Brewers Notes; Uneasy Melvin Ends Rolen Talks; Brewers' Gm Deterred by Salary, Injuries to Cardinals' 3rd Baseman

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Nashville, Tenn. - When it came down to making a decision on trading for St. Louis third baseman Scott Rolen, it just didn't feel right to Milwaukee Brewers general manager Doug Melvin.

"It wasn't them as much as us," Melvin said Tuesday after breaking off trade talks with St. Louis at baseball's winter meetings.

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Brewers Notes; Uneasy Melvin Ends Rolen Talks; Brewers' Gm Deterred by Salary, Injuries to Cardinals' 3rd Baseman

Melvin said it wasn't one thing that made him decide to back off on acquiring Rolen. Rather, it was a number of factors that, added together, made him uneasy:

-- The remaining $36 million on Rolen's contract and how much he'd have to pick up.

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