Reports: Trevor Hoffman to the Brewers

by Dex on Jan 8, 2009 7:51 AM PST Comment 30 comments

***** DEVELOPING *****

Well, the Brewers have apparently done it again. First they steal the son of The Gwynn and now Buster Olney is reporting that they've signed our Hall of Famer. More as it develops.

[UPDATE] Here's the ESPN link, but no details on the deal just yet.

[UPDATE] Hoffman, Brewers agree to deal

[UPDATE] Ken Rosenthal breaks the news. Hoffman signs for $6m with $1.5m in performance incentives.

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WOWOWOW

Nah nah nah nah. Nah nah nah nah. Heeyyyy heyyyy Goodbye!!!!

by SDPads_1 on Jan 8, 2009 7:54 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

good song

don’t think this is a good situation though. At least it’s better than Trevor going to the Dodgers

by sixpakfrombelgium on Jan 8, 2009 8:44 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

but I’m not actually that sad about it. I kinda resigned myself to thinking he was gone after the whole debauchle earlier this season. I’ll miss him and I can’t wait until he retires, so that I can see him get inducted into Cooperstown.

All that said, Trevor is in for a rude awakening. I don’t really think he realized how much Petco saved his ass the past few years. Miller Park favors hitters, and the longball especially, which is going to be problematic for Trevor.

I’m willing to bet that Trevor is no longer their closer as of the ASB. I mean no disrespect toward the guy, but he’s gonna get torched in a hitter’s park.

by Phantom on Jan 8, 2009 7:55 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

OK I'm done rejoicing and now I'll comment

I couldn’t agree more Phantom. I remember watching him last year at Petco and I don’t know how many times he gave up warning track outs that would have been homers anywhere else. Plus like someone said before if he gets rocked in San Diego then the fans are more forgiving since he’s been here so long. If he gets rocked in Milwaukee the fans won’t be so kind. I wouldn’t doubt if he lost his job by the ASB as well.

by SDPads_1 on Jan 8, 2009 8:06 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Agreed

I’m sad because I’ll miss what he symbolized, especially in the late 90s, but at the same time, it was gonna happen eventually.

by Dex on Jan 8, 2009 8:11 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs

They did pay Gagne more than Trevor

And he lost his job.

1-10-DEN 18 (9:52) (Shotgun) 6-J.Cutler pass short right intended for 19-E.Royal INTERCEPTED by 93-L.Castillo (95-S.Phillips) at DEN 18. 93-L.Castillo to DEN 14 for 4 yards (62-C.Wiegmann). 6-J.Cutler pouts ob to DEN 25 for 11 yards.

by Wonko on Jan 8, 2009 9:08 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

i feel like a chapter of my life has closed.

and i don’t know how i feel about it.

pooping not

www.wellbelowthemendozaline.blogspot.com

by justdave on Jan 8, 2009 9:45 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I'm going to really miss Trevor time

but hey at least he’s not going to the dodgers.

by Steve (Grey Suit) on Jan 8, 2009 8:04 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

I can get behind this only because he's not going to the Dodgers

But I must point out that the Brewers aren’t exactly stealing him. If you remove your car stereo, put it in a box with the speakers and subwoofer, mark the box “Expensive Stereo Equipment”, then leave the box on top of your car for a week, chances are, it’s gonna disappear.

"2009 Padres.....Yeah, we're still here.

by Boilermaker19 on Jan 8, 2009 8:21 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

WOW

Is this a magic stereo? A stereo that can just vanish at the drop of a hat. I’m fascinated to know where it went. Were you driving the car anywhere? If so maybe it fell off your roof when you were driving.

by SDPads_1 on Jan 8, 2009 8:26 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs

Perhaps more accurately

If you take an expensive stereo, let it sit out in the sun for a few years until it warps, buy a new car, try to shove the old stereo into the car even when it wasn’t designed for that car, duct tape it to the dashboard anyway, shove a Hells Bells cassette single into it and hit Play >> Repeat, then drive the car off a cliff while getting a divorce and eventually having the car freighted to Milwaukee, um…wait. I forgot where I was going with this.

Bye, Trevor. To paraphrase Ben Franklin, fish, visitors, and closers expire eventually. Don’t get run over by a bratwurst.

by California Penal on Jan 8, 2009 8:36 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Does this mean

Taco Bell is our Closer? Or do you think he will have to “win” the job in ST?
I dont think anyone else is even worthy of competing for the closer’s job except for Mike Adams. Who is recovering from surgery.

