Melvin faces major challenge in rebuilding Arizona
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``This is the one I really wanted,&#39;&#39; he said. ``This is where I feel most at. That home, though, is in disarray. Melvin faces some major challenges in.
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A season that went from bad to historically awful is mercifully over, and the Arizona Diamondbacks are facing an offseason that will determine the team's course toward respectability.
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Bob Melvin spoke to the Arizona Diamondbacks about becoming the team&#39;s manager on Monday, joining Mark Grace and Al Pedrique as candidates interviewed for the job.
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He indicated to reporters Sunday that he still wanted to manage the Mariners, but Melvin might get another chance elsewhere. Bavasi said he called an undisclosed club to suggest Melvin be considered for a managerial vacancy.
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PITTSBURGH -- Arizona manager Bob Melvin made a great last-minute move by putting Micah Owings into his lineup. Pitching him was a good idea, too. Owings was 4-for-4 with three doubles and three RBIs to boost the Diamondbacks over the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-0 Thursday and stop a three-game losing...
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The endgame of Randy Johnson&#39;s maneuvering to be traded to the New York Yankees, an issue in Arizona since June, is close to being written in blockbuster-trade fashion.
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ALI JEGK, Arizona  - Members of a traditional Indian nation spanning the Arizona-Mexico border are complaining that work to put up a new barrier to secure the border has desecrated an ancient burial ground.
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By Mike Branom, The Tribune, Mesa, Ariz.  Jun. 3--Arizona's forests are sickly, but environmental experts believe they can be brought back to health.   They must be saved, state forester Kirk Rowdabaugh emphasized, because failure would result in an ecological and economic disaster.
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Dick Tomey, the career leader in coaching victories at both Arizona and Hawaii, has been hired to revive San Jose State&#39;s struggling football program.
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It did not take long for Brewers general manager Doug Melvin to pique the interest of the club&#39;s presumptive new owner. &quot;On my way down here, Doug said he wanted to talk
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The challenge for the Wolverines entering Wednesday night&#39;s game against Arizona was to see whether they could hang with the nation&#39;s best.
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The guy who paints the name plates on the Arizona Diamondbacks lockers must be getting arm cramps. After 111 losses a year ago, the Diamondbacks have undergone a near-total overhaul, and they're not finished. Expect at least six players in the opening day lineup to be new to the team.
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Bob Melvin was fired as manager of the Seattle Mariners yesterday, a day after the team ended the season with its 99th loss.
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The search for a full-time replacement for fired manager Bob Brenly has produced a trio of finalists, former Seattle manager Bob Melvin; Manny Acta, who spent three years as Montreal&#39;s third-base coach; and minor league manager Wally Backman.
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Butch Davis just couldn't wait any longer to start his latest rebuilding job.
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SEATTLE -- Bob Melvin has been fired as manager of the Seattle Mariners, team spokesman Tim Hevly said Monday. Melvin said recently that he expected to return next season but wasn&#39;t sure if the front office had decided to keep him.
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The Arizona Diamondbacks and new manager Wally Backman know that sometimes you have to go backward to go forward. The rebuilding Diamondbacks, coming off a 51-111 season, hired Backman on Monday, completing