Sunday is Doug Melvin's last day on the job as general manager of the Brewers, and it's not how he wanted to go out.
Not with his team suffering one of the more disappointing years in franchise history — a wire-to-wire, out-of-contention season. Beginning with a 10-0 loss at home to the Colorado Rockies on opening day, the Brewers never spent a day in the playoff race.
"The performance just wasn't there," said Melvin, who will step aside into a somewhat nebulous advisory role with 30-year-old David Stearns taking over as GM. "There was no way to foresee that, from so many players.