Trevor Hoffman signed with the Brewers one year ago today

by jbox on Jan 8, 2010 1:16 PM PST

It was one year ago today that Trevor Hoffman signed with the Milwuakee Brewers.

Remember last off season when every day we had Hoffman and Sandy Alderson taking shots at each other in the paper and on the radio. Man that was fun. Sure it sucked that Padres fans lost Hoffy and the Padres destroyed their relationship with him, but it made for an interesting off season. Combine that with all the Jake Peavy rumors and John Moores selling the Padres and things were really passionate.

After Hoffman actually signed though it kinda bummed me out and Trevor too. The good news is that Hoffman had a good year in Milwaukee and Heath Bell was able to step up into the closer role with much success.

I really do miss the whole Hell's Bells experience though, because it's just not the same with Heath Bell. His entrance music sucks and let's face it, he's no Trevor Hoffman.

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Miss Hells Bells?

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by SDPads_1 on Jan 8, 2010 1:35 PM PST reply actions

Heath Bell's song is terrible.

by Dalton on Jan 8, 2010 2:42 PM PST reply actions

I'm glad this got mentioned

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by Axion on Jan 8, 2010 5:15 PM PST up reply actions

Heath needs to change his song to "Mr. Roboto"

and robot-walk up to the mound when he closes. It’s no Hell’s Bells but it would be hilarious and distracting for the other team.

"I'm a Padre at heart. Always gonna root for the Padres. Twenty-five years [with this organization], how can't you? Next year I'm gonna be rooting like a son-of-a-gun for these guys and for Blackie ... I'm gonna be rooting for the next general manager here, rooting for the city, the fans, everybody. I think a lot of San Diego." -Kevin Towers

by jodes0405 on Jan 8, 2010 5:29 PM PST up reply actions

10 Suggestions for walk-up music that would be better than Breaking Benjamin's "Blown Away"

In case Heath or anyone else is reading this (of course they are, EVERYONE reads Gaslamp Ball!)..

My first pick:
Time Bomb by Beck, this is something a little different but then again, so is Heath so it might be a good fit, I can picture 40 thousand fans chanting “Na, na, na, na” to it. Listen to it, you’ll see what I mean.

And a few runners up:
Tick Tick Boom by The Hives, similar message, different group, but a little better known.
Hate to Say I Told You So by the Hives may be crowd friendly
Unchained by Van Halen, probably the most traditional choice that isn’t AC/DC or Metallica but maybe
Everybody Wants Some!! by Van Halen could be made into a visual spectacle by the media guys on a slow build
Rise by The Cult is another metal power play as is
You’ve Got Another Thing Comin’ by Judas Priest
Call Of The Zombie/Superbeast by Rob Zombie is little something we always play after Sunday School
Go! by Tones On Tail would be popular with all the Gen-Xers in the crowd as would
Got Me Under Pressure by ZZ Top

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by gkmandigo on Jan 8, 2010 6:53 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs