It's not the end-all, take-it-to-the-bank schedule, but it's the almost-certainly-locked-in schedule for 2011. Among possible foul ups of this released version include:
The D-backs, meanwhile, are less certain at this point about when their regular season will start. Major League Baseball, the Players Association, the D-backs and Giants are formulating what could be a two-game series at Taiwan in late March that would officially open the season for both teams.
Unless that happens, the season will begin Thursday March 31 with five games which I find a welcome relief from the lone late night highlight season opener game. Especially when said game was a terribly typical four-hour snore fest between the Yankees and Red Sox. The earlier start was done so that the playoffs would be scheduled to complete before the calendar turns to November. Kudos on that one, Selig.
The Red Sox do open their home season against the Yankees and MLB.com's Mark Newman had to add that:
For Boston fans unaccustomed to being on the outside looking in during the last month of this injury-riddled season, that new, pure 2011 season can't arrive soon enough.
That struck me as incredibly funny. How quickly the Red Sox as perennial contender became the zeitgeist. You're not the Yankees, Boston. Don't kid yourself.
For the Mariners, they start on the road at Oakland on 1 April and open Safeco on Friday 8 April against Cleveland. The NL East is next season's interleague opponent and so the Phillies and Braves come to Seattle and the Mariners travel to Washington and Florida.
Not that anyone remembers, but before this season began I remarked during a podcast on how many off days the Mariners had scheduled in the middle of home stands. Unimportantly, that number is down to just two for 2011.
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Awesome, I get to watch the Mariners in Miami again
Alexander Calloway - September 14, 2010
Get your tickets early!
JonBBT - September 14, 2010
Early on the day of the game?
Robert Lintott - September 14, 2010
YES! An April weekend series in Kansas City
I’ll get to go to more than one game next season!
Corco - September 14, 2010
I wish the Mariners opened the season at home
Starting on the road nearly guarantees that you get some craptastic starter for the home opener.
doublemazaa - September 14, 2010
We had a really long run of season openers at home
It’s our turn to pay back
Corco - September 14, 2010
If your team's #2 or #3 starter is craptastic
then you have bigger problems to worry about
Matthew - September 14, 2010
Seriously! And at fucking Oakland? Woopty fucking do.
Grrrrr….
sanford_and_son - September 14, 2010
...iffeeeeeeeeey!
JLProck - September 14, 2010
Wow.
Hahaha
sanford_and_son - September 15, 2010
This looks fun.
- First two series against Oakland and Texas to kick off the year. Last two series against Texas and Oakland to close…….just like this year.
- May seems to be our annual nosedive month. If it continues, we’ll have early warning as to how it happens. After May 9th there’s a stretch of 16-straight games without an off-day, 12 of which are on the road, 5 vs. the Twins. Next off-day: May 26th.
- After they enjoy the May 26 off-day with that stretch they get a 20-straight game marathon before the next off-day on June 16th. Wonder how big our bullpen will be by then?
- We do have five consecutive Thursday off-days however! (July 28, Aug 4, 11, 18, 25)
- July 19-27 looks like an early candidate for most difficult road-trip (Toronto, Boston, New York). The road trip is surrounded by games against Texas and Tampa Bay.
I hope our team is significantly more interesting next year.
ThundaPC - September 14, 2010
They reduced the intra-homestand off days on your suggestion
Like the Windows commercials.
lemonverbena - September 14, 2010
Hi my name is Matthew and this shitty ass season was my idea.
Robert - September 15, 2010
Nothing gets me pumped up for a new season like a road series in Oakland.
Benne - September 14, 2010
I like this move to start the season on Thursday - Friday.
Actual good move by Selig. Now lets get rid of the divisions, bring back the balanced schedule and make the first round a seven game series.
Jack Swan - September 14, 2010
I can't decide what I think about opening at home against the Indians
That’s a really really boring series, but maybe the excitement over having home baseball again will lift it up above the acceptability threshold.
Jeff Sullivan - September 15, 2010
Winning these games would make them much less boring as well.
Hopefulmsfan - September 15, 2010
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