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In my baked goods, I've stuck with 100% real butter religiously. It's such a simple ingredient that I've never been comfortable with the idea of baking with anything else. Still, the saturated fat in butter-regardless of its naturalness-is indeed bad for you. And since I had a coupon for it, I decided to put away my prejudice and try I Can't Believe It's Not Butter Stick.
The first thing to understand about these sticks is that they have the same amount of calories and total fat as regular butter. So what's the draw? As the website proclaims "They contain a blend of nutritious oils, including soybean and canola, so I Can't Believe It's Not Butter! Sticks have 50% less saturated fat than butter, no trans fat and provide an excellent source of omega-3 ALA per serving." O-kaaay. But what about the taste and baking performance? First, I tried this by itself on a piece of bread.
Unsurprisingly, it tasted just like butter. One thing I noticed, however, is that these sticks are a lot softer at room temperature than butter. They almost start to melt at room temperature, something that proved to be problematic with chocolate chip cookies. I had to chill the batter before baking the cookies, and had to make sure to keep the dough cold as I worked with it. For purposes where I melted the margarine first, such as brownies, it worked just as well as butter and tasted just the same.
A 1 tablespoon serving of I Can't Believe It's Not Butter Stick provides 100 calories, 17% of the daily value of total and saturated fat and 10% DV for Vitamin A. Regular butter has the same amount of calories, but 36% of the daily value for saturated fat.
This is an easy substitution that will drastically reduce the heart-clogging saturated fat in bakery products. But still, the problems with baking may make me not reach for it the next time I want to make cookies.

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Forget the tie and the socks this Father's Day. Give the Big D what he really hungers for. Go primal with our three B's: beef, bacon and bourbon.
Unlike mom, who usually finds herself corsaged and cosseted at some cutesy Sunday brunch, dad has one basic, if often unspoken, wish for his day: "Leave me the heck alone." Do just that. Let him groove on his solitude, be it on the golf course or the running trail or even on the La-Z-Boy in his man cave.
"They say, 'Let me do what I want to do without the fun police checking in,'" says Kathleen Purvis, author of "Bourbon" (University of North Carolina Press, $18), coming in September as part of the "Savor the South" cookbook series.
But when the day is nearly done, lure dad back to civilization and to family by dishing up flavors as bold as he is. Let beef, bacon and bourbon be the theme, if his health allows.
"They are all indulgence goods," explains Purvis, who is food editor of the Charlotte Observer in North Carolina. "Men are more comfortable having an indulgence. Women are more uncomfortable with that; we have to be the family disciplinarian."
Our three B's menu gives plenty of opportunity for dad to let loose. Kick things off with a bourbon cocktail freshened with ginger beer. Pass around some zippy deviled bacon as a nibble while lighting the grill, then finish with a bourbon-rubbed flank steak. Purvis suggests serving beefy slices of fresh tomato and a summer pasta salad alongside the steak.
If dad — can't wait for that winning trifecta of flavors with dinner, consider an all-in-one lunch treat from chef Edward Lee's "Smoke & Pickles" cookbook: bourbon-and-coke meatloaf sandwich.
Deviled bacon
Prep: 10 minutes
Cook: 27 minutes
Servings: 6-7
Note: It's dad's day, and he can have bacon if he wants to. Try this twist from "Salty Snacks." Author Cynthia Nims writes that the mustard and hot sauce offer a "nice zing" to the bacon's richness.
3 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
2 teaspoons hot sauce
3/4 pound thick-cut bacon, each slice halved crosswise
1. Stir together the Worcestershire sauce, mustard and hot sauce in a small bowl until smooth.
2. Arrange bacon strips on a rimmed baking sheet lined with foil. Spoon about half of the mustard mixture over the bacon, spreading with the back of the spoon. Bake in a 400-degree oven until lightly browned on top, 12-15 minutes. Turn the bacon over; spoon remaining mustard mixture over the bacon slices. Bake until the bacon is nicely glazed, moderately browned, and crisp, about 15 minutes. If some pieces around the outer edge of the pan are browning more quickly, remove them earlier.
3. Transfer the bacon pieces to a piece of paper towel to drain for a few minutes; transfer to a plate or platter for serving. Serve warm or at room temperature.
