Trevor Hoffman News

Reporting from Milwaukee -- This is becoming kind of old, isn't it? Another lead was blown.

Each year, roughly one-third of all fantasy investments in saves go belly up. Whether it's due to ineffectiveness, injury or managerial whim, closers are poor percentage plays.

Injured right-hander Dave Bush is scheduled to make a pair of Minor League rehabilitation starts before returning to the Brewers' rotation on July 20, manager Ken Macha said on Wednesday.

Bummed out because Yovani Gallardo, clearly the stopper in the Milwaukee Brewers starting rotation, didn't make the All-Star team? Who should you blame? Blame the Cubs.

My first year covering the big leagues was 1998, the year the San Diego Padres made the World Series, and the year Trevor Hoffman converted 53 of 54 saves.

Mariano Rivera has heard the questions so many times through the years that he doesn't even flinch anymore.

The Brewers have a reputation throughout the Major Leagues of having a fun clubhouse, and fans can get a firsthand account of the atmosphere on Saturday's edition of "This Week in Baseball." Milwaukee will be the featured team on this week's show, which airs at 2:30 p.m. CT on Saturday.

The gold standard for relief pitching has been escalating for some time, but Mariano Rivera still has it both covered and defined.

MILWAUKEE - During the seventh inning stretch at Miller Park, the crowd sings one chorus of "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" and two choruses of the "Beer Barrel Polka." The Giants might be wailing another tune: "We Gotta Get Outta This Place." In what seemed like a playoff-charged environment Saturday night, the Giants saw Pablo Sandoval hit two ...

After struggling through the month of June, the Brewers were looking for a signature win.

About the Brewers: Milwaukee won the N.L. wild card last season and is right behind the Giants in the standings.

BREWERS 4, TWINS 3 Making a Twin killing Tight game turns on a pair of costly Minnesota errors It had been more than three weeks since "Hells Bells" played over the audio system at Miller Park.

A.J. Pierzynski had already broken four bats when he ducked into the clubhouse before the ninth inning to grab another.

Recently, one of Trevor Hoffman 's teammates decided to incorporate more of the 41-year-old closer's workout program into his own routine.

Seth McClung wanted to apologize for putting Trevor Hoffman in a bad situation tonight in the ninth inning, when Cleveland scored four times to tie a game that the Brewers eventually won, 9-8, in the 11th.

BREWERS 8, INDIANS 8 Hoffman unable to save 'em all Indians rally from four down in ninth by TOM HAUDRICOURT, Staff, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Cleveland - When Trevor Hoffman finally blew a save for the Milwaukee Brewers , he did it in spectacular fashion.

J.J. Hardy's sacrifice fly in the 11th inning was the difference, as the Milwaukee Brewers held on for a 9-8 win over Cleveland, completing a three-game sweep of the Indians.

Milwaukee Brewers' Trevor Hoffman, foreground, Yovani Gallardo, background left, and Braden Looper, right, throw during baseball spring training Sunday, Feb.

Prince Fielder's first career grand slam highlighted a 26-run and nearly four-hour game at Progressive Field where the Brewers scored six runs in the eighth to take a 14-12 victory from the Indians to open a three-game interleague set.

"Hells Bells" were quiet when Trevor Hoffman took the mound at Miller Park on Saturday, and so were most of the 44,100 fans at Miller Park.