Sunday August 21, 2011 will be remembered as a historic day in the Padres franchise.  Along with 40,000 passionate Padres fans, I cheered on the ceremony at Petco Park as Trevor Hoffman's number was offcicially retired.  The Pre-game ceremony had everything from Padres legends to a classic car.  With a huge Friarhood group in attendance for an event that fans will never forget, the #51 was unveiled on top of the batters eye in center field.  

I'm sure the press box was full on this momentous day, with that said, I wanted to pass along some links for Padres fans.

Bernie Wilson of the Associated Press writes,"In the end, the Padres threw Trevor Hoffman a changeup."

Bill Center of the San Diego Union-Tribune wrote, "Heath Bell blew a save Sunday and called it “fitting.”