Brief Stay In The Big Leagues
posted by Scott Hood on Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Both of Melillo's parents are from New York, so they got to see their son make his MLB debut. The A's return to New York this weekend to face the Yankees. Melillo, however, won't join them. "Oh, well," Melillo said on mlb.com. "At least they got to see me at Shea [Stadium]. They saw my big eight-pitch walk."
Melillo is the second former Gamecock player to recently experience a brief stay in the big leagues. Pitcher Lee Gronkiewicz made one appearance for the Toronto Blue Jays before he was sent to Triple-A Syracuse.
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Kevin Melillo spent three days in the major leagues with the Oakland A's before he was optioned back to Triple A Sacramento Monday. Melillo was with the parent club during a weekend series in New York against the Mets and had one plate appearance. However, injuries on the pitching staff forced the A's to demote Melillo and call up a pair of hurlers.
Both of Melillo's parents are from New York, so they got to see their son make his MLB debut. The A's return to New York this weekend to face the Yankees. Melillo, however, won't join them. "Oh, well," Melillo said on mlb.com. "At least they got to see me at Shea [Stadium]. They saw my big eight-pitch walk."
Melillo is the second former Gamecock player to recently experience a brief stay in the big leagues. Pitcher Lee Gronkiewicz made one appearance for the Toronto Blue Jays before he was sent to Triple-A Syracuse.
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Scott Hood. Since February of 2005, Scott has covered the South Carolina football, men's basketball and baseball programs for GamecockCentral. He may be reached by email at scottblog(at)gamecockcentral.com. Replace (at) with @.