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Per serving (for 7 servings): 93 calories, 7 g fat, 2 g saturated fat, 18 mg cholesterol, 1 g carbohydrates, 6 g protein, 457 mg sodium, 0 g fiber.
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(09-23-2012 03:26 PM)all day baby Wrote: I'm in an ESPN league where we start 2 defensive players. While they aren't my high scorers, both of my linebackers scored 12 pts each... same as my QB. Thanks, Cam.
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Field Report: Belar FMHD-1
During the course of my career I've worked on many projects and dealt with lots of problems, many of which involved measuring a station's modulation or an injection level.
"What does the Belar say?" seems to be the phrase I most often thought or uttered during those occasions. Indeed, the company with the longest history in making modulation monitors for broadcast has got to be Belar Electronics. Its IBOC monitor is known as the FMHD-1, and it measures all the pertinent IBOC parameters, along with the standard analog items we're accustomed to. There's not enough room to address all its features, but I'll emphasize a few.
Let's start at the front panel. As you can see, the device is 2RU high, and the front panel includes a 640 x 240 pixel display and the rotary encoder wheel. There's also a headphone out. The rear panel is where all the important inputs and outputs are located.
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There are eight analog output connectors, each of which can be assigned to any of the decoded audio streams including the analog modulation. Assignment of the outputs is done via the popup menu.
There are also three AES-3 outputs (75 ohms unbalanced) that can be assigned to any of the decoded (or demodulated) streams associated with the station to which the monitor is tuned.
Continuing along the top row, there are two separate analog composite outputs, along with two digital composite outputs that include SCLK, FS and SDATA.
Along the bottom row we have the RS-232 connector (male, so you may need a null-modem cable to connect to it); a DB-15 for access to four form-C relays that can be used to signal outboard equipment to alarm conditions that are user programmable; the Ethernet connector; and two sets of RF inputs. Note that you can use an antenna connection (if you use the monitor at a remote studio location) or you can use the dual high-level RF inputs if the FMHD-1 is installed at the transmitter site. You can combine the output from a separate digital transmitter with that from an analog transmitter right in the monitor device itself. You'll have to make sure the ratio of analog vs. IBOC is correct.
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Aaron Harrison tops All-Giant Killers Team
As loyal readers will surely remember, the Taylor twins played for UAB a decade ago, when the Blazers became the first Killers to slay Giants in back-to-back seasons. In 2004, UAB, a 9-seed, upset top-seeded Kentucky, and then returned to take down LSU in an 11-6 matchup in 2005. Those Blazers out-stole their opponents by an incredible margin of almost two to one, and you can see them here, where a leaping Ronnell forced a turnover and heaved a nearly telepathic, two-handed, 60-foot pass over the back of his head to Donnell. In honor of their Killertastic play, we named the All-GK Team after the Taylors in 2011.
With so many players stepping up at key moments in upsets this year, we are naming first- and second-team All-GK squads. As always, we have tried to cover all the schools involved. And while All-GK teams are usually heavy on guards -- Omar Samhans are few and far between -- we've tried to stock various positions, too.
First Team
SG Aaron Harrison, Kentucky: When you hit game-winning bombs against Louisville, Michigan and Wisconsin in three straight games, you not only make the All-GK team, you get to be captain.
PG Shabazz Napier, Connecticut: You may have heard a little about him by now. He's shooting 47.1 percent on 3s (16-for-34) in the tournament.
SG Desmond Haymon, Stephen F. Austin: "I shot it with confidence, [JeQuan] Lewis closed on me kind of hard, and I stayed there with my follow-through and he knocked me down." That's how Haymon described the 3-point shot that turned into a game-tying four-point play against VCU.
Final Four upset odds for UK, UConn
Even by March's typically zany standards, this has been a wild ride. And it's not over yet. So our peerless team of Furman professors dove into their spreadsheets once more, mixed in the latest tourney results and whipped up a fresh new batch of numbers in anticipation of Saturday night's games in Dallas ... errr ... North Texas. Final Four games aren't typically evaluated through a Giant Killers prism, but as we've already explained, this is far from a typical tourney. Let's take a closer look at the numbers and see if Kentucky and Connecticut can keep their title drives alive.
