Mlf Playoffs Ace Deals Winning Hand Trade for Sabathia Helps Put the Brewers Over the Top, Into the Playoffs

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Philadelphia -- "We're going for it."

With those words, Milwaukee Brewers general manager Doug Melvin announced one of the biggest trades in franchise history on July 7. As it turned out, it would evolve into one of the best in-season trades in the history of major-league baseball.

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Mlf Playoffs Ace Deals Winning Hand Trade for Sabathia Helps Put the Brewers Over the Top, Into the Playoffs

The small-market Brewers stunned the world by trading for left- hander CC Sabathia, the top pitcher on the trade market and one coveted by many "big-name" franchises such as the Yankees, Dodgers and Phillies. It came at the cost of top prospect Matt LaPorta and three others, but the Brewers served notice that it was playoffs or bust after waiting since 19...

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