Trevor Time

I saw Trevor Hoffman at an Italian restaurant in Encinitas yesterday at the table next to us. He was with his wife and another couple, so I didn't even think about bugging him, but I gotta admit, there's that little a-hole part of me...keep in mind that he's a great person, all-time great baseball player, and all...but still there was a part of me that felt a need to ask him, "Now really, you're 41, pretty soon your fastball will look more like your change-up, your team almost lost 100 games last year, we're going through the worst recession since the Great Depression, millions are out of work, and you TURNED DOWN a $4 MILLION offer from the Padres???? To play in Milwaukee??? What were you thinking???!!!"

I could see the San Diego sports headlines now: "Trevor Hoffman hurts Hall-of-Fame Pitching Arm from Punching Belligerent Fan".