4-2 win on Friday night in the opener of the final scheduled homestand ever in Oakland. “That's the Cy Young,” Soto said.

Athletics manager Mark Kotsay still is processing his emotions as the team begins its final homestand in Oakland.

Gerrit Cole tuned up for the postseason by holding the Athletics to one run in nine innings and Juan Soto came off the bench to hit an RBI double in the 10th, giving the New York Yankees a 4-2 win on Friday night in the opener of the final scheduled homestand ever in Oakland. Cole (7-5) was sharp after getting hit had last Saturday in a loss to Boston, allowing two hits and one walk. Cole got the win thanks in part to a rare pinch-hit appearance from Soto, who was scratched from the starting lineup with a sore left leg after sliding into a wall in Seattle on Thursday.

If the Yankees had any sympathy for the plight of the A's — a team that now has just five home games remaining at the Oakland Coliseum — that sympathy wasn't expressed between the chalk lines. The A's (67-87) began their final homestand at the Oakland Coliseum with an extra-inning 4-2 loss to the Yankees (90-64) as T.J. McFarland allowed three runs (two earned) to the Bronx Bombers in the top of the 10th inning.

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Beginning with a three-game set against New York on Friday, the A's have officially entered their final home stand in The Town, the final days of what has been a six-month-long wake. “It's been on our mind for a couple home stands now,” said All-Star closer Mason Miller. If history is any indicator, the A's fan base will not go quietly into the night. There were the puppets of A's owner John Fisher and president Dave Kaval.

Beginning with a three-game set against New York on Friday, the A's have officially entered their final home stand in The Town, the final days of what has been a six-month-long wake. “It's been on our mind for a couple home stands now,” said All-Star closer Mason Miller. If history is any indicator, the A's fan base will not go quietly into the night. There were the puppets of A's owner John Fisher and president Dave Kaval.

After initially being in Friday's starting lineup, the Yankees decided to sit Juan Soto after he injured his knee in Thursday's game in Seattle.

Time is finally running out on A's fans' long goodbye. After an entire summer trying to reconcile the A's move to Sacramento after this season (and ultimately to Las Vegas if all goes to plan) and the loss of their team, Oakland fans have just one more week — six more chances — to see their team at the Coliseum, starting Friday night against the New York Yankees. The A's officially end their Oakland era with three games in Seattle next weekend. Oakland's final regular-season game, Thursday afternoon against the Texas Rangers, is sold out.

After winning game one of their postseason matchup with the Frisco RoughRiders, the Midland RockHounds came into game two needing just one win in the next two games in order to secure their spot in the Texas League Championship Series. The Oakland A's Double-A affiliate held a 2-1 lead going into the bottom of the ninth, but Frisco was able to tie it up in the bottom half, sending the game into extras. The two clubs traded runs in the 10th inning, and after the 'Hounds were unable to score in the 11th, they walked the first batter of the inning to get the double play in order with the zombie runner already stationed at second base. After a ground out to third, which kept the runner in place, Abimelec Ortiz flew out to center, bringing home Acosta which secured the series-tying victory for the RoughRiders.