Trevor Hoffman retired on Tuesday as Major League Baseball’s all-time save leader, but will not follow the ridiculous practice of signing a one-day contract to symbolically retire with the San Diego Padres. Unlike many others before him, Hoffman didn’t feel the need to formally give up the game with the team he spent the most time -- and had the most success -- with. Hoffman spent his last season with the Milwaukee Brewers and will make the Brewers the last Major League team he will have played for.
Trevor Hoffman Declines Offer To Retire As a Padre
Hoffman is bucking the trend, declining to sign a one day contract with the San Diego Padres. As the closer, he earned 549 of his 601 career saves with Padres. When the San Diego front office asked if he would like to sign the one-day contract, so that he could retire with the team, he was short in words saying, “No, I don’t want that.”
Hoffman’s post-baseball career will include working for the Padres, which could be the reason why he is declining to sign a one-day deal to retire with the team. Either that or he has realized how hokey it is to hold a press conference where he signs a contract, only to abruptly retire immediately after.
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