No kidding, A's Brown is a king of clubhouse

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(04-21) 17:51 PDT -- Andrew Brown would stand out in a crowd no matter what: He's 6-foot-8 and brawny. Throw in the outsized personality, and that's one big force field of fun in the Oakland clubhouse. Brown, a right-handed reliever who has yet to allow an earned run this season, is the A's most talkative player since Nick Swisher was traded, and Brown loves the spotlight nearly as much as ... [link]

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No kidding, A’s Brown is a king of clubhouse
Published 4/23/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
No kidding, A’s Brown is a king of clubhouse Even when playing chess, Brown is noisy. He somehow manages to trash-talk while matching wits daily with closer Huston Street. “Huston takes so long, you get mentally drained,” Brown said. “You start shouting to the chess gods, ‘Why is he taking so long?’ We had a timer, but Huston doesn’t follow the rules, he’d just ignore it.” “I might have been slower when we first started playing, but Andrew has abandoned the most games,” Street countered. “I had his queen forked last night and he said, ‘Oh, I’ve got to get home, my wife is ...

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Published 4/25/2008 by Geoff Young at Ducksnorts
... Susan Slusser at the San Francisco Chronicle pens a fun piece on ex-Padre Andrew Brown (h/t ...

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