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Apr. 8, 2009

No Slugger, But Good Fit For Oakland A's

Oakland Athletics General Counsel Steven Johnston talks about his love for baseball and how the A's do so much with one of the league's smallest payrolls.

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By Rebecca Beyer
Daily Journal Staff Writer

Growing up in Davenport, Iowa, Steven Johnston didn't even have a professional sports team to call his own. That didn't stop him, however, from falling in love with baseball. He was a southpaw for the Grinnell College Pioneers in his home state before graduating from law school in Missouri. In 2006, after a few years at a big law firm and then serving as in-house counsel at bourbon maker Jim Beam, h... (continued)

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