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Why A's Matt Olson is perfectly happy steering clear of spotlight

“This is weird,” first baseman Matt Olson told reporters in a Zoom interview on Sunday as he sat in front of an A's backdrop.

The new way we hold interviews will take a bit to adjust to -- just as the two-time Gold Glove Award winner will have to get used to receiving attention. He’s not one for the limelight.

“That’s kind of how I like it,” Olson said. “You all kind of know that by now.”

Olson was smiling as he made the statement, but staying away from the attention might present a problem. He has his impressive numbers to blame for that.