A’s Bob Melvin showing how to be old-school in new age of baseball




San Francisco Chronicle Sports - Spoken Edition show

Summary: Sometime during the offseason, Bob Melvin might want to pop open a bottle of Sonoma Pinot Noir and invite his friend Bruce Bochy over for a glass. And for a nice long conversation about the brave new world of baseball managing. Because Melvin, a few years younger than Bochy but basically from the same generation, is proving that an “old school” manager can succeed in a “new school” baseball world. Exactly what Bochy will be asked to do next season.