The San Diego Padres hosted their annual Fanfest celebration on Saturday and it was notably different from past celebrations. Regretably missing activities on the playing field and in the clubhouse, they also choose not to list any of the players, coaches or alumni participating so that fans had no choice but to line up for autographs without knowing who would be showing up to sign their memorabilia. This approach prevented fans from getting specified items signed and left everything to chance.
In past events, fans received a schedule when entering the park that listed all activities, where they were located and all Padres participating in the autograph sessions.