WATCH IT HAPPEN IN OAKLAND AS THE BALLERS MAKE HISTORY. >> I LOVE IT SO MUCH. THERE ARE A LOT OF FANS WHO LOVE BASEBALL IN THE EAST BAY. THE OAKLAND 68S HAS BEEN A STAPLE AT A's GAMES FOR YEARS , BEATING THE DRUMS AND WAVING THE FLAGS. WITH THE A's LEAVING, THEY ARE TAKING THEIR DRUMBEAT TO RAIMONDI PARK. >> LET'S GO OAKLAND! THAT IS THE SOUND OF OAKLAND BASEBALL. OAKLAND BALLERS BASEBALL. FANS ROOTED IN THE COMMUNITY, CHEERING ON MORE THAN JUST A NEW TEAM AND NINA THORSEN IS ONE OF THEM. EVEN WITH THE A's LEAVING, NINA IS NOT GIVING UP ON HER LOVE OF BASEBALL AND THE COMMUNITY. >> WE DON'T CHEER FOR THE TEAM, WE CHEER FOR THE CITY. IT WORKS FINE. WE WILL MOVE IT OVER TO THE BALLERS. IT IS NO PROBLEM. >> DOING SO IS PART OF THE GROUP. >> I HAVE BEEN HANGING OUT WITH THE DRUMMERS SINCE 2009. >> THE GROUP WAS PART OF THE LANDSCAPE AT OAKLAND A's GAMES, SUPPORTING THE TEAM FOR YEARS. >> I WAS PLAYING TAMBOURINE AND THEN THEY WOULD GIVE ME A DRUM WHEN SOMEONE WAS GOING OFF TO GET A BEER, WHICH HAPPEN FROM TIME TO TIME. I LEARNED FROM JORGE LYON, WHO IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE TREND 38 -- OAKLAND 68S. >> WE STARTED WITH THE OAKLAND NATION IN 2017 BUT WE HAVE KNOWN EACH OTHER SINCE 2006. WE ARE THE DRUMMERS AND THE FLAG WAVERS AND WE SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY. >> NOW, THEY SUPPORT A NEW TEAM IN OAKLAND, ONE ROOTED IN HEART AND SOUL. >> WE SUPPORT THAT. SOMEONE THAT DOES THIS AMAZING THING LIKE THIS IN LESS THAN TWO MONTHS, IT SPEAKS VOLUMES. I KNOW THAT THE OTHER TEAM IS TRYING TO LEAVE. THAT IS WHAT WE ARE DOING. >> KEEPING THE TRADITION ALIVE, WHICH IS A LOT HARDER THAN YOU THINK. >> I CAN'T SING AND DRUM AT THE SAME TIME. >> THIS SUMMER, NINA SAYS GOODBYE TO THE FINAL SUMMER OF BASEBALL AT THE COLISEUM. IF YOU WANT TO LEAVE, GO AHEAD BUT DON'T EXPECT ME TO HANG AROUND FOR 18 MONTHS WHILE YOU PACK. >> SHE SAYS HELLO TO A NEW BEGINNING AT RAIMONDI PARK IN OAKLAND. >> IT IS AMAZING WHAT THEY HAVE MANAGED TO DO WITH RAIMONDI PARK, GETTING IT FIXED UP. I AM SURE THERE WILL BE A LOT MORE IMPROVEMENTS AS IT GOES ON. >> SHOWING UP FOR THE GAME THAT IS THE BEAT OF HER HEART AND THE BEAT OF HER DRUM AS SHE PLAYS LOUDLY ON BALLERS OPENING-NIGHT . >> THE HOME OPENER WAS FANTASTIC. TO SEE ALL OF THESE PEOPLE, A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WERE WEARING THEIR NEWLY PURCHASED BALLERS STUFF. >> BASEBALL, ALIVE AND WELL IN THE TOWN, THANKS TO THE
