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- Updated: November 23, 2016
CONCORD, Calif. — After playing shy in front of Bob Melvin in the early going of a much anticipated meeting Tuesday morning, middle-school students at De La Salle Academy quickly warmed to the A’s manager, peppering him with a hodgepodge of questions.
“Are you famous?”
“That’s probably dependent on the year we have,” Melvin said.
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“What are the catcher signals? Is it hard to share a stadium with the Raiders? Do you get free food there? Is your job stressful? Did you play with Babe Ruth?”
“What team do you root for?”
“Easiest one I’ve had all day,” Melvin said, smiling. “The A’s.”
• A’s in the community
Melvin’s visit to the Concord school, situated about 25 miles northeast of Oakland, was surely the highlight of another rigorous day for many of the 60-plus enrolled students. The …