It's my monthly Daily Link Dump, straight from Cup crazy North Carolina, where I can post this thing probably before many of you have woken up.  So WAKE UP already!

Yep. The A's lost to the Twins in a great pitchers' duel.  Sometimes you just throw up your arms and be glad you don't face a pitcher with the caliber of Johan Santana every single day.

Milton Bradley plays for Sacramento tonight in a one-game rehab. Yay! The A's confirmed Rich Harden will pitch Sunday for Oakland. Double yay!

The city of Fremont wants the A's, and they don't seem to be shy about it, either.

Women learned more about baseball earlier this week in a benefit for John Muir Healths Cardiac Care Services.  They got to hear from Ken Macha, Ron Washington, Bryn Alderson and Farhan Zaidi, and fun seemed to be had by all.  Also, if you like articles without those pesky apostrophes and quotation marks, that story is for you!

And for those you following the NCAA Tournament, here's a full recap -- all on one page! What a deal! (Roll Tide, by the way...)

It's official. Chico is a very nice town. Pat Sajak says so.