A teary and touched José Canseco was inducted to the A's Hall of Fame Saturday as a season-high crowd gathered for the first game of final Bay Bridge Series in Oakland.
The atmosphere felt like old times in Oakland for Mark Kotsay and Bob Melvin.And for Mark Canha and Matt Chapman, a couple of former Athletics stars now wearing the rival's jersey.And even for a teary and touched José Canseco, one of the newest members of the A's Hall of Fame who never saw this honor coming.'I'd like to thank the fans. I'm an emotional wreck right now,' the former Bash Brother with Mark McGwire said.
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. 'That was special, it was something that you can't replace and that we'll remember.
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