The Historical Context of Trevor Hoffman's 500th Save

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Published June 8, 2007 at 3:30 PM PDT

This story was published more than 17 years ago.

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It's not often that a sports figure reaches a milestone that is head and shoulders -- or miles -- above the rest. This week at Petco Park, in a game against the Dodgers, San Diego Padre Trevor Hoffman

It's not often that a sports figure reaches a milestone that is head and shoulders -- or miles -- above the rest. This week at Petco Park, in a game against the Dodgers, San Diego Padre Trevor Hoffman logged his 500th save. Tom Shanahan puts Hoffman’s feat in a historical context.

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Tom Shanahan , sports columnist, voiceofsandiego.org.

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