Filed under: MLB Breaking News BREAKING NEWS: Athletics fire Bob Geren, hire Bob Melvin By Eli Greenspan Jun 9, 2011, 12:24pm EDT Share this story Share this on Facebook Share this on Twitter Share All sharing options Share All sharing options for: BREAKING NEWS: Athletics fire Bob Geren, hire Bob Melvin Reddit Pocket Flipboard Email The Athletics have fired manager Bob Geren and announced that Bob Melvin would be taking over as interim manager, according to the A's official Twitter. More details soon... More From MLB Daily Dish MLB Daily Dish will be shutting down effective immediately MLB trade rumors and news: We’ll have 28-man rosters in April and the ghost runner for all of 2022 Nationals, Juan Soto avoid arbitration with one-year, $17.1 million deal, per report Dodgers and Trea Turner avoid arbitration and settle on $21 million contract Matt Chapman signs two year contract extension with Blue Jays Happy MLB Arbitration Day! Here is a tracker for all the arbitration info you will need