Trevor Hoffman looks to new challenge with San Diego Padres
The timing seemed right and it didn’t take the ‘Saves King’ any time to call it quits this season as he left behind a legacy that will not-soon be forgotten in Major League Baseball. For those who don’t know, Trevor Hoffman is
regarded as one of the top players to ever dawn the game and there’s a clear reason for that statement.
Hoffman played 17 years of baseball as a closer and for almost 15 years he made the San Diego Padres franchise shine in the limelight. Converting more than 550 saves for the club, Trevor made the fans and the supporting club officials
worship him like a King in his castle. Now looking back at what he’s done for the club and the crowd, it’s pretty much obvious that he’ll be going back to the club. However, now his role will be that of a front office representative.
Nevertheless, Trevor doesn’t seem to mind as retirement was something he had to get through eventually. The fact that he could have returned to the club as a player seemed unlikely as his last season run with the Milwaukee Brewers
didn’t seem good enough to earn him a high demand in the market.
"I had a pretty good idea toward the end of the season," Hoffman said. "I just didn't want to make that rash decision when emotions were high at the end of the year. It became kind of difficult when people would start asking you,
'What are you going to do?' It became harder and harder to beat around the bush, in a sense, when deep down I knew that I was kind of wanting to retire."
Trevor had moved on from the Padres, back in 2008. After playing at the club for 15 years he made his way out due to a messy negotiation round with the management. Fortunately for him, a tally of 600 saves was achieved with the
Brewers and he ended 2010 with 601 saves on his career sheet. Being the King of the closers isn’t easy, which is why a retirement call had to come on the right time.
"I kind of went to bed last night thinking about, 'What are you going to come out and say? Are you going to try to be profound with something?'" Hoffman recounted. "The one word that kept recurring was 'thankful,' how thankful
I was to be a part of Major League Baseball."
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