Can Kentucky take down Wisconsin?
Not surprisingly, Kentucky has significantly better odds than UConn does to advance to the national championship game.
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Kentucky's Final Four odds
The Kentucky Wildcats have adapted comfortably to an unfamiliar role, already knocking off the top-seeded Wichita State Shockers before defeating the Louisville Cardinals in a non-GK game that still resonates as an impressive upset. Now, the Wildcats must slay one more power program to reach the Final Four. And, not surprisingly, our esteemed statistical model gives them an excellent shot at beating the Michigan Wolverines.
The official odds for Kentucky are 42.8 percent, which is slightly better than the 42.5 percent chance it had to beat Wichita State. And that number might even slightly underestimate the Wildcats' upset potential.
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Dayton's odds to reach the Final Four
Thursday's game wasn't an actual Giant-Killer matchup because of the seedings involved (the GK model requires a seed-differential of five or more) but it felt utterly like a classic Goliath-thwacking. The Flyers upended and then demolished the Cardinal. Now, can they get past the Gators and into the Final Four?
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Tennessee's upset odds against Michigan
Heading into the tournament, our statistical model pegged the Vols as the nation's 22nd-best team. KenPom.com said Tennessee ranked 11th nationally. So when the Vols knocked off a sixth-seeded UMass squad that was as overseeded as they were underseeded and followed that up by dispatching Mercer, they weren't shocking the world. They were playing to form.
Now, as the Vols prepare to face Michigan on Friday night, it's evident beyond the computers that Tennessee is for real. With one Giant already brought low, can Tennessee add another notch to its belt?
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Can Kentucky upset Wichita State?
When we started forecasting upsets in 2006 using our statistical model, the purpose was to project the results of matchups just like this one. Only the roles were usually reversed. So nothing quite speaks to the changing landscape of college basketball like the situation we find ourselves in now, as we crunch numbers trying to determine whether Kentucky has the chops to upset the Shockers.
The way our model sees things, the Wildcats indeed have a shot at a bracket-breaking win. But just how strong? That part is surprising.
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Mercer's underrated upset odds
Round of 32 upset odds: It's complicated ... see below.
How they beat the Blue Devils: Let's start with the opponent. Duke had trouble getting stops all season, and the Blue Devils were particularly vulnerable to runs when their own 3-pointers weren't falling and they didn't adjust to working the ball inside. Duke's November game against Vermont, where the Blue Devils surrendered 75.6 percent on 2-point attempts and blew an eight-point halftime lead, offered a blueprint for an upstart opponent (though Duke won that game 91-90), and Mercer followed it perfectly.
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Can North Dakota State pull another upset?
As unlikely as North Dakota State's win over the Oklahoma Sooners appeared -- both in scope and style -- it sure didn't look like a fluke. But what worked against Oklahoma certainly wouldn't translate against every other Giant. So, as the Bison eye a trip to the Sweet 16, the question is whether San Diego State will fall prey to similar tactics.
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Sweet 16 odds for Harvard, Dayton
Why Crimson can keep rolling
Round of 32 upset odds: 24.0 percent
How they beat the Bearcats: We hate to say we told you so, but ... Aw, who are we trying to kid? We told you so! Here at GK Central, we thought the key to the Cincinnati-Harvard matchup would be whether the Ivy Leaguers would recognize the need to take more risks against top-flight competition, change their style and shoot more 3s. Based on our study of their previous games against nonconference opponents, we expected they would, writing, "This could be the week the chameleon turns crimson." And they did: The Crimson took seven of their first 15 shots from downtown, and 38.6 percent for the game (17-of-44) -- way up from their regular-season proportion of 28.2 percent, which ranked just 287th in the country. They hit on 35.3 percent of those shots, and, just as important, because the Bearcats couldn't help off sharpshooter Laurent Rivard, driving lanes opened up for the Crimson.
Can they do it again?: Harvard didn't even play particularly well in this game. The Crimson committed 12 turnovers, grabbed just nine offensive rebounds against a Cincinnati team that doesn't hit the defensive glass and hit only 17 of 28 free throws (60.7 percent). That is one reason they have a stronger chance than you would probably expect against Michigan State, a team many are picking to win the national championship.
