I’ve wanted to visit the National Baseball Hall of Fame ever since I knew it was a thing that existed in the world. This summer that became a reality.
A Pilgrimage to Cooperstown
Tag: Trevor Hoffman
The Padres Canon – Trevor Hoffman w/Ben Higgins
I can’t believe it, but Will Venable did in fact make it into the Canon, so blame your buddy who bought his Jersey. So far, we’re a perfect 3 for 3 and I can’t imagine this week will change that streak! We are joined this week by the one and only Ben Higgin’s from 97.3 […]
Cup of Coffee in Peoria #PadresFantasyCamp
Just a few days after the 2019 season ended for the Padres – and perhaps still in the “shock & denial” stage of coming to grips with yet another disappointing campaign by the team – Jon Hoover (known as @ChilMyers on #PadresTwitter) made a bold decision. Narrator: “Jake was wrong.” “I arrived in the clubhouse […]
Trevor Hoffman, We Salute You
For a while in college, I was in a band that wanted to sound like AC/DC. Our goal was to play somewhat decently even if the entire band was very drunk. The founding members of AC/DC might have had the same alcohol-fueled idea in mind when they formed their band in the early ‘70s. Easy […]
Trevor Hoffman, the poor mans Mariano Rivera?
Trevor Hoffman, the poor mans Mariano Rivera? That’s what a lot of baseball fans not familiar with the Padres Hall of Famer seem to think. I, like most of you I assume, think differently. For me Trevor Hoffman was the best pitcher I’ve ever watched make that slow walk out from the Bullpen. But a […]
Trevor Hoffman in Context
We can’t help but compare things: apples to apples, apples to oranges, Trevor Hoffman to Mariano Rivera. The Hoffman-to-Rivera comp is obvious, of course. They were both great closers with overlapping careers, and they met head on in the 1998 World Series; shoot, Hoffman and Rivera even had competing heavy metal songs as entrance music […]
Hoffman is Great. Now Let’s Talk About Mussina.
Trevor Hoffman was really great at baseball. He deserves to be in the Hall of Fame. It’s good to see that the voters got it right, and that Trevor Hoffman is heading to the Hall of Fame. It’s a wonderful occasion, and it calls for celebration. I’m glad the good people here at the Kept […]
One Hundred Eleven
I know without looking that Trevor Hoffman’s single-season career high in strikeouts is 111 and that he accomplished the feat twice. It’s a neat party trick: Folks either want to talk to you more or get the hell away from you. Stats are fun, occasionally meaningful. I’ve studied baseball numbers probably longer and more deeply […]
Trevor Hoffman, the Face of San Diego
The timing is perfect. Trevor Hoffman is in the Baseball Hall of Fame. A powerful flood of memories and emotions has overwhelmed the San Diego sports community. I can’t even think of Trevor without hearing AC/DC in the jukebox of my mind. Crazy to think that Hells Bells didn’t even become a “thing” for Trevor […]
It’s a Long Way to the Top (If You Want to Rock and Roll)
After three years of excruciating debate amongst Padres fans on how much the BBWAA members are biased and horrible, Trevor Hoffman was named to the National Baseball Hall of Fame’s 2018 class.