Trevor Hoffman will not return to the Padres in 2009

I think Im gonna cry.

Petco Park has now become the Bar with the worst entertainment in the Gaslamp.
I think we should bring back “Blopper”, if for nothing else than somehting to entertain us.

What a first-class organization the Padres are proving themselves to be to potential free agents and draftees. If we’re not trying to file a grievance against one of our own to recoup money…we’re booting the all-time saves leader out the door without so much as a sit down with the man who owns the team.

What has happened to this franchise?

but at this point, with the way everything else is going, it’s really not that hard to believe. The whole thing just makes me really sad.

PLEASE?

And yeah Padres, just keep proving you don’t know your @$$ from your elbow and tellign the fans to shove it

In the immortal words of Vince Lombardi, “What the hell is going on out there????”

Is this because of the divorce? I just….don’t understand…..

Oakland A’s are celebrating the fact that they are on the verge of obtaining Matt Holliday from the Rockies. Ken Rosenthal is reporting (I know, I know) that they could be increasing their payroll to as much as $80 million.

Last season the A’s (in 81 home games) had an overall attendance of 1,665,256…an average of 20,558 per game. That placed them in 27th place overall.

The Padres (in 81 home games) had an overall attendance of 2,427,535…an average of 29,969 per game. This placed them in 17th place overall.

The Padres play in a beautiful downtown park and the A’s play in a shithole. While we’re stripping our team down to nothing…they can afford to trade for a star that is on the verge of free agency and increase their payroll by $32 million dollars? What the f**k???

john or becky.

if they had a dog, i’d kick it.

what radio station the Angel games are on?

And not some AAAA piece of garbage either. Jeremy Affeldt had a good year last year, and could come fairly cheaply, why not him?

I can understand Hoffman believing he’s worth more, but I think Hoffman’s relationship with Alderson and the Padres has really disintegrated in the past years.

I am crushed. Losing our star and our legend in the same off season. It’s Trevor Hoffman. It’s Trevor Fucking Hoffman. He has always spoken his mind. He probably told the Powers That Flee that they are running this organization into the ground. Fuck Sandy Alderson.

the last time the FO completely revamped this roster was 2006 and it led to a NL West pennant.

Except that in 2005 we were 82-80 instead of 63-99, and we actually spent some money to get guys, and we had Peavy/Hoffman, and we had completely robbed Texas to get 2 of our best players.

Okay, this still sucks.

And it says Gaslampball. But it can’t be. Judging by alll the OTs I’ve been to, Trevor leaving should be great. Trevor bashing has been a favorite pastime here and now we are all mad that the Padres aren’t spending extra money for blown saves here. Much like the Peavy thing I’m taking any sides here, but I’m just really perplexed that there isn’t more acceptance of this parting of ways.

If we’re going to trade Peavy, Khalil, and lose Trevor, why don’t we just liquidate the roster and play for 2010? Adrian would fetch a king’s ransom from someone like the Yankees and you might possibly be able to trade Giles somewhere else. I mean, honestly, if we’re not going to have much to watch next year, let’s just have nothing to watch. I’ll be a whole lot less frustrated if I have nothing at all to hope for, instead of seeing Adrian’s best years completely wasted.

This is a total overreaction on my part, to be sure. I’m totally not approaching this rationally. But I don’t really care. I never wanted Trevor to go, and this is really a backbreaker.

Everybody knew (I hope) that he wasn’t going to play forever and that 2009 was probably going to be his last season. This may not have been the best way to do it, but it was going to happen one way or another. I know it sucks and it hurts but lets try not to make it out like the FO is some evil incarnate organization that plots to destroy the Padres.

We haven’t heard a single detail about this whole thing yet and everybody is already passing judgement. This is probably about egos on both sides of the card. Either way, I think it makes baseball sense if you take the emotional part out of it. Look, this isn’t about the FO trying to piss the fans off or make a shitty baseball team on purpose. That wouldn’t make business sense. The team is going to be better in 2009 than in 2008 whether you like it or not. We are going to probably have a sick young lineup next season that is going to play some exciting baseball.

I hope Heath Bell takes over and blows all of his saves, which probably won’t be a lot. Damn John and Becky Moores for getting divorced!!! I am never going to a Padres game again!

…And I’ve seen my fair share of Padres games. There isn’t a better venue for baseball (as far as the new ballparks go) than San Diego. This is pretty maddening.

If there is anyone worthy of a federal bailout, it’s this team.

Damn, this divorce is costing San Diego dearly. Sorry to see this happen to such an awesome community.

but I won’t miss seeing him pitch this season. This is what happens when guys hang on too long. I hate that he won’t retire as a Padre (I’m assuming someone will be desperate enough to sign him to a one yr deal) but it was time to retire a year ago, particularly with Bell on the roster and the reshaping of the roster. As several people have already said, he can’t pitch forever, no matter what he thinks. And if he thinks he can go elsewhere and succeed for a year, where no one knows him, where he doesn’t have such good will built up, where a city won’t be willing to give him a pass because he’s the team’s second greatest player in history, he’s kidding himself. I hope wherever he lands he does well because I will always root for him and be grateful for what he gave to the organization. But I have a feeling it’s going to brutal to watch him deteriorate in another uniform where people won’t appreciate who he is.

Sucks all around.

When I opened up my e-mail this morning and found out they had pulled Hoffy’s contract offer I got a sick feeling. Yes, it is probably time for him to retire, even though he did not have that bad a year this year, he was no longer feared, and it showed in important games. There’s no way he is going to retire now, the organization has spat in his face. Someone will give him a contract, and it will be like Mays to the Mets, except with no history in whatever town he goes to, he’ll get booed by the fans when he comes up short, which will be often, particularly if it is Cleveland with the AL hitters. For years now, my ringtone has been “Hells Bells”, and I have to change it now because it depresses me every time. So long, Trevor. Your exit could have been much more graceful if you or the Padres had made the right decision here.

What’s Heath Bell’s entrance song?

for his performance last year, but this makes me legitimately sad and depressed. A little mad, too. For awhile I used to dream about the Padres winning the World Series, with Hoffman coming in to ‘Hells Bells’ to wrap it up. What am I gonna do now?