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I have tremendous respect for him", Nen said. Guys who throw 95, 96 [mph] have an ego about being able to do that. This is what I've got. His change-up isn't just great, but dominating. What he does puts things in perspective. It's pitching, not just throwing, and using whatever stuff you have. He throws a pitch that looks so tempting that you can't lay off it.

I feel vulnerable when I throw mph. He's throwing 81 and doing it with full confidence.

During the time Hoffman held the career record for saves, many still considered Rivera the best closer of all time. Hoffman's entrance into games, accompanied by the playing of "Hells Bells", became popular among fans after it was introduced in Padres fans rising and roaring, in Pavlovian fashion, upon hearing the first bell toll, the foreboding bonging like something out of Hitchcock as Hoffman enters slowly, stage right. It's like when you go there, you want to [win] two out of three so you can hear it once.

A couple of years definitely makes a big difference", said Hoffman. In , Hoffman became San Diego's upper-level pitching coordinator, essentially an additional pitching coach for the Padres at their Double-A and Triple-A levels. His new role also involved assisting San Diego general manager Josh Byrnes. Preller in , Hoffman became senior advisor for baseball operations, overseeing pitching instruction at all levels of the Padres' minor league system. Hoffman met his wife, Tracy, in Buffalo, New York in where she was a real estate agent and a member of the National Football League's Buffalo Bills cheerleading squad.

Brody, Quinn, and Wyatt. Hoffman's father died of cancer on Super Bowl Sunday in In honor of his father, a former Marine , Hoffman annually paid for game tickets and meals for 1, members of the military and their families. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Trevor Hoffman Hoffman pitching for the Padres in They would imagine that they were a great player. They would stake claim to being an All-Star, and playing in front of packed stadiums. They would imagine signing autographs, and would always treat the fans well, and that the fans would return the favor.

There would be images of teammates that loved them and revered them. And, that when they became superstars, they would always remember that they were just a regular person, like everybody else, no better. They might even dream of making the Hall of Fame one day. Now, I may not have quite lived up to that dream, but I am proud to say I am friends and played with the guy who stayed true to every bit of it MLB Records Accomplishment Record Refs Regular season Most career saves in National League [] Most consecutive seasons with at least 40 saves [a] 4 —, —07 [] Most seasons with at least 40 saves [b] 9 , —, —07 [] Most career strikeouts per nine innings by a reliever 9.

MLB Records Accomplishment Former record Broken by Refs Regular season Most career saves Mariano Rivera [] Most seasons with at least 20 saves 15 —, —09 Mariano Rivera [] [] Most consecutive seasons with at least 30 saves 8 — Mariano Rivera [] [] Most seasons with at least 30 saves 14 —, —09 Mariano Rivera [] [] Most career games finished Mariano Rivera [] [] Most career games pitched with one team Mariano Rivera [] Most consecutive save opportunities converted 41 [a] Tom Gordon [35] [].

Biography portal Baseball portal. Retrieved 31 July How did Trevor Hoffman go from a scrawny Minor League shortstop with one kidney to a hall of fame closer? He got a grip". Archived from the original on January 24, Retrieved January 23, The San Diego Union-Tribune. Archived from the original on February 9, Archived from the original on August 22, Archived from the original on March 5, Archived from the original on January 29, San Diego reliever's rise to stardom has been an unassuming one of hard work, loyalty and sportsmanship".

With his high leg kick and cap pulled down almost to his eyes, Hoffman looks the part of someone about to wring the last bit of life out of the opposing team. Hoffman getting number retired". Archived from the original on August 21, Archived from the original on January 1, Archived from the original on February 8, Archived from the original PDF on March 1, Archived from the original on March 1, The New York Times. Archived from the original on February 15, The San Diego Union Tribune.

Archived from the original on January 23, Hoffman was converted from shortstop to pitcher in the minor leagues when his manager got tired of him overthrowing first base.

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After two years in the Minors and not much batting potential to show for it, his manager Jim Lett suggested Hoffman try pitching instead, because he had such a strong arm. Hoffman was acquired as a rookie from the Florida Marlins in during the Padres' infamous "Fire Sale" that stripped away most of their high-paid veterans. Archived from the original on October 12, Archived from the original on August 31, Archived from the original on February 16, Retrieved September 10, Archived from the original on March 4, Who'd have thought 'Trevor Time' would start a majorswide trend?

Archived from the original on September 12, Retrieved January 22, On July 25, , a tradition began that continues to thrill crowds at Petco Park. The Padres have taken to announcing Hoffman's entrance into the ballgame with a scoreboard shot of him running in from the bullpen, accompanied by the tolling of bells. Archived from the original on February 17, Cy Young for 2d Time". In the closest balloting for the award since , Hoffman, the San Diego closer, received 13 first-place votes, but fell 11 points short of Glavine, who got 11 votes for first place, but appeared on three more ballots.

