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Canha takes his movie line knowledge to a wider audience

Mark Canha came into the A’s clubhouse about three hours before Wednesday’s game started and shook his head.

“I don’t know how it went,’’ Canha said.

The Oakland rookie utility player had just been on the field taping a segment for MLB Network’s Intentional Talk. They’d been drawn in both by Canha’s hot start (11 hits in his first six games, including a homer) and by his paraphrase of some lines from Kevin Costner in “Bull Durham’’ to the media after his first game.

He’d gone three-for-five with two doubles and four RBIs last Wednesday, just barely missing a grand slam for his first big league hit.