The Brewer Advent Calendar #6: Trevor Hoffman
by morineko on Feb 14, 2010 4:00 PM CST
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PrintHey, I hear really loud hard rock coming out of this door! There's probably a closer behind it!
Since the only time I've seen Trevor Hoffman save a game in person involved him relieving an injured and awful Bryan Corey and a just plain awful Cla Meredith in Colorado when he was with San Diego, I've never been privy to the entire fan experience at home when Hoffman enters to save games. Seeing him pitch on the road in a quieter environment, however, made me appreciate his unique pitching talents.
Most of us realize that Hoffman's 2009 season was one of the best of his career. Hopefully he'll be able to recreate or come close to that performance in 2010. We may not have that much longer to appreciate him, however, because he'll be the 4th-oldest player in MLB this season if all signed players appear in a game.
| Jamie Moyer | 1962-11-18 |
| Tim Wakefield | 1966-08-02 |
| Omar Vizquel | 1967-04-24 |
| Trevor Hoffman | 1967-10-13 |
| Brad Ausmus | 1969-04-14 |
| Arthur Rhodes | 1969-10-24 |
| Ken Griffey | 1969-11-21 |
| Mariano Rivera | 1969-11-29 |
| Takashi Saito | 1970-02-14 |
| Craig Counsell | 1970-08-21 |
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What a depressing chart.
There are only 4 MLB players left who are older than me.
What begins in fear usually ends in folly.
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Feb 14, 2010 4:31 PM CST reply actions
there may be five
If Smoltz catches on with someone. Doug Brocail just retired (if you didn’t hear about it) so there went another one.
If it makes you feel any worse, I remember seeing Vizquel and Griffey play during their rookie year. I was 11.
Not too much worse...
… pretty sure I was 18 when Griffey was a rookie. Maybe 19.
What begins in fear usually ends in folly.
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Feb 14, 2010 6:13 PM CST up reply actions
I was an infant
"A D+ Grade? That must have been a Wittardo grade"- @73_MC
by BrewHaHeather on Feb 15, 2010 9:08 AM CST up reply actions
which Griffey though?
sr started in 73. So, I’m guessing you mean jr, given omar visquel started in 89. unless there’s a second visquel I’m forgetting about.
and if you’re talking about jr, *I*’m older than you:P
by PagsBrewCrew on Feb 14, 2010 8:55 PM CST up reply actions
Junior, of course
I keep forgetting there was another one, even though they played together. It was 1989. I remember purposely wanting to see the M’s play the Twins because of Vizquel. And Mike Schooler. I can’t even explain that one.
Could be worse
Only “Uncle Jamie” is older than I am.
You've got a couple screws missin' up in your toolbox, if you think that you'll stop this man from hittin' moonshots.
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