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Some fun things about new Oakland A’s pitcher Tanner Roark

The Oakland A’s picked up another player ahead of Wednesday’s MLB trade deadline, acquiring starting pitcher Tanner Roark from the Reds. Click here for more details on the trade, and on who Roark is as a pitcher.

In the meantime, Twitter offered up some fun tidbits on the newest member of the green and gold.

1. Arby’s

Sometimes when a player gets traded, it happens during a game and the cameras catch him hearing the news and hugging his teammates in the dugout. That was not the case here — the Reds were indeed playing, but Roark was already heading out toward Atlanta, where he was set to make his next start against the Braves.