Here is a link to my column about Billy Beane's betrayal of Bob Melvin. It's on the web now, in the PD Thursday. The full text runs below: Billy Beane continues to betray A’s manager Bob Melvin. Beane pretends he’s helping Melvin, pretends he’s getting value for players he trades [...]
Here is a link to my Monday column about the Oakland A's and Bob Melvin. The full text runs below: OAKLAND — This is a cautionary tale about the Oakland A’s. On Sunday morning before his team lost to the Twins 6-1, A’s manager Bob Melvin sat in his usual [...]
Here is a link to my Sunday column. The full text runs below: OAKLAND — I thought Bob Melvin blew it after the top of the eighth inning against the Red Sox on Saturday, a game the A’s won 2-1 in 10. Melvin got thrown out of the game. For [...]
Here is a link to my Monday column about Bob Melvin. The full text runs below: PHOENIX -- The Bay Area has two superstar sports managers/coaches. Name them. Bruce Bochy and Jim Harbaugh. No argument allowed in either case. Bochy has won two World Series and will enter the Hall [...]
They just had the pregame media interviews. One writer asked Bob Melvin if Bartolo Colon will start Game 5 if there is a Game 5. Melvin shot back in his chair like someone blasted him in the gut with a Smith and Wesson .38. He looked horrified like Dracula after [...]
Here is a link to my Thursday column about Bob Melvin and Billy Beane: You also can read the complete text below By LOWELL COHN THE PRESS DEMOCRAT OAKLAND — It was a bad look for the Oakland A’s. Two outs away from a win against the Angels. Chance to [...]
Here are my highly-subjective rankings of managers in the AL West: 1. Ron Washington 2. Bob Melvin 3. Eric Wedge 4. Bo Porter 5. Mike Scioscia I encourage you to suggest your own list.
Here is the opening to my Thursday column about Bob Melvin and the Oakland A's: PHOENIX Cut to this scene. A’s manager Bob Melvin sits in the dugout at Phoenix Municipal Stadium on a bright morning. He has met with the media in general, a columnist from another paper and [...]
Here is the opening to my Tuesday column, comparing Bob Melvin and Jim Harbaugh: It all comes down to Jim Harbaugh vs. Bob Melvin, a strange comparison if there ever was one. But, OK, you need to know what I’m talking about, and that involves an explanation of context. Here [...]
Bob Melvin has to be manager of the year in the AL. Agree?
Lowell Cohn, retired columnist for the Santa Rosa Press Democrat, covered sports for almost 40 years and never ran out of things to say.