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Arizona Diamondbacks News / Pinstripe Alley / January 28

Top NYY Could-Have-Beens: Mark Melancon

Melancon returned to the big club for a pair of appearances in May of 2010, neither of which went well. With that, on top of a less impressive run in Triple-A, the right-hander’s time in the Yankees organization would come to a close at that year’s deadline.

San Diego Padres News / San Diego Padres on SI / October 13
Former Padres Reliever Returns to San Diego, This Time as a Coach

Former Padres Reliever Returns to San Diego, This Time as a Coach

San Diego State announced on Tuesday the baseball team added former Padres reliever Mark Melancon to the coaching staff as the pitching development coordinator.

MLB News / Fastball on SI / October 9
Four-Time All-Star Reliever Takes Coaching Job at High-Level Collegiate Program

Four-Time All-Star Reliever Takes Coaching Job at High-Level Collegiate Program

Former Major League Baseball All-Star Mark Melancon has joined the coaching staff at San Diego State University, the program announced on Tuesday. Per the Aztecs on social media: Sending out a huge Aztec welcome to former MLB All-Star reliever @Mark_Melancon , who joins our staff as pitching development coordinator.

New York Mets News / Yardbarker Quizzes
The 'Most 40 home run seasons in MLB history' quiz

The 'Most 40 home run seasons in MLB history' quiz

How many of the 50 MLB players with three or more 40 home run seasons can you name in six minutes?

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New York Yankees News / Pinstripe Alley / October 9

In my experience, there’s no such thing as luck

Jazz stirs the pot; Rodón deals with the worst of the internet; ‘70s Yankees-Royals a relic; Melancon hangs ‘em up; farewell to Luis Tiant New York Post | Greg Joyce: Jazz Chisholm Jr.

San Diego State Aztecs News / MLB Trade Rumors / October 8
Former MLB reliever joins San Diego State baseball coaching staff

Former MLB reliever joins San Diego State baseball coaching staff

San Diego State has announced that longtime reliever Mark Melancon has joined the school’s baseball program as the pitching development coordinator.  The 39-year-old Melancon hasn’t pitched since the 2022 season, so this new job implies that he has ended his playing career after 14 Major League seasons.

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MLB News / Yardbarker / July 24, 2019
Crowded NL wild-card hunt puts teams in tricky trade deadline position

Crowded NL wild-card hunt puts teams in tricky trade deadline position

The most interesting team before the trade deadline is the Giants, who are loaded with pitchers other teams covet, Justin Mears writes. But San Francisco surprisingly is back in the wild-card hunt. 

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MLB News / Yardbarker / June 21, 2017
The Giants' failures for 2017 are complete, time to think of the future

For Giants, failure to act could be the gravest error in a season full of them

If there has been one overused theme so far this season, it's that 2017 is a summer of great parity in Major League Baseball. Or at least, that is the sunny side up, glass half full version angle, because it has been a season where drastic cases of inconsistency and flat-out missed expectations have forced parity to the plate.

Shark spotted in McCovey Cove during game
Jeff Samardzija blasts longest HR ever recorded by a pitcher
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QUIZ: Name the Giants on the '10, '12 and '14 World Series-winning teams
MLB News / Yardbarker / March 27, 2017
Best, worst and hard to stomach MLB offseason moves

Best, worst and hard to stomach MLB offseason moves

Major League Baseball has player movement unlike any other sport mainly due to the fact there is no salary cap. That means, each and every season, there are familiar faces in new places.

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QUIZ: Name every player to have at least 100+ RBI and at least 3 other teammates with 100+ RBI

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