No more Trevor Time. Le sigh.

Chicks Dig the Bullpen.

by eastbaysd on Jan 8, 2009 8:35 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

I'll miss Trevor Time

most of all. It was one of the coolest things in all of sports.

by Phantom on Jan 8, 2009 8:47 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs

yeah

pooping not

www.wellbelowthemendozaline.blogspot.com

by justdave on Jan 8, 2009 9:42 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

That reminded me

Last year, every time the ninth inning came around, my 6 year old son (5 then) would say "Does that mean its Trevor Time?".
Most of the time it wasn’t, so I’d have to try to explain to him why it wasn’t a save situation =)

Somehow, I imagine it will be harder to explain to him now why its not Trevor Time next time we watch a game together.

Adios Cambio. You will be missed. Thanx for everything.

by TJB on Jan 8, 2009 12:53 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Aki

Yosha!

Isaac Brock is my Morrissey

by CurbEnthusiasm on Jan 8, 2009 5:19 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

One-year contract with option of 2010

Details in article on padres.com:

http://sandiego.padres.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090108&content_id=3736591&vkey=news_sd&fext=.jsp&c_id=sd

Chicks Dig the Bullpen.

by eastbaysd on Jan 8, 2009 8:39 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

I just saw

a one year, $6million deal mentioned on ESPN

by strummer on Jan 8, 2009 8:47 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

I'm relieved

No offense to Trevor, but it just wouldn’t be right seeing him wearing Dodger Blue. It would almost be as deplorable as seeing Fernando Valenzuela in a Padres uniform…

Paul Lo Duca is MLB's Pablo Escobar..

by DodgerBlueBalls on Jan 8, 2009 8:49 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

Totally overpaid

I’m sorry, I love the guy, but the Brewers are insane:

Tom Haudricourt says Hoffman gets $6MM in ’09 with $1.5MM in incentives, plus the 2010 club option.

That’s way too much money for Hoffy at this point in his career. It’s no disrespect at all. That’s just ludicrous.

by Phantom on Jan 8, 2009 8:51 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

They do have a very bad recent history as far as closers are concerned.

I hear Doug Melvin spent $5000 for a closer on his screen door, and it only shuts completely half the time. The door keeps getting blown wide open by the wind.

"2009 Padres.....Yeah, we're still here.

by Boilermaker19 on Jan 8, 2009 10:30 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs

Gagne anyone?

Brady Hoke, Al Borges, and Rocky Long. Aztec football is back!

by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Jan 8, 2009 9:16 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Finally over

This was a longer, slower death than 3guys1hammer.

Isn't it enough to know that I ruined a pony making a gift for you? ◔ヮ◔
Uncommon Sportsman :: Absurdity in play

by Axion on Jan 8, 2009 9:06 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

4.50

My over/under on Trevor’s era with the Brewers in 2009.

for Bell in Petco: 3.00

by Billy Almon on Jan 8, 2009 9:13 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

OVER

Brady Hoke, Al Borges, and Rocky Long. Aztec football is back!

by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Jan 8, 2009 9:16 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

they should play "for whom the bell tolls"

for Heath

or the speech. crap Ax i know you have it saved somewhere. i just want to type “THE LAWD!!” in all caps again…

man i can’t wait for baseball season. i don’t care if we suck. i love my padres man.

pooping not

www.wellbelowthemendozaline.blogspot.com

by justdave on Jan 8, 2009 9:43 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

shit is so cache'd

here, here, here, and here.

I know there’s more… google’s playing coy.

Isn't it enough to know that I ruined a pony making a gift for you? ◔ヮ◔
Uncommon Sportsman :: Absurdity in play

by Axion on Jan 8, 2009 10:24 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

ahhh i found it

“The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of the darkness. For he is truly his brother’s keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know I am the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon you.”

pooping not

www.wellbelowthemendozaline.blogspot.com

by justdave on Jan 8, 2009 10:31 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Last year

They introduced Heath with a scene from “300” and I think a song accompanied it as well. I think it was a Metallica song, but not “For Whom The Bell Tolls”.

by Wonko on Jan 8, 2009 2:09 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs