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Oscar-winner Tom Hanks has new, virtual role with Oakland A’s

Oscar-winning actor Tom Hanks on Friday night will reprise the first role he ever performed in front of a large audience decades ago in Oakland. This means, of course, he’ll have to work for peanuts.

And hot dogs. As well as Cracker Jacks, cold beer, sodas, game programs and more.

That’s because the Oakland native will be back at the Coliseum — if only virtually — in his original supporting role as a stadium vendor at A’s home games during the 1970s. Starting with Friday’s season opener against th. . .