The Oakland Athletics have not made the postseason in the past four years with their last appearance coming back in the shortened season of 2020.
The 2024 season was another disappointing campaign for the team as they finished with a record of 69-93, which left them in fourth place in the AL West.
However, the biggest news surrounding the Athletics this season was that it was their last year playing in their home city.
Veteran pitcher Liam Hendriks recently revealed his honest admission about the last A’s game played at the Oakland Coliseum.
“I teared up, it was an emotional day, I mean, I spent five years there,” Hendriks said, via Foul Territory.
Former Athletic Liam Hendriks said he teared up watching the final game in Oakland. pic.twitter.com/JTq4CwLUBP
The Athletics have been based in Oakland since 1968, when they moved there from Kansas City.
The team will now be transitioning to Las Vegas, which resembles the move made by Oakland’s NFL team, which moved to the city in 2020.
Hendriks has played 13 seasons in MLB after coming into the league in 2011.
He played for the Athletics from 2016 through 2020, with 2019 being the year that sparked a hot streak from the veteran pitcher.
That season, Hendriks appeared in 75 games and posted a 1.80 ERA, 25 saves and 124 strikeouts in 85.0 innings pitched.
Hendriks did take a piece of the legendary stadium for a memory, admitting he grabbed some of the mound dirt when he went there early in the season.
The Athletics’ move to Las Vegas won’t happen immediately as their new stadium needs to be built, and the plan is to open that ballpark in 2028.
As for the 2025 season, the Athletics will play in Sacramento.
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