Mets Schedule 2011

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

Detroit on June 28, 29 and 30, with the last a Thursday day game! Come on over and have some fun!

[bmfc1]

Every Thursday home game but two is a day game. 9 weekday starts at either 12 or 1.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Make your reservations now for the JCL Birthday Road Trip Spectacular in Pittsburgh!

[bmfc1]

Fman99 wrote: Does anyone know when the spring training schedules are released? The Fman family is looking at a March 2011 sojourn to Port St Lucie for Fboy's birthday, among other destinations...

The Cardinals and Braves have announced their ST schedules, which means that we know 11 games of the Mets schedule:

http://www.springtrainingonline.com/features/master-schedule.htm

[bmfc1]

In the regular season schedule, some of the Saturday times have been changed for FOX. The ESPN schedule includes a dreaded Sunday night game at PHI.

[Guest Edgy DC]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Make your reservations now for the JCL Birthday Road Trip Spectacular in Pittsburgh!

Excellent.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Edgy DC wrote: John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Make your reservations now for the JCL Birthday Road Trip Spectacular in Pittsburgh! Excellent.

Yeah, we're really doing it too.

[Willets Point]

I was thinking of taking Baby Willets on a road trip this season with Pittsburgh one of the possible destinations.

[Ceetar]

metsguyinmichigan wrote: Detroit on June 28, 29 and 30, with the last a Thursday day game! Come on over and have some fun!

I have an internet friend (Not you, unless you've been running a really intricate joke on me for years) in Michigan and I've been contemplating this as an excuse to visit. mid-week makes it tougher as I'm already taking a trip to Spring Training and debating a Boston visit.

STILL no work on a lot of official Mets dates/times. pitchers and catchers, Opening Day start time (and location?).

[batmagadanleadoff]

Willets Point wrote: I was thinking of taking Baby Willets on a road trip this season with Pittsburgh one of the possible destinations.

I'd like to do a road trip to Pittsburgh. What's the deal with those famous Primanti's sandwiches? I'd guess that an order of large fries packed into a sandwich is gimmicky schlock, but they're so popular.

[G-Fafif]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Willets Point wrote: I was thinking of taking Baby Willets on a road trip this season with Pittsburgh one of the possible destinations. I'd like to do a road trip to Pittsburgh. What's the deal with those famous Primanti's sandwiches? I'd guess that an order of large fries packed into a sandwich is gimmicky schlock, but they're so popular.

Cole slaw also packed in there. The mythology as I understand it is Primanti's customers included truckers who needed to eat with one hand while driving.

Or maybe it's that Pirates fans always want to keep one hand free to dial for World Series tickets, 'cause they're an optimistic, multitasking bunch.

[Fman99]

Fboy and I might also be able to sojourn out to Pittsburgh that weekend.

[batmagadanleadoff]

G-Fafif wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: Willets Point wrote: I was thinking of taking Baby Willets on a road trip this season with Pittsburgh one of the possible destinations. I'd like to do a road trip to Pittsburgh. What's the deal with those famous Primanti's sandwiches? I'd guess that an order of large fries packed into a sandwich is gimmicky schlock, but they're so popular. Cole slaw also packed in there. The mythology as I understand it is Primanti's customers included truckers who needed to eat with one hand while driving.

Well then why stop at fries and slaw? Why doesn't Primanti's dip the entire sandwich in a tub of coca-cola to top it off?

[G-Fafif]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: Willets Point wrote: I was thinking of taking Baby Willets on a road trip this season with Pittsburgh one of the possible destinations. I'd like to do a road trip to Pittsburgh. What's the deal with those famous Primanti's sandwiches? I'd guess that an order of large fries packed into a sandwich is gimmicky schlock, but they're so popular. Cole slaw also packed in there. The mythology as I understand it is Primanti's customers included truckers who needed to eat with one hand while driving. Well then why stop at fries and slaw? Why doesn't Primanti's dip the entire sandwich in a tub of coca-cola to top it off?

Garnish with Pepcid and you'd be set.

[Ceetar]

May 1st and July 10th (Phillies, Giants) will be on ESPN Sunday Night Baseball.

http://www.espnmediazone3.com/us/2011/01/12/espn�s-sunday-night-baseball-early-season-schedule-features-rivalries/

[Frayed Knot]

Nothing like taking a game out of the sunshine on the 1st of May in the northeast and, instead, making it run until nearly midnight.

