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Padres Press Clips Thursday, January 25, 2018 Padres Press Clips Thursday, January 25, 2018 Article Source Author Page Trevor Hoffman elected to Hall of Fame SD Union Tribune Lin 2 Trevor Hoffman: Career timeline, stats, numbers & SD Union Tribune Posner 6 'Hells Bells' Trevor Hoffman built chemistry off field, defeated it SD Union Tribune Krasovic 10 from mound Trevor's time is also San Diego's time SD Union Tribune Acee 13 Hoffman's Hall call included plenty of chest-puffing SD Union Tribune Miller 16 Padres on the line Padres roster review: Christian Villanueva SD Union Tribune Sanders 19 Padres' social media accounts were hacked; no imminent SD Union Tribune Lin 21 agreement with Eric Hosmer Hall's bells: Cooperstown rings for Hoffman MLB.com Cassavell 23 Hoffman tips cap to Gwynn after Hall election MLB.com Cassavell 26 Track careers of new Hall of Famers MLB.com Mearns 28 Hoffman calm, collected upon getting 'the call' MLB.com Bloom 30 Trevor Hoffman goes from heartbreak to triumph with Yahoo! Sports Townsend 33 Hall of Fame election Trevor Time! Hoffman will be next Padre inducted into FOX News Arroyo 35 Baseball Hall of Fame Well, Hells Bells, Trevor Hoffman makes it to Cooperstown AP AP 36 1 Trevor Hoffman elected to Hall of Fame Dennis Lin Trevor Hoffman sat at home, surrounded by family, when a 212 area code materialized on his iPhone screen. He enabled the “speaker” setting and listened as Jack O’Connell, secretary- treasurer of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, informed him he had been elected to the Hall of Fame. Hoffman exhaled. “Keep it together,” he told himself. Then he spoke, expressing his appreciation. The former closer, as synonymous with the Padres and San Diego as anyone since Tony Gwynn, nailed down a lifetime achievement Wednesday afternoon. On July 29, he will officially enter the ranks of baseball royalty, joining Gwynn and Dave Winfield as the only players enshrined wearing a Padres cap. His route to Cooperstown, N.Y., will have followed a path less traveled, a testament to baseball’s whims and the work ethic of a failed shortstop. In his third year on the ballot, Hoffman received 79.9 percent of the vote, easily clearing the 75 percent necessary for election. “You hear Mr. O’Connell’s voice on the other line,” Hoffman said, “and you get blasted with a lot of emotions. You think about your teammates, you think about the grind that you go through on a daily basis that this game demands of you. And that’s the fun part. That’s the journey that you embrace.” Hoffman, 50, will be inducted among one of Cooperstown’s largest classes, though membership still vaults him into the rarest air. Chipper Jones, Jim Thome and fellow ballot holdover Vladimir Guerrero also received long-awaited phone calls Wednesday. Kearny High’s Alan Trammell and Jack Morris were elected last month by the Modern Baseball Era Committee. Hoffman is the sixth Hall of Famer who played most of his career as a reliever, alongside Dennis Eckersley, Rollie Fingers, Goose Gossage, Bruce Sutter and Hoyt Wilhelm. Those 2 pitchers hailed from an era in which their numbers were not as intensely scrutinized or thoroughly dissected. A microscope hovered over Hoffman’s accomplishments for 807 days, a span that included two close but disappointing finishes. “I didn’t really get caught up in that,” Hoffman said in a news conference at Petco Park as mother Mikki, wife Tracy and sons Brody and Wyatt sat nearby. “I’m comfortable with the career I had, I’m comfortable in the way I went about it, and if enough people felt the same way I did about it, we’d be standing here today. And fortunately we are. “I think it goes back to ultimately what I was asked to do, and I figured out how to maximize what I was capable of doing and tried to do it as best I could.” The latest voting process reaffirmed the prevailing opinion that Hoffman’s late-grame credentials are unparalleled by anyone not named Mariano Rivera, almost certainly a first- ballot inductee in 2019. Hoffman debuted with the Padres in June 1993, after he was acquired from the Marlins. The Orange County native spent the next 15 ½ seasons carving a legacy in San Diego, flustering batters despite modest velocity, and securing hundreds of victories. The right-hander was the first pitcher to reach the 500- and 600-save plateaus, and he retired after 2010 with 601, a total that has been surpassed by only Rivera. Hoffman ranks first, second and fifth all-time among relievers in strikeouts per nine innings, saves and ERA. He went to seven All-Star Games and twice