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Most likely round of 32 upsets
Since the 8-9 and 7-10 games don't count as GK upsets, this will be our first look at those 16 teams, as we profile their chances of knocking off a No. 1 or No. 2 seed. And even in a year that is light on highly rated Killers, some of those top programs are in serious jeopardy.
Enough pretense, let's get to the upsets.
No. 1 Virginia Cavaliers vs. No. 8 Memphis Tigers or No. 9 George Washington ColonialsUpset chances: 24.7 percent vs. Memphis | 21.2 percent vs. GW
Virginia is somewhat more vulnerable than the typical No. 1 seed, in part because the Cavs don't force many turnovers and also because our model sees them as the No. 8 team in the nation, rather than a top-four squad. Memphis does a good job of combining offensive rebounding with a defense that forces bundles of steals (12.2 percent), while GW employs a similar combo of tactics -- just slightly less effectively.
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The Jay Bilas tournament upset audit
UMass Minutemen vs. Iowa Hawkeyes/Tennessee Volunteers
GK upset odds: 78.4 percent / 70.1 percent
As the model identifies, UMass was overseeded as a No. 6, and Tennessee and Iowa are both far more capable than the No. 11 seed would suggest. Iowa is deep and talented, and particularly with Gabe Olaseni, the best hedge defender I saw this season, the Hawkeyes can contain Chaz Williams off ball screens.
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Most likely first-round tournament upsets
Here's the cherry on top: Iowa and Tennessee, the two strongest Killers in the field of 68, will now face off in the first round. Result: As groups, the No. 16, No. 15, No. 14, No. 13 and No. 12 seeds in this year's brackets are all worse than average, according to our historical spreadsheets. Take that in the spirit of a financial adviser urging you to play it safe in an overvalued market.
We'll get to a full analysis of Giant vs. Killer matchups in the coming days, but for now, here's our instant reading of the top 10 potential upsets in the round of 64.
No. 6 Massachusetts Minutemen vs. No. 11 Iowa Hawkeyes or Tennessee Volunteers
Upset odds for Iowa: 78.4 percent
Upset odds for Tennessee: 70.1 percent
Apparently, the selection committee misinterpreted a memo stating that UMass had been seeded sixth in its conference tournament and instead took it as a directive for how to slot the Midwest Region. Not only is our model's power rating skeptical of the Minutemen, calling them the 48th-best team in the nation, but it says Iowa (14th) and Tennessee (21st) are just as badly underseeded.
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As longtime readers know well, our Giant Killers statistical model predicts big NCAA upsets in three steps. We start with basic team power rankings, based on margin of victory and strength of schedule. Then we use regression analysis to isolate the "special sauce" variables that lead some teams to over- or underperform in Giant vs. Killer matchups. Then we apply those factors to current teams to see how much, beyond their basic strength, they resemble past Giants and Killers. (Here's a more detailed explanation.)
So far, so good. But what about style matchups? Our model rates Stephen F. Austin as a better Killer than Harvard, but couldn't there be specific opponents that find the Crimson more dangerous than the Lumberjacks? Now we can start answering that question, thanks to a data-mining technique called cluster analysis, conducted for us by Liz Bouzarth, John Harris and Kevin Hutson of Furman University.
Cluster analysis figures out how to sift through a bunch of items so that things that are similar to each other end up grouped together. Imagine a pizza with toppings that seem randomly strewn about. Cluster analysis can tell us whether some areas are heavy on pepperoni or mushroom and how to slice the pie to find those regions. Now think about a set of basketball teams; cluster analysis can tell us which statistical similarities unite various groups of teams. You already know that, say, Iowa State plays a very different brand of hoops from San Diego State. Now we have the statistical tools to relate their stylistic contrasts to how they are likely to play against particular Killers.
It turns out we can group Giants and Killers into four families apiece. We will run through them briefly then turn to matchup implications.
The four families of Giants
Giants are heavily defined by their rebounding tendencies. One family is the Roy Williams Giants, which pile up good-to-massive offensive rebounding percentages, usually with very tall players, average defensive rebounding and few forced turnovers. North Carolina, naturally, is a Roy Williams Giant this season, as was Gonzaga last season and West Virginia in recent campaigns.
