Walking into the Padres clubhouse is like stepping into a testosterone-fueled, sweaty man cave.

Were fictionalizing that stuff as needed.

The Padres team in the show will not be correlated to how the Padres are doing in real life.

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Despite going to great lengths to keep the show realistic, all involved stress thatPitchisnt just a sports show.

Inside the Trojan horse is a story about a woman finding her place in a mans world.

Eventually well even get to the fact that shes a black woman on the mound, Barclay says.

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(Fogelman notes the character wasnt written with race in mind.)

So theres a lot of story to tell.

We can do this for about 10 years.

Pitchdebuts Thursday, Sept. 22 at 9 p.m.