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
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.
When we got up there in big situations, ... we weren't very good.
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.
baseball our-lives
We're playing for our lives now.
confidence mean
It doesn't mean I don't have any confidence in Shawn, because I do.
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.
guys
We've got a lot of very enthusiastic guys that are here already.
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.
crowds good last runs scoring struggled year
It's good. We've struggled all year here, especially scoring runs and getting anything going. We had some pretty good, enthusiastic crowds the last two days, and it was good to put on a good show for them.
certainly guys intangible kid tough
It's tough to put a kid in that role. He certainly has that going for him. He can be one of those guys that does all those intangible things.
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.
guy money pay power relate year
It's not something I can relate to. He's a power guy who does those things. You look at the end of the year and he's going to be 35-plus and right around 100 (RBIs) and that's the kind of guy you go out and get and pay that kind of money to.
far games guys position precarious trying understand
They understand we're in a precarious position right now as far as trying to get some other guys in some games and get a look at them yet still go out there and try to be as competitive as you can,