SignOnSanDiego.com · Aug 20, 2015
Padres' Clint Barmes a willing mentor
AdChoices The Padres' Clint Barmes is congratulated in the dugout after he hit a home run in the eighth inning.
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The Padres' Clint Barmes is congratulated in the dugout after he hit a home run in the eighth inning. Hayne Palmour IVClint Barmes wants innings at shortstop.
That was the case more than a decade ago when an aging Desi Relaford and Royce Clayton showed an early-20s infielder the ropes in Colorado at the potential expense of their playing time. That’s the case now in San Diego, where the tables have turned for the 36-year-old Barmes, now the aging veteran assisting the very youngsters hoping to steal his playing time.