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Is Kansas vulnerable without Embiid?
The Jayhawks' two most recent losses, though, are the most interesting because they came without Joel Embiid. As the Jayhawks head into the NCAA tournament without the services of their freshman center -- through the first weekend, at minimum -- there is no doubt that they are a different team. But the looming question is whether those losses are harbingers of a result to come early in the tourney. Is Kansas, sans Embiid, more vulnerable to a Giant-Killing upset?
It sure would seem that way. But that's why we rely on a dispassionate statistical model -- it even refused to party on Pi Day -- rather than our own eyes.
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Most likely NCAA tourney upset victims
Back at my college paper, in the days between Selection Sunday and the first NCAA tournament game, we used to produce regional previews. It was largely a vanity exercise -- a chance to write about something other than track or lacrosse -- but we were expected to predict how the bracket would play out.
In 1997, I got assigned the Southeast region. And the one thing I knew was that Georgia, the No. 3 seed, wasn't any good. So I looked up the small amount of info I could find about the Bulldogs' opponent, the mighty Mocs of Chattanooga. They had a forward named Johnny Taylor who apparently was a future NBA player and seemed like a small-college version of Scottie Pippen. So, I talked myself into the idea that Taylor could overwhelm Georgia. And because I didn't like No. 6 seed Illinois, either, I penciled in Taylor and his anonymous teammates for an additional round. Sure enough, by the time the following weekend ended, Chattanooga was in the Sweet 16.
That was a happy accident. But these days, with the help of the Giant Killers project, we've come up with a (much) better way of pinpointing vulnerable top seeds using statistical similarities to past upset victims. So, with Selection Sunday just two days away, here are the Giants you can consider on upset alert -- the 10 weakest of Joe Lunardi's projected top-six seeds across all four regions as of Friday morning.
10. Wichita State Shockers | 74.9
Our model continues to have an adverse reaction to Wichita State's schedule. It is far and away the biggest reason why the Shockers have a negative "Secret Sauce," although their average ability to force turnovers (18.5 percent of opponents' possessions) doesn't help. They're also susceptible to a team of gunners -- Wichita State allows 35.3 percent of its opponents' attempts to come from downtown. That could be a harbinger of a payback, as the Shockers used a stunning surge from 3-point range late in their round-of-32 game to topple No. 1 seed Gonzaga last season.
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NAPLES, Fla. — University of Florida tomato breeders are working to develop varieties that can be mechanically harvested, helping growers address labor costs and availability.
Although breeder Sam Hutton, who's based at the Gulf Coast Research and Education Center, Wimauma, is excited about prototypes, he said researchers are at least a few years away from releasing commercial varieties.
He updated the industry on breeding efforts at the Joint Tomato Conference, Sept. 4, in Naples.
For growers such as Tony DiMare, vice president of Homestead-based DiMare Fresh Inc., these varieties can't come soon enough.
"The biggest concerns we have and why we are looking at mechanization is the current labor situation and the lack thereof," he said. "And that obviously carries a heavy cost, direct costs and indirect costs, such as workers comp, transportation and a whole slew. It's become a labor supply concern more so than the direct costs of labor."
The average cost to plant, grow and harvest an acre of fresh-market tomatoes in Florida is $15,000, said Monica Ozores-Hampton, an assistant professor and vegetable specialist at the Southwest Florida Research and Education Center, Immokalee. Of that, about 55% is just for labor, which includes staking, tying and pruning plants, and harvesting.
Vicky BoydFlorida tomato growers spend an average of $15,000 per acre to plant, grow and harvest tomatoes, of which about 55% goes to labor. Tying up tomato plants is among those labor expenses.In Florida, tomatoes are grown on plastic-covered beds into which wooden or metal stakes have been driven. During the growing season, workers create trellises of string between the stakes and train the plants up, pruning them when necessary.
After harvest, workers must remove the stakes before the field can be prepared for the next crop. In the Homestead area, growers rely on metal stakes, which are even more difficult to remove than wooden ones used elsewhere, DiMare said.
