So Long, Slugger; the Brewers Give Up Carlos Lee, Their Most Productive Player, but Aren't Giving Up On the Season

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Before entertaining trade offers for leftfielder Carlos Lee, the Milwaukee Brewers figured they'd better find out whether they had any chance of keeping him for the long haul.

It took only one telephone call.

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So Long, Slugger; the Brewers Give Up Carlos Lee, Their Most Productive Player, but Aren't Giving Up On the Season

"When we got off the phone (Thursday), we knew he was going to leave the Brewers," general manager Doug Melvin said.

Melvin placed that call to Lee's agent, Adam Katz. He made what he and owner Mark Attanasio considered a serious, competitive offer, which Melvin said approached the four-year, $52 million deal the Boston Red Sox gave slugger David Ortiz in April.

Katz told Melv...

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