All things bob-melvin
![This week in MLB March 09, 2024](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/ca539582f22d31710f1eca0c75f440bf.jpg)
![Kneeling is a quiet gesture. Bob Melvin’s decision to make the Giants stand for the national anthem is a loud one](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-600/58e12c45c952adb6f1da2cd4983126b5.jpg)
![Kneeling is a quiet gesture. Bob Melvin’s decision to make the Giants stand for the national anthem is a loud one](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/58e12c45c952adb6f1da2cd4983126b5.jpg)
![The San Diego Padres: The weirdest team money can buy](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-600/2319adadbb5d9b7d8e53d4effe600dac.jpg)
![The San Diego Padres: The weirdest team money can buy](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/2319adadbb5d9b7d8e53d4effe600dac.jpg)
![This week in MLB March 09, 2024](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/ca539582f22d31710f1eca0c75f440bf.jpg)
This week in MLB March 09, 2024
After yet another Spring in which Trevor Bauer posts pics of himself at Spring Training and tries to...
![Trevor Bauer rejected again; Bob Melvin puts politics back into national anthem; MLB pitchers are now like NFL RBs](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/ec3b8fcd5a0d50f57d1ee23356f6cd2a.jpg)
Trevor Bauer rejected again; Bob Melvin puts politics back into national anthem; MLB pitchers are now like NFL RBs
After yet another Spring in which Trevor Bauer posts pics of himself at Spring Training and tries to...
![Kneeling is a quiet gesture. Bob Melvin’s decision to make the Giants stand for the national anthem is a loud one](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/58e12c45c952adb6f1da2cd4983126b5.jpg)
Kneeling is a quiet gesture. Bob Melvin’s decision to make the Giants stand for the national anthem is a loud one
After making it known that he wants players to have “a voice” in a volatile Election Year, NFL Commi...
![The San Diego Padres: The weirdest team money can buy](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/2319adadbb5d9b7d8e53d4effe600dac.jpg)
The San Diego Padres: The weirdest team money can buy
The main headline of the MLB trade deadline was the New York Mets surveying the landscape and basica...
![This World Series is a beautiful juxtaposition](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/78449fe682ced519c55fd05efb872b86.jpg)
This World Series is a beautiful juxtaposition
If styles make fights, then this World Series is for you. While the Houston Astros and Philadelphia ...
![How else are you supposed to sing Take Me Out to the Ballgame?](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/d5f86a87d9f36f5addfc89aa3419b6be.png)
How else are you supposed to sing Take Me Out to the Ballgame?
Baseball and tradition go hand in hand, like the Fourth of July and fireworks. The teams must line u...
![Gabe Kapler backing over the unwritten rules all the way to the bank](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/6eb84b54ed1db5aef559ad218f311ae8.jpg)
Gabe Kapler backing over the unwritten rules all the way to the bank
The buddy cops driving the MLB’s unwritten rules squad car last night were Bob Melvin and Eric Hosme...
![The Athletics begin their Major League’ing](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/eb6bc9c8682932a551be55d4e8d401f7.jpg)
The Athletics begin their Major League’ing
The news flashed out of nowhere, which is probably the most worrying thing. The Padres hired Bob Mel...
![...If it weren’t for those meddling Mariners](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/373b54385bbc9e418ebb49b6bdf817af.jpg)
...If it weren’t for those meddling Mariners
Friday, July 23. If you’re an A’s fan or player, you wake up feeling pretty good. I’d say it’s a bea...
![Bob Brenly has always been a turd](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/8efb929dc73130844c0cd8cb6e6f48cb.jpg)
Bob Brenly has always been a turd
This story can be done pretty much every season, and it’s so fucking tired, but yet you can’t help b...
![Cool Chart: A's Skipper Bob Melvin Is The King Of Platoons](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/192oiopjqk6gspng.png)
Cool Chart: A's Skipper Bob Melvin Is The King Of Platoons
Over at Sports on Earth, Jack Moore created this great graphic to demonstrate just how crazy A's man...
![Umps Review Blown Home Run Call In Cleveland, Still Blow Call](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/18n437jowfj3kjpg.jpg)
Umps Review Blown Home Run Call In Cleveland, Still Blow Call
In some bizarre way, the terrible call Angel Hernandez made in Cleveland is a great argument for mor...
![What The Hell Does CSN Baseball Analyst Shooty Babitt Think "Gay" Means?](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/Image_Not_Found_1x_qjofp8.png)
What The Hell Does CSN Baseball Analyst Shooty Babitt Think "Gay" Means?
Shooty Babitt was a baseball player. He scouted. He's worked on both coasts, for teams and in the me...
![Laz Diaz Blows An Obvious Call, Ejects Bob Melvin In More Time Than It Would Have Taken To Look At A Replay](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/17n0fw7lwo84gpng.png)
Laz Diaz Blows An Obvious Call, Ejects Bob Melvin In More Time Than It Would Have Taken To Look At A Replay
Laz Diaz has one of the largest strike zones in baseball. So presumably A's starter Brandon McCarthy...