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Josh Donaldson says goodbye to A's fans with heartfelt tweet

Donaldson tweets heartfelt goodbye to A's fans

One day after Thanksgiving, Josh Donaldson found himself expressing gratitude to his fans in Oakland -- just not in the way he had probably expected.

Having already tweeted this out, probably before diving in to a massive pile of food:

Donaldson sent out a slightly longer message on Friday night. After being traded to the Blue Jays in exchange for Brett Lawrie, the Bringer of Rain was a bringer of tears when he tweeted this heartfelt message on his final day in green and gold: 

If they could, I'm pretty sure A's fans would want to do something like this to their former slugging third baseman. That's like the baseball version of a Viking funeral.

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