The A's are operating under the growing belief that they canparlay their strong pitching into a playoff run like the 2010Giants. If you buy that, we've got an $8 beer to sell you. (According toan A's fan video that has gone viral, the only measurabledifference between an $8 beer and a $5 beer at the Oakland Coliseumis $3.) Spring training optimism can go only so far. These A's do nothave the makings of the unbelievably unique 2010 Giants. Bestscenario: The upstart A's forge their own identity and contend ontheir own merits.