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56 PLAY BALL BAY AREA NEWS GROUP N ooneontheA'srosterhas logged more time in green and gold than left-handed reli ev er Se an Doo lit tle . He's been a closer and a setup man, and, unlike so many team - mates he's seen come and go over his five seasons, Doolittle has also made himself an East Bay staple even outside the Oakland Coli- seum. An Easterner by birth and a traveler thanks to his family's service in the military, he's one of the most recognizable faces in an Oakland uniform. The former first-round selec - tion as a first baseman/outfielder is also a major presence on Twit- ter (@whatwoulddoodo), so much so that San Jose-based rockers Smash Mouth thought they'd prod him to propose in December to longtime girlfriend Eireann Dolan. (They had the right idea — he'd actually already popped the question a few days earlier.) Left-handed pitchers are stereotyped as being off the wall, but Doolittle, 30, has found a way to be "out there" in all the right ways. His eclectic mix of charity work has targeted veterans issues and LGBT rights — and made him a 2016 finalist for MLB's presti - gious Roberto Clemente Award. In 2015, he and Dolan hosted a Thanksgiving dinner in Chicago for 17 Syrian refugee families. We sat down with Doolittle in Arizona to talk about mostly non-baseball things. Howhasyourlifechangedsince the advent of social media? (Laughs) It's more transparent. That's kind of what social media does. It gives people a window into some of the stuff you are doing when nobody else is around, what you are doing off the field. It's good and bad. You are able EZRASHAW/GETTYIMAGES