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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Oakland Athletics manager Bob Melvin received a two-year contract extension through the 2018 season, the team announced on Wednesday.&amp;nbsp;Melvin was currently signed with the A\u2019s through the 2016 season.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The news of Melvin\u2019s extension comes despite Oakland\u2019s 60\u201379 record, the worst in the American League and the sixth-worst in baseball; the A\u2019s are currently in last place in the AL West. In nearly five seasons as Oakland\u2019s manager, Melvin is 385\u2013339 with playoff appearances in his first three seasons with the team.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Before coming to the A\u2019s, Melvin managed the Seattle Mariners from 2003 to \u201904 and the Arizona Diamondbacks from \u201905 to \u201909. He has been named Manager of the Year in both the American and National Leagues, winning the honor in \u201907 with Arizona and in \u201912 with Oakland.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;\u2022&amp;nbsp;VERDUCCI: Failed, foolish bunt sums up Nationals' skid&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Melvin played for 10 seasons in the major leagues as a catcher from 1985 to \u201994.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;- Kayla Lombardo&lt;/em&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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