The Sisterhood of the Traveling Jersey is a Gaslamp Ball community project that will chronicle the 2012 Padres season through the lives of their greatest fans and an old jersey.

Follow along as we travel to Dodger Stadium (and survive!)

#SotTJ

Orange, CA to Los Angeles, CA

When I first heard about the idea of the SotTJ I thought it would be a great way to get further involved in the Gaslampball Community. I’m a huge fan of the site and a follower of the Padres since I was a teenager listening to Uncle Teddy and The Colonel on the radio (790 AM?) starting in the ‘96 season. Living off at school in SLO followed by a re-location to Orange County I’ve felt rather isolated in my fandom over the past decade, but the blog has been a great avenue for connecting and commiserating with others.

An ominous indicator of things to come, I received the jersey Friday, April 13. I noticed that the jersey has been decorated with a few patches and pins and part of a beer coozy and starting to pick up a musky scent. Of course, no Padres paraphernalia is complete without a Randy Jones signature (on the back).

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I took a stab at what I believe our opening day roster will be (based on current roster).

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I'm antsy to see what happens over the next few days, one can only refresh MLBTR and check twitter so many times.  Part of the appeal of the lost season is the fact that we will potentially open up spots on the 25 man (and 40 man) for some of our guys in the minors.  Depending on what happens by Sunday, who are you most excited to see finishing out this season at the major league level?  Is it giving Guzman 150-200 ABs?  Bringing Rizzo back and plugging Blanks in LF every day (assuming Ludwick is gone)?  Sliding Bass or LeBlanc into the rotation to take Harang's spot?  Calling up one of the numerous relief arms to take Adams and/or Bell's spot(s)?

I've taken an early stab at what I forecast as the Padres 25-man opening day roster.  Let me know what you think.

SP

1)     Latos

2)     Richard

3)     Harang

4)     Stauffer

5)     Luebke/Potential Pick-Up, i.e. Bonderman, Millwood

RP

6)     Adams

7)     Bell

8)     Frieri

9)     Gregerson

10)  Kontos Qualls

11)  Moseley

12)  Thatcher

C

13)  Hundley

1B

14)  Hawpe

2B

15)  Hudson

SS

16)  Bartlett

3B

17)  Headley

OF

18)  Ludwick

19)  Maybin

20)  Venable

Bench

21)  Zaun/Johnson/Quiroz

22)  Denorfia

23)  Cantu

24)  1 of Frandsen, Patterson, Hoffpauir, Petit, Salazar

25)  1 of Frandsen, Patterson, Hoffpauir, Petit, Salazar

Last Cuts/AAA

26)  Luebke (if free agent starter picked up)

27)  Cabrera (Cabrea)

28)  Cunningham

29)  The left-over catcher

30)  Who the fcuk is Mike Baxter?

31)  Durango

With the first of September right around the corner I am looking forward to seeing who we'll be bringing up for the remainder of the season.  I'd like to see a couple of the bats from Double-A make the jump to see some big league pitching, but it's hard to think they'll sacrifice playing time for the young guys already on the squad.  There was some mention of going to a 6-man rotation.

Who does everyone think will be called up?

How do you think Bud will get PT to people?

Do you think the Padres are concerned that AB's and IP will accumulate toward arbitration time?

Is anyone going to the Padres/Dodgers series this weekend?  I've never been up to a game at Chavez, but am interested in attending one of the games, most likely Thursday.  Any advice on good seats, where to buy tickets, and where to park?

Oh yeah, are the Dodgers fans as unruly as people say?

Thanks.

Shane McCullough

75 words is too much, I will have to work on adding fluff to meet the required fan post requirements.

I'm thinking about getting mlb.tv so I can follow the games in Orange County.  Is this a better option then the On-Demand through Direct TV?  I don't have dish, so I may be limited to only this option.

Also found it funny on the demo for mlb.tv that one clip is Joe Thatcher giving up a homerun to Ryan Howard and the other is A-Gon striking out.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.  Thanks.

Hello, new to the forum, Padres fan since the mid-90's.  Living up in Orange Couny and trying to get my fix online.  I was wondering what people think the projected opening day 25-man roster might be.  My thoughts below:

2009

Starters

1. Peavy (R)

2. Young (R)

3. Baek (R)

4. Correia (R)

5. LeBlanc (L) or Reineke (R) or Geer (R)

Relievers

6. Bell (R) - CL

7. Meredith (R)

8. Hampson (L)

9. Worrell (R)

10. LeBlanc (L) or Reineke (R) or Geer (R)

11. Britton (R)

12. Nova (R)

Catchers

13. Hundley (R)

Infielders

14. A-Gon (L)

15. Eckstein (R)

16. L Rodriguez (S)

17. Kouz (R) – Pot’l DL

Outfielders

18. Giles (L)

19. Gerut (L

20. Headley (S)

Bench

21. Hairston (R)

22. Blanco (R)

23. Burke (R)

24. Cabrera (S)

25. E-Gon (R)