Melvin Says this Mornings Moves aren't a "White Flag"

Tom Haudricourt spoke to Doug Melvin today about the drastic moves the Crew made this morning.

Here are some hightlights.

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"We're still focused on winning games," said Melvin. "We're two games below .500 and 6 1/2 games back (in the NL Central). We're not gving up."

"Last night's game was a stinker," said Melvin. "That put me over the edge, I guess."

"Bill Castro's been so good to the organization; that was a tough one," said Melvin. "Billy was familiar with our pitchers so we gave him the chance to be pitching coach but our staff just wasn't performing to the level we thought it should."

"All of these moves are performace bases. I look at myself and maybe I waited too long on some of these. I'm maybe more patient than most people. I try to ride these things out. When you don't see progress, you've got to make moves."

"I talked to J.J.," said Melvin. "I told him he needs to go to Triple-A, relax and have some fun. Mentally, take a breather. That's what Triple-A is for. Maybe he can find something mechanical with his swing."

"I've had a couple of calls about Billy. We're talking with some teams about him. Maybe we can find a team interested in him as an infielder (Hall has been playing RF in Corey Hart's absence). He's not getting playing time in the infield here because of the depth we have there."

"We're all big boys. We understand we're evaluated on performance. Nothing is in the making. Ken is our manager."