Bob Melvin
Bob Melvin
Robert Paul Melvinis an American professional baseball catcher, coach, and manager. He is currently the manager of the Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth28 October 1961
CityPalo Alto, CA
Bob Melvin quotes about
days difficult guys time win
We're kind of in that difficult line, where you still feel like you're in it. You still go out there and try to win every game, yet you have to look periodically at these other guys. It's not a real comfortable place to be, yet that's where we are and guys are going to get some days off from time to time.
baseball our-lives
We're playing for our lives now.
When we got up there in big situations, ... we weren't very good.
certainly meant middle minimize
What he's meant to us and what he does in the middle of games, you certainly can't minimize that.
games great point position season time
We're still in a position where we don't think we're out of it. We haven't had a great year, but if you look at it, we're 6 1/2 games back at this point in time in the season and you still feel like you've got a chance.
guys
We've got a lot of very enthusiastic guys that are here already.
certainly change excited lift playoff whether
Whether he plays, pinch-hits, whatever, he's certainly going to be a force. Emotionally, it can be a big lift for them. . . . I don't know if it will change (the playoff race) or not, but I know they're excited about getting him back.
certainly experience gain guys handle looking talking watching
We wouldn't have him here if we didn't think he could handle it. Just talking to him and looking at him, he certainly doesn't look like an 18-year-old. He can gain a lot of experience just talking with these guys and watching how they play the game.
brought everybody patient talked
Everybody talked about, when we brought Russ in here, he will get out of his own jams but you have to be patient with him and he did today,
curve good reasonably threw
(Dustin) threw reasonably well, but his curve wasn't as good as it could be at times.
career surprise year
It wouldn't surprise me if he had a career year this year.
refuse
I've never said anything disparaging about Wally Backman and I refuse to do so now.