SPORTS RADIO ESPN 1420 » bob melvin http://espn1420.com Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:10:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Johnson, Melvin Named Managers of the Year http://espn1420.com/johnson-melvin-named-managers-of-the-year/ http://espn1420.com/johnson-melvin-named-managers-of-the-year/#comments Wed, 14 Nov 2012 02:33:12 +0000 Jay Walker http://espn1420.com/?p=109170 Both were surprise playoff teams this year.

And the managers of the Oakland Athletics and Washington Nationals have won their league awards as Manager of the Year.

Bob Melvin of Oakland nosed out Baltimore's Buck Showalter to win the award in the American League.  Under Melvin's tutelage

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]]> http://espn1420.com/johnson-melvin-named-managers-of-the-year/feed/ 0 patrick mcdermott/getty images sport Oakland A's Fire Manager Bob Geren http://espn1420.com/oakland-as-fire-manager-bob-geren/ http://espn1420.com/oakland-as-fire-manager-bob-geren/#comments Thu, 09 Jun 2011 18:47:01 +0000 Jay Walker http://espn1420.com/?p=10329 The Oakland Athletics, mired in an eight game losing streak, have fired manager Bob Geren.

Former Arizona Diamondbacks manager Bob Melvin has been named interim skipper.

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