The Menlo Park native’s possible last career stop brings him back to where it all began, and to the team he has always loved
Bob Melvin and his core group of childhood friends used to attend about a dozen San Francisco Giants games each year, routinely driving from Menlo Park up U.S. Highway 101 to Candlestick Park.
Of course, this isn’t the first time he’s returned to the Bay Area to be a manager. Melvin spent 11 seasons in the same position with the Oakland Athletics, leading them to the playoffs four times and accumulating 853 victories, second only to Connie Mack in club history. “We had a lot of good players; we had a lot of good athletes,” said Morey, who was raised on the same street as Melvin. “But back then he was just at a different level.”
Morey said if he has plans to get dinner or drinks with Melvin after a game, those reservations are always contingent on whether or not his team wins or loses. If Melvin loses, Morey said, he also loses out on any postgame get-together.Dunton ended up earning a baseball scholarship to UCLA, but he joked that the only reason is because scouts used to flock to Menlo-Atherton High’s baseball field to watch Melvin play catcher. There, they happened to see Dunton play, he said.
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