The community of Oakland gathered at the Coliseum on Thursday to celebrate its connection and history with the Athletics.

The Texas Rangers have struggled defensively for the past week, including in Thursday's final game against the moving Oakland Athletics at Oakland Coliseum.

A crowd of 46,889 attended the game at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, the largest crowd ever to watch a baseball game in a ballpark’s final game.

The Rangers’ hopes of an AL West three-peat slipped right through the fingers of Josh Hamilton on the last day of the 2012 season, Texas blowing what had been a 13-game lead over Oakland to fall into the AL Wild Card Game. They would lose to the Orioles, ending their season.

We just couldn't cash in there in the ninth, and they found a way to score a run." In the top of the ninth, Marcus Semien and Josh Smith singled with one out to give the Rangers runners on the corners.

A sellout crowd of 46,889 cheer and jeer, as well as throw things on the field, as the A's play their final game at the Coliseum before an eventual move to Las Vegas.

Thursday’s game at the Oakland Coliseum is expected to be rowdy, and Texas Rangers manager Bruce Bochy ensured that his team is ready for whatever happens. The Rangers will play the Oakland A’s at 12:37 p.

The Texas Rangers (75-83) will visit the Oakland Athletics (68-90), in the final game of a three-game series, Thursday at 3:37 p.m. ET.The favored Athletics (-123 on the moneyline) host the