Bob Melvin
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"As Player"

* Detroit Tigers ()

* San Francisco Giants (–)

* Baltimore Orioles (–)

* Kansas City Royals ()

* Boston Red Sox ()

* New York Yankees ()

* Chicago White Sox ()

"As Manager"

* Seattle Mariners (–)

* Arizona Diamondbacks (–)

* Oakland Athletics (–present)

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* 2007 NL Manager of the Year

* 2012 AL Manager of the Year

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"Robert Paul Melvin" (born October 28, 1961) is an American professional baseball catcher, coach (baseball)/coach, and manager (baseball)/manager. He is currently the manager of the Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball.

During a 10-year playing career from 1985 through 1994, Melvin was a catcher for the Detroit Tigers, San Francisco Giants, Baltimore Orioles, Kansas City Royals, Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, and Chicago White Sox. In his eight-year managing career, he has managed the Seattle Mariners (2003–04), Arizona Diamondbacks (2005–09), and Oakland Athletics (2011–present). Melvin was named the National League Manager of the Year in 2007 and the American League Manager of the Year in 2012.

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We just kept battling. We were so many times in a situation, say, where we had first and third with nobody out and we don't score and throw the momentum back to the other side. But we kept playing hard.

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Javy kept fighting out there. He gave up a bunch of hits but made good pitches when he had to and got us through [six] innings, which at the time, I didn't think he had a chance.

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His whole career is he'll walk some guys, but he makes the big pitch to get out of the inning.

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Certainly he's a force. Whether or not he's in the lineup, he'll make you think about what you're going to do. ... I think emotionally it could be a big lift for them.

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Talk about pitching a great game. He's mixing in his breaking ball and his changeup just enough to keep them off the sinker at times. Brandon, when he's got that sinker going like that, he's tough to deal with.

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He just lost it in a hurry. I thought he was throwing the ball as well as he had all year, working both sides of the plate. The first few innings were great, and then he just lost it in a hurry.

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After [Tuesday], and the way our bullpen has been beat up, we needed an outing that got us a little deeper in games. It's tough to run [Ortiz] out there and not go to somebody sooner, but we have to be ready for the next game, too.

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We needed a win, period.

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He just lost it in a hurry.

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