finished as the runner-up for a Cy Young Award. No other reliever rivals Hoffman and Rivera, who have lent their names to the majors’ annual top-reliever awards, in terms of success over a sustained period of time. Greatness might have seemed possible when Hoffman was young, tagging along to Fenway Park with older brother and Red Sox shortstop Glenn. But in 1991, Hoffman was a minor league shortstop in the Reds organization, struggling to prove he belonged. Then-manager Jim Lett suggested a switch. “I think at a lot of stages in this game you have to be a good self-evaluator,” Hoffman said. “And 25 errors at the break in A-ball and hitting .210 isn’t something you want to be sitting looking at. … I felt if I was going to be given the opportunity to go to the mound, I was going 3 to be a little bit prepared for it, having a fresher arm due to Dad’s wisdom and not pitching after Little League. I embraced it.” Ed Hoffman died in 1995, the year after his son, adjusting to a shoulder injury that diminished his fastball, learned a new change-up grip from teammate Donnie Elliott. Little did Trevor know that pitch would lead to an equally iconic entrance song. Little did he know it would take him all the way to Cooperstown. Well, that pitch and some old-fashioned hard work. “When we were playing, it was always to get to the big leagues,” Glenn, now the Padres’ longtime third base coach, said. “And then once you get to the big leagues, it was always about, ‘Oh you get to stay here two years and you’re back down or done or whatever.’ “What’s special about (Hall of Famers)? It’s not all about numbers and stuff. It’s about being a leader and heart. It’s unbelievable. They stand out so much more. … They have that grit, that extra drive.” It did not hurt that, similar to Gwynn, Trevor Hoffman was beloved by teammates, coaches, fans and others who traveled in the same circles. In addition to being the rare reliever to double as a clubhouse leader, he built lasting friendships throughout the game. Former Padres general manager Randy Smith, who traded for Hoffman more than two decades ago, still counts being awakened by a phone call in 1996 among his fondest memories. Earlier that night, Hoffman had saved yet another game, sealing the Padres’ first National League West title since 1984. “You’re part of this,” Hoffman told Smith, then with the Tigers. Hoffman continues to be an inclusive figure around town, among the most accessible members of the Padres’ front office. With fans lining a railing Wednesday, he stood in Petco Park’s Hall of Fame plaza and reflected on the distance he had traversed. He mostly succeeded in keeping it together; he grew emotional when he mentioned ex-Padres GM Kevin Towers, who has been fighting cancer. 4 “You don’t play this game thinking you’re going to be part of a 1 percent,” he said. “The numbers are mind-boggling. You ultimately have to put your head down, believe in what the work’s going to take, believe in that process and continue to refine your craft, no matter what it is. Having started as an infielder and to ultimately make it to the mound and get an opportunity to do it for a while isn’t a normal progression that you get at this point in your life. But I had great examples in my two bigger brothers, my parents, a wonderful woman that I’ve been able to share three great children with.” “Hells Bells,” the track that accompanied Hoffman’s jogs from the bullpen, played throughout the ballpark and other parts of the city Wednesday. From up close and afar, his supporters beamed with pride. “San Diego is his city and his town,” Glenn Hoffman said. “The people here love him, and in all the years before that, he’s built that relationship to where they can celebrate, too.” 5 Trevor Hoffman: Career timeline, stats, numbers & 'Hells Bells' Jay Posner A look at the life and career of Padres legend Trevor Hoffman, who on Wednesday was voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame: Born: Oct. 13, 1967, in Bellflower Height: 6-1 Weight: 200 High school: Savanna High, Anaheim College: Cypress College; University of Arizona Drafted: 11th round, 1989, by Cincinnati (received $3,000 bonus) Family: Wife Tracy and three sons (Quinn, Wyatt, Brody) Career timeline April 6, 1993: Makes MLB debut for Florida. April 29, 1993: Gets first major league save, against Atlanta. June 24, 1993: Traded from Florida to San Diego along with two minor-league pitchers in exchange for Gary Sheffield and Rich Rodriguez. June 25, 1993: In his first inning for the Padres, allows three runs and is booed by home fans.
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