M-A grad Bob Melvin to be next San Francisco Giants manager

According to Andrew Baggarly of The Athletic, Bob Melvin will be named the next San Francisco Giants manager. A formal announcement is expected on Wednesday.

We ran a post about Bob’s Menlo Park roots a few years back. He attended Laurel and Encinal before heading on to M-A. In high school, He batted .474 with 11 home runs for the baseball team, including .529 his senior year when he was named to the San Jose Mercury News’ All-Central Coast Section baseball team. He also played basketball and was the first student inducted into the school’s Hall of Fame.