Bob Melvin returns to Oakland A’s home for first time since he left in 2021
OAKLAND — Bob Melvin’s departure to San Diego marked the beginning of the end of the Oakland A’s last hurrah. In his return to the Coliseum on Friday, the Padres skipper will see just how far things have fallen in Oakland merely two years since he left.
In Oakland, baseball has become secondary to the franchise’s effort to uproot the team and relocate to Las Vegas. It’s a far cry from the contending team Melvin left in 2021 — the one that had made the postseason three years in a row with budding homegrown stars. Some on that team remember gathering for a group hug in the clubhouse on the final day of the 2021 season; they knew Melvin was probably gone, and without him, they would be sold for parts.
Only a handful who played for Melvin in 2021 remain in the A’s locker room today, including Tony Kemp and Seth Brown. Money talks a little differently in San Diego. The Padres plucked Melvin from Oakland to head up a star-studded roster with the fifth-largest payroll in baseball. Melvin and the Padres looked to be on the up since upsetting the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NLDS last season. But even after adding more stars in the offseason, such as shortstop Xander Bogaerts, the Padres have flatlined.
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