Oakland A's players made some small gestures to the fans at the Coliseum to show their appreciation with the New York Yankees in town.

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

If the New York 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.