The Orange County Register. Wainwright became only the second pitcher to garner the most first-place votes and not win the award. In , Atlanta's Tom Glavine collected 11 first-place votes to 13 for San Diego's Trevor Hoffman but amassed the most points, , and took home the trophy. The closer ultimately delivered 43 pitches in a stint of two-plus innings, but Brown's nine-inning effort in Game 2 and Friday's day off, Hoffman said, gave his arm a chance to recover. Retrieved March 5, Archived from the original on February 22, Retrieved February 22, Archived PDF from the original on February 23, Retrieved February 28, Listed below are the pitchers who have saved 30 or more games in a season for five or more consecutive campaigns.

Archived from the original on February 18, Archived from the original on October 11, Archived from the original on February 23, Retrieved September 27, Before Monday, he had been on the disabled list only once in his year Major League career. Hoffman missed most of the season with a right shoulder injury that required surgery.

Archived from the original on February 28, Archived from the original on February 24, Retrieved February 23, Archived from the original on March 7, That broke Roy Face's all-time record for most relief appearances with one club for the Pirates from to Archived from the original on April 19, Hoffman made the National League All-Star team six times as a Padre and was twice the runner-up and in the league's voting for the Cy Young Award.

Archived from the original on January 27, Retrieved January 26, Holliday raced home on Jamey Carroll's shallow fly ball, capping a three-run rally against the all-time saves leader, giving the Rockies a win in baseball's longest one-game tiebreaker. Archived from the original on March 11, Archived from the original on October 27, But Hoffman, master of the changeup, had 12 seasons with at least 37 saves -- a winning career owing to a slow and steady approach, just as the tortoise in Aesop's fable. Hoffman, Brewers have deal".

Retrieved January 8, Archived from the original on October 8, Archived from the original on March 2, Retrieved June 8, Retrieved January 27, He's blown 20 of 84 save attempts in April for his career —- a The rest of the season, he's converted of attempts —- a Hells bells toll for Padres". Trevor Hoffman was trying to earn his first Petco Park save as a visitor, and Bud Black and Adrian Gonzalez weren't there to take in the experience.

Hoffman, baseball's alltime saves leader with , has saved just five games in 10 chances with a Archived from the original on April 16, Archived from the original on April 18, Retrieved August 22, Hoffman ceremony filled with surprises". Archived from the original on January 7, Archived from the original on January 9, He blew a save opportunity in his only World Series appearance with the Padres and also failed on two save tries in the final three days of the season, costing San Diego the playoffs. Retrieved January 9, Archived from the original on January 19, Archived from the original on January 25, Retrieved February 11, Basically, it stopped at home plate.

Guys hadn't seen a pitch like that, and they couldn't adjust to it. He pitched so well off his fastball they couldn't just sit on it every pitch. Archived from the original on February 11, Archived from the original on May 6, There will be a lot of discussion over his struggles in the postseason and All-Star Games, but those small samples should be completely obscured by almost two decades of incredible regular-season excellence.

He makes it a point to stand at his locker and hold himself accountable on the rare occasions when he fails. Archived from the original on August 23, He is the best at what he does and has been for a long, long time. Any time anybody dominates a position and these days, 'closer' is a position the way he has done it consistently year after year after year, he gets my vote.

Archived from the original on January 5, Archived from the original on October 23, Archived from the original on January 26, That's because closing is baseball's most volatile role. Archived from the original on January 6, Only two pitchers have had streaks of four straight seasons with at least 40 saves. Hoffman did it not once, but twice.

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Trevor Hoffman and the Coming Wave". The Evolution of the Closer in Baseball. Archived from the original on March 3, Archived from the original on June 13, In a class all by himself". One of the big arguments used against him is utterly ridiculous. But here it is: He posted regular-season saves. But just four postseason saves. Archived from the original on December 14, Trevor Hoffman will find the Mo to get in". Archived from the original on April 13, Archived from the original on February 25, Archived from the original on June 1, Society For American Baseball Research.

Archived from the original on September 18, Early ballot count not in Hoffman's favor". Archived from the original on April 5, The Palm Beach Post. Retrieved January 24, The Washington Post Company. The closer songs of the early '90s tended to mix a cranky bravado with the threat of mental instability—don't mess with me, I'm so mean and crazy.

The classic-rock entrance song began in , becoming synonymous with a Padres victory often ending with a devastating changeup — Hoffman's out-pitch. San Jose Mercury News. Archived from the original on March 20, Retrieved September 28, Retrieved March 1, Other Topics Assemblies Special Needs.

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