PHILADELPHIA -- Before Sunday's game at Citizens Bank Park, A's manager Bob Melvin brushed off any thoughts of concern over rookie Joey Wendle's start at second base against the Phillies.
"He'll be fine," Melvin said. "I know it's not just another game, but he'll be fine."
Wendle joined the A's 12 days ago and is spending his second consecutive September with the franchise, so this is not a new experience. It's not his rookie status that came up as a concern, it was instead the fact that he grew up just 40 minutes from the Phillies' home.