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Padres' Clint Barmes a willing mentor

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 IV

Clint 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.