JFIFC    $ &%# #"(-90(*6+"#2D26;=@@@&0FKE>J9?@=C  =)#)==================================================K" }!1AQa"q2#BR$3br %&'()*456789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz w!1AQaq"2B #3Rbr $4%&'()*56789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz ?i|4=i+7zRX*d8㌱[șmGQ[{\^g;<9r$ 42m:GciQS.l:CL49gjŮC<f4 `|ċZ}}jtL9KZ7b ZEdcqCSb^»>8Ɣ.vtWrkZ&BF=뷗\B^?YT]KhaKG'8>P^kkW^ 䞟rصEHtnƤ-Sr:JT9J\͕*N~f5CǟNj=M^CfVor`JgF`E>97\)֮5{UM1. F1.dFsY23vH[V}5Fr̃8=siֺ].茑MWp{v lﴻ.7\|ҺKK֍>m{,=vHS?BE43ə3Ğ+5Й+nf8贞 ?:u"esZTdtovoM6ckߴ=*~?NVhCKu: äA6Z\iHc0ͮdt[Cmeq+*EfrG' V]wzM. mfظV11(-ӧ<T/%[?(u.#zn +q& cˊl QIkەCCl2>Hn[Ԣ :KgUdM˷)3 ҹٵȏɎTz %bW$RҒOrkaW?v5 5`ιwէDWi06rN] Zn\ZA'jK+$g ^vƮHV ɬ}(SM?JOhycS  N} XOE<br> The Athletics were unique in that they already had a history and tradition of weight training when I arrived. The guy who had spearheaded it was Dave McKay, their first base coach, who was also a former player. As a big leaguer, he knew weight training had helped him in his career. He became one of the first strength coaches in baseball. The A s general manager was already sold on strength training; he just wanted an expert on the subject to fine-tune the program, and that s where I stepped into the picture. <br><br>The  picture in 1993 was still looking pretty rosy for the A s. However, in 1998 Alejo has a brand-new team to work with. Sure, slugger Jose Canseco is back where he started, and base-stealer Rickey Henderson has also returned to the fold, but in essence the team is starting over.<br><br>About the upcoming season, Alejo says the A s are looking to build a good solid base and do what other teams have done in the past: start at the bottom and build up.  Morale now isn t any different from any other season starting out we re eager to go out and compete against other teams and see how good we are. I don t think anybody is assuming we re going to be a poor baseball team to the contrary, everybody is prepared to work hard and play hard, and they expect to win. <br><br>The base the A s build this year starts with Alejo s program.  One of the biggest mistakes any coach makes is to look at someone else s winning program and say,  Let s do it because they re winning. This type of reasoning is ludicrous, says Alejo.  W