PHILADELPHIA -- Padres outfielder Travis Jankowski had heard the stories about rookie hazing. The Padres rookie was familiar with the stories about rookie pitchers having to carry a Dora the Explorer backpack to the bullpen, arriving in the clubhouse with your street clothes missing and a Batman costume hanging in your locker and countless other discomforts.
That is until he arrived at Citizens Bank Park and his family came to town.
"I've never got a standing ovation during batting practice," said Jankowski, who had 77 family and friends arrive from his hometown of Lancaster Pa.