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Thu May 19 06:21pm EDT

Dick Enberg interviews Padres legend ‘Dustin’ Hoffman

By 'Duk

Talk as much as a baseball broadcaster does each season and you're bound to confuse a few names here and there. It happens and it's understandable. It's part of the job.

That doesn't mean, however, that we can't crack a smile at the golden voice of San Diego Padres announcer Dick Enberg welcoming retired closer Trevor Hoffman(notes) to the booth — and saying the name of a seven-time Academy Award nominee for Best Actor instead. (He apologized for the mixup later in the broadcast.)

Listen to the clip yourself, courtesy of Gaslamp Ball:

I mean, c'mon, admit it: It's funny just hearing his great voice say Dustin Hoffman out loud and then picturing either Ben Braddock charging out to the mound as Hells Bells plays or, well ...

Send your own Trevor Hoffman in "The Graduate" (or Dustin Hoffman as major league closer) photoshops to bigleaguestew@yahoo.com and I'll post them here.

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