OAKLAND, Calif. -- Not much is going right for the Oakland Athletics or the San Francisco Giants this season.
The A's are buried in last place in the American League West, while the Giants dwell in the cellar of the National League West.
That doesn't mean A's manager Bob Melvin is any less excited about the upcoming four-game, home-and-home interleague series between Oakland and San Francisco, which opens Monday night at the Oakland Coliseum.
As a Bay Area native who played three years for the San Francisco Giants and has managed the A's for seven seasons, Melvin loves the annual Bay Bridge Series.