Fan Fest: Tour of the Clubhouse

by jbox on Feb 14, 2012 4:15 PM PST

We took the clubhouse tour once again at Padres Fan Fest. In the hallway they have the picture of Orlando Hudson spanking Jason Bartlett framed and signed on the wall. It's a weird moment to commemorate to say the least. Like I get that it's sexy but it's also fundamentally bad baseball.

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The weight room looks like it got a new paint job. Now there are inspirational quotes on top of the walls. If those don't do the trick they have a corner stocked with "supplements" and what looks like boxes of herbal teas.

In the massage room they have a big bird cage in the corner. Usually when I want to relax and get a deep tissue massage I want to hear running water or an Enya album, not a squawking bird.

In high school I used to call over to Dex's house and ask him what he was doing and he'd say he wasn't doing anything. In the background I'd hear laughing and whistles. I always suspected that he was having a party that I didn't get invited to. That may have been true but years later I found out that he had parrots that made most of the laughing and whistling noises.

I asked one of the employees who was trying to keep the line moving what the deal was with the bird cage and he said it was for canaries. Dex asked, "So this clubhouse is like a coal mine where they have canaries to test for toxic gases?" I've seen what baseball players eat, I bet there are plenty of toxic gases in there once they start to get really relaxed during a massage. So I can understand the safety concern.

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yeah parrots

definitively parrots you heard, not his true friends.

"Over? Did you say "over"? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!"

by Ron Mexico on Feb 14, 2012 4:32 PM PST reply actions

i was giggling so much when i saw that spanking picture

i think the guy in front of me thought i was laughing at him (?). cory luebke was in the clubhouse when we were walking through.

"i kinda feel like nevin and klesko were some fling we (the padres) had in the past and now realize were a bad idea and are embarrassed about."

by freelunch on Feb 14, 2012 5:04 PM PST reply actions

I don't often comment, but when I do I prefer to deliver semi-accurate information.

I believe I read this in those propaganda magazines that they pass out at the games, but I’m not sure.

At any rate, I read somewhere that Todd Hutchinson (at least I think it was Todd) has a pet bird that he takes with him to the ballpark. The bird is his buddy and it keeps him company while he gives massages…and stuff.

If I can dig up any additional info on that I’ll update this thread.

PS – Congrats on 7 years. I really do check this site almost every day, though I don’t read the comments much.

by wait till next year on Feb 14, 2012 5:17 PM PST reply actions

On this blog

the comments are , like, 90% of the fun!

Should really read through them more often. I understand the hesitancy- I hate and usually regret reading comment sections on most sites. But its different here.

Scowling at Padres Losses since 1981

by Nater Tater on Feb 14, 2012 8:38 PM PST up reply actions

Man we do 90% of the writing and we're 10% of the fun

We’re really inefficient apparently.

by jbox on Feb 14, 2012 9:44 PM PST up reply actions

meh

the 90% number was the same source who gave Bob Nightengale his numbers on the Padres TV contract, so take that FWIW.

The point I was trying to make is that we should all try to be more frequent contributors to this blog.

Scowling at Padres Losses since 1981

by Nater Tater on Feb 15, 2012 6:52 AM PST up reply actions

But we comment too...

So the 5% of the commenting that we do actually makes up 98% of the quality comments. So we get 10% fun from the posts and 88.2% of fun from the comments, which comes out to 98.2% of the fun.

by Dex on Feb 15, 2012 7:39 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs

You don't need to defend yourself.

We all know you’re a big contributor to this blog.

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"jbox does not drink coffee, as it makes him clean house big time." ~Kev

by TheThinGwynn on Feb 15, 2012 10:00 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs

Alright, just like I announced last year at the beginning of the season

I will try to comment more often. Maybe I’ll even buy a gaslampball t-shirt and see what happens when I wear it to a game. Part of me fears getting called out for it in the real world, but I guess that’s part of the thrill too.

Thanks to Hormel backing up my foggy memory of Todd’s bird.

by wait till next year on Feb 15, 2012 10:19 AM PST up reply actions

Todd Hutchison and Buddy

On the other hand, you have different fingers.

by Hormel on Feb 15, 2012 12:27 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs

That's terrific.

The love in his face is downright heartwarming.
I’m glad I’m a fan of the team that lets this happen.

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"jbox does not drink coffee, as it makes him clean house big time." ~Kev

by TheThinGwynn on Feb 15, 2012 10:04 AM PST up reply actions

Spanking Picture

Anyone else notice that it is Tony Gwynn Jr. as a Dodger sliding into 2nd base in the picture?

by Padscharg on Feb 14, 2012 8:03 PM PST reply actions

The best part of the club house!

The pics posted were cool, but I really dig the main clubhouse area….

by Dirty.B on Feb 14, 2012 9:58 PM PST reply actions

I'm surprised you got a clear picture from this vantage point

When I got here, the guy was telling me to keep it moving. Must have thought I was going to try stealing mail from their cubbyhole.

Why ask a failed romance to come watch your successful one? You know, that's like inviting the Seattle Mariners to a World Series game. It's just weird for everyone.

by Friar Fever on Feb 15, 2012 8:33 AM PST up reply actions

It was kinda weird...

The line was moving so fast. It was like they were just trying to make you walk from the outside of the park to the inside of the park as quick as possible. Even if I stopped, I wouldn’t have cared if people behind me kept going… there was plenty of room.

by Dex on Feb 15, 2012 11:31 AM PST up reply actions