OAKLAND -- The A's partied like it was 1989 on Saturday night before a record Coliseum crowd, edging the Giants in walk-off style in the 11th after enduring a bizarre sequence in the top half of a wild ninth inning.
The celebration began long before their 4-3 victory; hours earlier, they reveled in their return from the Mets, acquiring veteran closer Jeurys Familia to bolster an already solid bullpen down the stretch.
Then A's alumni took to the field; Rickey Henderson, Dennis Eckersley and Jose Canseco were among those who gathered for a belated championship parade -- the one they never got following their sweep of the Giants in the 1989 World Series, which was interrupted by the Loma Prieta earthquake.