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Watch: A tour of Chicago Cubs' new, comfy clubhouse

Imagine going to work and having a chef prepare you breakfast, lunch and dinner and then you getting some food to go for your family because it's so good.

While you're there, you can take some hydrotherapy, get in a workout and play some air hockey or video games.

If you did well on your job that day or night, you could celebrate with some smoke, music and lights.

Welcome to the new world of the Chicago Cubs.

The Cubs came home this week to their new Wrigley Field clubhouse, a 30,000-square-foot dressing room medical center, health club and game room that just might require a new term for "state of the art."

As jaw-droppingly luxurious as it all may be, there's still the little matter of going out every day on 102-year-old Wrigley Field and winning baseball games.

Team president of baseball operations Theo Epstein said Tuesday all of these amenities, in addition to other factors, push the Cubs further in that direction.

"We're not all the way there with our baseball building," Epstein said. "We like the progress that we've made. We're not all the way there with the restoration of Wrigley Field, and we're not at the finish line with our business plan, either, but in all three areas, we feel that with a lot of teamwork and a lot of hard work and the support of ownership, we're making significant progress.

"It's getting us closer to where we want to be, which is obviously celebrating a World Series in a new ballpark with a healthy and thriving business side as well."

The Cubs' new digs seem especially striking because of the contrast with the old facilities, which covered about 9,000 square feet.

The players' locker area was narrow and cramped. When the Cubs became a good team, there was no room to move before and after games because of the crush of media members.

The new locker area is circular, with the diameter being 60 feet, 6 inches, the distance from the pitcher's mound to home plate.

Interestingly, shape mattered as much as size when it came to designing the new clubhouse.

"We decided to go with a circle, because in a circle setup, all the positions are equal," Epstein said. "Just as the way we run the club and the way our players operate, there's no one player who has a loftier position or loftier stature than any other player. They're all equals. They're all teammates.

"With a circle setup, it's the same way with the lockers. There's no better position than another one. There's no corner locker. There's nowhere to hide. You can see all 24 teammates by looking around, turning our head in a circle clubhouse."

On even more practical terms, the enlarged medical and training facilities will permit injured player Kyle Schwarber to do his entire rehab in Chicago, instead of him having to travel to the Cubs' facilities in Mesa, Arizona, according to the Cubs.

Under manager Joe Maddon, the Cubs love to celebrate victories. They're able to do that in a small disco-like area not far from the dugout, which allows the players to enjoy their music without messing up the new main clubhouse.

"I love the celebration," Maddon said. "I think it's a big part of the camaraderie of the group. You're not discrediting anybody else. It's just about your group having a good time. Never permit the pressure to exceed the pleasure. All of that stuff is encapsulated in that one particular room.

"I love it, another great thought of the people putting it all together."

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