No More “Hells Bells?”

Last season the San Diego Padres where pretty much the worst team in baseball. They hit just .250 as a team, they finished dead last in the worst division in Baseball, and they were 36 games below 500% Can things get any worse? Yes they can, much, much worse. Padres ace Jake Peavy is a free-agent and is being wooed by big market teams that have a shot at making the World Series. Their division rivals, the LA Dodgers, are throwing serious cash at Manny. And now Kevin towers has pulled the offer meant to re-sign all time saves leader and local hero, Trevor Hoffman. Ok, ok Hoffman’s numbers were down last season and he is 41, but last season the only enjoyment San Diego fans had was dancing and shouting to Hoffman’s trade mark entry song, Hells Bells. What are Padres fans going to do now? Well they certainly aren’t going to show up before the 3rd or 4th inning, and they won’t have a reason to stay past the 7th.

Why is Kevin Towers upset? Why can’t they meet and talk it over? Don’t they want “Trevor Time” to retire a Padre?
What do you say Kevin?
“No comment”
“No comment”
“No comment”

Seems like for the sake of the fans and for the sake of a loyal hard working Padre you could think of something. But maybe we are all happy not commenting about the Padres because that would remind us of how bad they were last year, and how much worse they may be this year.

No, Kevin Towers did not offer much in the way of “comments” when asked about the decision to pull the 4 million dollar offer to, baseballs all time save leader.

The deal would have paid Hoffman 4 million for the 09’ season and included a club option for another 4 million in 2010, with no buy-out. The offer was pulled after Hoffman’s agent Thurman did not respond to the deal. It is reported that Hoffman asked to meet with Moores and Alderson to discuss the direction of the team as well as Hoffman’s expected roll. The 41-year-old Hoffman has amassed 554 saves and has a life time era of 2.78. His numbers were down last year, but so was everything else for the Padres. When you are 36 games below 500% for the season there are fewer opportunities to save games. Besides his great numbers Hoffman has been a fantastic role model and active member within the San Diego community since 1993. He was recently honored with the “Branch Rickey” award for community service, and there is no doubt that he is a fan favorite at every game. If the Padres refuse to talk with Hoffman there are already GM’s lining up to offer Hoffman a deal.