AFTER A NASTY WINTER STORM DUMPED FEET OF SNOW WHILE KNOCKING DOWN TREES, ONE RIGHT IN THE SARA MARTINS HOME. IT WAS QUITE A SHOCK WHEN WE CAME OUT AND WENT, OH --, THE TREE JUST FELL ON OUR HOUSE.

Aside from towering over most of his Athletics teammates at 6-foot-5, Nick Kurtz blends in at his locker in the middle of the clubhouse — and that's just the way he prefers it.