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Sean Doolittle and the A's are channeling Star Wars for their Spring Training inspiration

By Chris Landers

To know A's reliever Sean Doolittle is to know one thing: The man really, really loves Star Wars. He once changed his Twitter handle to MaceWinDOO, and celebrated the debut of "The Force Awakens" with wookies and wordplay:

If you thought having to focus on his day job again would mean less time devoted to the Force, you clearly haven't been paying attention. For Doolittle, Star Wars is much more than just a film franchise -- it's a way of life, and an inspiration to us all. So with that in mind, he came up with the perfect motto for Oakland as it embarks on Spring Training:

And of course this saga would not be complete without a Mace Windu/WinDOO reference:

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