Melvin 'going for it' with Sabathia trade
Published 7/7/2008 by Adam McCalvy at Major League Baseball News
In the end, when GM Doug Melvin pulled the trigger Sunday on a trade that sent Matt LaPorta and three other prospects to the Indians for top-of-the-rotation starter CC Sabathia, the Brewers' baseball boss decided that the risk was worth the reward.
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