Ahead of the Oakland Athletics’ final game at the Coliseum Thursday afternoon, three franchise legends took part in the pregame festivities. Oakland native and former A’s pitcher Dave “Smoke” Stewart and Oakland Technical High School alumnus and base-stealing savant Rickey Henderson tossed out the final first pitch at the Coliseum. Former lefty ace Barry Zito followed them up by belting out the national anthem. Oakland A's 7 hours ago A's cherishing final memories in Oakland, at ‘special' Coliseum Athletics Sep 25 As an era ends, Oakland comes to grips with the A's departure This story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.