Hutton is working to develop low-growing fresh-market tomato varieties, which set fruit that ripens during a short window. The bush-like plants wouldn't require staking or training, either.
In California, processing tomato growers rely exclusively on machines to harvest their crop.
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"The difference is they're picking red tomatoes — we're going after mature greens," he said. "They're growing plums and we're growing large-fruited tomatoes. There's a major distinction. It's much more difficult to work with a large fruited tomato than a plum."


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Tiser is the son of Daron and Mary Margaret Lusk of Shreveport, La., and the grandson of Lewis Lusk and Sherry Weeks of Cleveland.
Tiser suffers from Kernicterus, a rare neurological condition that occurs in some newborns with severe jaundice.
It is caused by very high levels of bilirubin. Bilirubin is a yellow pigment that is created in the body during the normal recycling of old red blood cells. High levels of bilirubin in the body can cause the skin to look yellow, which is called jaundice.
In some cases when there are extremely high levels of bilirubin in the body or the baby is extremely ill, the substance will move out of the blood and collect in the brain tissue. This can lead to serious neurological complications, including brain damage and hearing loss.
According to Tiser's grandfather, an experimental treatment is being offered in Kansas City, which could reverse some of the effects Kernicterus has had on the boy.
"It's a stem cell treatment and it has been very successful in China," said Lewis, who added the treatment is expensive, about $100,000, and might not be available for his grandson until next August.
However fundraising begins on Saturday from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. at the American Legion on Rosemary Road.
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A Team In Search of an Identity
Like every Major League Baseball team in April, the Oakland A's are entering the early stages of finding a team identity as they jet eastward to Toronto. You can rest assured, error-laced Opening Night and our bullpen struggles last weekend is not a true reflection of this team! As is customary, Canadian officials will require each of us to present U.S. passports to gain entrance on foreign soil when we land at Pearson International Airport. However, the collective I.D. of the 2011 A's will not be printed in a government document. Instead, it will play out over time this season. That's part of the fun of being a fan, because despite what preseason prognosticators might suggest, the true identity—and character—of a team is always determined by the 25 players on the roster.
It's a process. On the field, Bob Geren and his staff are focused on meshing diverse talents into a cohesive unit. But, maybe more importantly, this is the time when clubhouse chemistry starts to bubble to the surface. Old friendships are renewed and new ones take root. Mr. Willingham, meet Mr. Ellis. Mr. Balfour, want to play catch? I found last weekend interesting, in that our two opening losses to Seattle seemed to create a sense of urgency among the troops—something you wouldn't expect with 160 games left to play. Clearly, players shared the same high expectations that have been tossed around national media circles this spring, and they seemed determined to right the ship, and right it now. And no better way than to let the guy in the next locker know that "I've got your back because, hey, we're teammates and I care about you. Let's go get 'em!"
Take David DeJesus and Gio Gonzalez, both electric personalities who seem to have become fast friends. They've developed some type of fist-and-body bump routine every time they see each other that's way more hip than I can personally comprehend. Let's just say that former A's bat boy MC Hammer would be proud. Back-end reliever Brian Fuentes turned to family—his real one and his new one—to soothe the painful memory of a rocky outing, as he proudly introduced two of his young children to his new teammates in the clubhouse Sunday. Another scene after Sunday's 7-1 win was sidelined All-Star closer Andrew Bailey, skipping around like a school boy in the clubhouse, high-fiving Gio and fellow reliever Jerry Blevins for a job well done. Yet, maybe the most central figure in bringing this club together Sunday was Hideki Matsui, the consummate pro, who's the team's closest connection to the Japanese earthquake nightmare. He was the rallying point for the organization's efforts to raise money for the Red Cross yesterday (the team generated more than $65,000). Matsui also gave his country a brief moment to escape their pain and suffering by lining a Doug Fister pitch down the left-field line for a second-inning double which was the 2,500th of his legendary career. After the game, everyone from Geren to Gonzalez gushed about the A's new slugger and the historical significance of his amazing milestone.
It's that respect and true caring for each other that might very well be the trademark of this Oakland club. Time—and our win-loss record—will tell if these qualities will serve the A's well.
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