As the summer and pennant races heat up, the Brewers, for the first time in many years, will be in a buyer's mode. General manager Doug Melvin was asked about that but also took some time to deny a report out of Cincinnati that the Brewers were in talks to acquire Reds outfielder Ken Griffey Jr. "I was talking to (Reds general manager) Wayne Krivsky today and then this afternoon I came to the office and went on the Internet and there was something about us getting Ken Griffey," Melvin said. "I just got off the phone a half-hour ago with the Reds' GM and (Griffey's) name was never even mentioned." Melvin was in San Francisco for the All-Star Game and said there were about seven other GMs present. He said he had some conversations but nothing was in the works.