[Gwreck]

Now, if only television viewers would just want to leave behind the sunshine of a May afternoon for their television sets as well...

[bmfc1]

The July 10 game being at 8 PM means a shorter All Star break (assuming that they're returning to the east coast) for the 15 Mets not named to the All Star Game. For the 10 Mets that will be on the team, plus Terry Collins named as a coach because of the Mets fantastic first half, being in SF means a comparatively shorter flight to the game in Arizona.

[G-Fafif]

bmfc1 wrote: The July 10 game being at 8 PM means a shorter All Star break (assuming that they're returning to the east coast) for the 15 Mets not named to the All Star Game. For the 10 Mets that will be on the team, plus Terry Collins named as a coach because of the Mets fantastic first half, being in SF means a comparatively shorter flight to the game in Arizona.

It's a travesty how many deserving Mets Bruce Bochy is leaving off the N.L. team. How can he overlook Ollie's league-leading 38 holds?

[Gwreck]

I was surprised to see the Mets draw that Sunday night game prior to the all-star break again. The basic agreement with the players' union prohibits a team from playing in that particular slot more than once for the period 2007-2011, "except as shall be necessary to fulfill existing contractual or promotional commitments to ESPN."

Note that they were last playing this game in 2008, when travel time to the All-Star game was minimal.

[G-Fafif]

Opening Night in Miami has been penciled in for 7:10. Two previous openers the Mets played there were late-afternoon daytime affairs. I'm assuming the date (4/1) being a Friday has something to do with the scheduling...as might the host being the Marlins, who take the fun out of everything.

[Ceetar]

G-Fafif wrote: Opening Night in Miami has been penciled in for 7:10. Two previous openers the Mets played there were late-afternoon daytime affairs. I'm assuming the date (4/1) being a Friday has something to do with the scheduling...as might the host being the Marlins, who take the fun out of everything.

Stupid fish.

the season also ends on a weekday day game.

I'm thrilled for the no day off after Opening Day though. that's always the worst day of the year. I might even ahve an Opening Day party.

[G-Fafif]

First time I can remember the Mets not "protecting" the Home Opener either with an off day. I assume that has something to do with it being a Friday, not that it can't rain on April 8.

ETA: Thinking harder (and checking), Mets skipped the off day after the Home Opener in year when they opened on a Friday, which hasn't been in a long time, but it's not unprecedented.

In 1997, they were going to Home Open on a Friday but when they realized the other NY team was doing that the same day (both started the season on the West Coast), they pushed their own opener to Saturday -- and were rained on for their troubles. Thus their Home Opener became a Home Opener Doubleheader with little fanfare (saving it up for Jackie Robinson Night) and two losses.

1997 would get better, but at 3-9 it started brutally.

Edited January 13, 2011 by Guest

[Ceetar]

G-Fafif wrote: First time I can remember the Mets not "protecting" the Home Opener either with an off day. I assume that has something to do with it being a Friday, not that it can't rain on April 8.

yeah, probably easier to schedule a double header on Saturday.

or really, no one goes to the games down there so they could just give everyone tickets to Saturday.

[G-Fafif]

As "ETA" noted above, Friday openers in the (distant) past were not weather-protected. Plus, it's the Nationals. They come back every other week, more or less, for six months.

[Ceetar]

bah, I misread Home Opener as opener.

but same story, yeah. Nationals will likely be back. 4:10 does seem like a weird start though, although it does mean I can get aweay with just taking a half day at work.

[Gwreck]

The "protection" for the home opener is why the next day's game (Saturday) is a night start (discussed elsewhere in another thread).

[G-Fafif]

Gwreck wrote: The "protection" for the home opener is why the next day's game (Saturday) is a night start (discussed elsewhere in another thread).

That's putting two and two together -- but unfortunate nonetheless.

[Frayed Knot]

Mets play a total of Four 1:00 Saturday home games this year.
Three others are FOX 4 PM games
All others are at night.

[Valadius]

You know, I just took a look at this, and I'm disappointed to see that we're not at home on September 21. We are at home on September 11, however.