Move On
Before last night's loss to the Cardinals, another humorous Bob Melvin quote was 
captured, this time about his team's recent 1-5 road trip:
"It was not a very good experience, but you just have to move on."
Diamondhacks was hoping, yet again, this meant Bob was finally leaving the organization, but that's what we get for jumping to conclusions. As was all too evident from last night's loss, Melvin has not yet left the building.
We also find the Arizona Republic's observations about the same trip more illuminating:
They came home dreary and dysfunctional, out of tune, out of excuses and out of chances after a 1-5 road trip punctuated by a no-hitter at the hands of Marlins rookie Anibal Sanchez.
And we totally dig McManaman's cheeky reference to Melvin's glossy, self-serving corpspeak:
Move on? Hardly. This team has lost eight of its past nine, 16 of its past 20 and a ton of ground in what once was a winnable National League West.
Spot on, McManaman. We imagine it must get sickening after a while, as a serious reporter, to simply transcribe a manager's bland, self serving bromides game 
after game, when the reality you see in the clubhouse and on the plane is so much worse than the pusillanimous company line.
Diamondhacks has been calling for the dismissal of Bob Melvin since not long after he smartly filled in for current ownership's curious first choice, Wally Backman. But we welcome latecomers to the Fire Bob Melvin bandwagon, whether they be fans or media, regardless of past disagreements we may've had about Melvin's managerial merits. No hard feelings here.
it's time to move on.
Hey, jumping to conclusions is how some of us get our exercise!
Maybe your next poll should ask what people are most disappointed about in Melvin's managerial style. Handling of pitching staff, construction of batting orders, handling of Luis Gonzalez, handling of Eric Byrnes, handling of ________ insert players name here, etc.
Believe it or not, the Byrnesblogger would vote for handling of pitchers. We are not fond of his handling of Byrnesie over the course of the year, but that the pitching staff of a former catcher would routinely allow more than 5 runs per game is particularly galling (and will keep our guy out of the playoffs).
What does it say that the F.O. gave Melvin a contract extension mid-year? Is the available MLB managerial talent even thinner than the available pitching talent?
Kellia
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"Hey, jumping to conclusions is how some of us get our exercise!"
Heh. Jumping to potential conclusions is, I think, healthy sport.
I like the poll idea. Thx. Have to think some more about BoMel's most dubious managerial skill.
"Is the available MLB managerial talent even thinner than the available pitching talent?"
Good gravy. There's thousands of people with less baseball knowledge/experience who could manage this team better than Bob Melvin. If Bob "managed" a Quiznos, the bread guy wouldnt bother washing his hands anymore, and by Thursday, half the crew would be calling in sick.
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From a recent news item:
[Melvin] "We don't score 13 runs very often, or whatever it was, so we'll run them back out there."
The last time the D-Backs had scored in double digits was the first game of a doubleheader against the Cubs on Aug. 3.
And in the five games prior to Friday the D-Backs scored a total of 14 runs.
Re: DaVanon's recent surgery: "They thought there was a split in that tendon, but it ended up being, I think, the ligament that was a little bit of a problem. Either way, I think they're confident they took care of what they needed to care of."
I dont expect a manager to use precise medical terminology, or to remember the score of every game, I read stuff like this and I wonder just how closely Melvin pays attention to what's going on around him.
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