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Creating a new Brew from scratch

By Jerry Crasnick
ESPN.com

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Sure, Doug Melvin stood at the podium for that $252 million Alex Rodriguez signing in 2000 and pulled off the CC Sabathia blockbuster last summer. But the Milwaukee Brewers' general manager is more in his element making creative, under-the-radar deals than holding news conferences, and he prefers tapping the minor league system to raiding owner Mark Attanasio's bank account. Melvin, a Chatham, Ontario, native, is very methodical and understated in his approach. Maybe it's a Canadian thing. ...

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