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7. Both were deserving..any other year Showalter wins.

Reply to KamaAina (Reply #2)

Tue Nov 13, 2012, 09:18 PM

Nov 2012

Funny thing about Bob Melvin, in his first year in Seattle the Mariners went 93-69, and he was widely praised. The following year..63-99, and he lost his job. Similar in Arizona, Melvin won NL Manager of the Year in 2007 at 90-72, fell back to 82-80 in 2008 and was fired in May of 2009..

Now, I'm not claiming that's going to happen in Oakland. After all, there are a lot of reasons why Melvin's teams may have slumped, but last year was magical, and A's fans should expect a sharp fall back down to earth in 2013..

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