Postseason Schedule

by Reg on Sep 22, 2006 9:24 AM PDT

I apologize if this has been posted already but I'm trying to figure out the likely postseason schedule for the A's before tickets go on sale on Monday. I live in Chico and can't get to games easily.

From what I can tell it looks like (if the A's play the Tigers) the A's will be playing games 3 and 4 at home on 10/6 and 10/7. Is this correct?

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Who knows

We don't even know if the A's can manage to get the #2 seed. We're 1.5 games behind the Tigers for homefield advantage.

But in all likelyhood, since the Tigers and Twins play the the Royals and Orioles for 7 games a piece, we won't overtake them.

by Zonis on Sep 22, 2006 9:40 AM PDT reply actions

I'll be at Kauffman cheering...

on the Royals for the next 3 days!!!!!!

MEOW

by smith1051 on Sep 22, 2006 10:02 AM PDT reply actions

provide some good luck THIS time

we didn't do too great of a job during the doubleheader on "Black Friday."

B E L I E V E

"A's Brand Baseball: The worst best baseball you've ever seen!" -Chavvy

by ohtobe21likehuston on Sep 22, 2006 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions

Maybe not going afterall...

Might be heading to Manhattan for the Louisville game afterall.

MEOW

by smith1051 on Sep 22, 2006 11:42 AM PDT up reply actions

you don't want to see that

in the "Little Apple!" We have PLAYOFF caliber baseball going on for pete's sake.

Are you wearing your white "Clark Griswold" dress shoes that you got while at the Tampa Bay series?

"A's Brand Baseball: The worst best baseball you've ever seen!" -Chavvy

by ohtobe21likehuston on Sep 22, 2006 4:18 PM PDT up reply actions

Division Series schedule for Reg

I'm inferring that you've already seen this, but here is the generic schedule:

http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/schedule/ps_06.jsp

There are too many games yet to be played to come to any definite conclusions but this scenario seems likely:

The Yankees will finish with the best record in the AL. They will play in ALDS B against the wild card team. The Yankees will host Games 1, 2 and 5.
The A's will play the winner of the AL Central in ALDS A. If the A's have a better record than the AL Central winner, Games 1, 2 and 5 will be played at the Coliseum. However, right now it seems a little more likely that the AL Central winner will have a better record, so Games 3 and 4 would be at the Coliseum.
Based on prior years, the networks almost always choose to put the Yankees game on in East Coast prime time. It's entirely possible that ALL of the ALDS A games will be played in the daytime. Yep, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday games all starting at either 10 a.m. or 1 p.m. Pacific (for the games at the AL Central park) or 1 p.m. Pacific (for the games at Oakland).

Unfortunately, this is probably as much information as you will have to go on when the tickets go on sale on Monday.

by cynthia2003 on Sep 22, 2006 10:29 AM PDT reply actions

There would also be a possibility of a game in Oakland starting at 8 p.m. Pacific. This could happen if both the A's and an NL West team were scheduled to host a game on the same day. The late start has happened before; it was close to midnight when Ramon Hernandez laid down that bunt.

by cynthia2003 on Sep 22, 2006 10:51 AM PDT up reply actions

IIRC

The Yankees weren't playing that day. And remember, we were playing the Red Sox, another network darling.

Chicks dig Moneyball.

by Kelly on Sep 22, 2006 11:15 AM PDT up reply actions

my roommate

and I were going crazy during that game and I believe it ended after 1 CDT. Too bad there wasn't a documentary on some of the A's fans who watched that ending.

Not including the '89 WS... BEST. GAME. EVER.

"A's Brand Baseball: The worst best baseball you've ever seen!" -Chavvy

by ohtobe21likehuston on Sep 22, 2006 11:42 AM PDT up reply actions

Thank you, Cynthia

What you wrote is what I was thinking, but it helps to see it written out so clearly. I appreciate it.

by Reg on Sep 22, 2006 12:05 PM PDT up reply actions

Thanks Cynthia

It always boggled my mind why the Yankees would get a 6ish pm, Pacific start time at the expense of a West Coast team. If one thinks about it, all during the regular season, teams hosting a night game, usually start at 7 local time. It would logistically make more sense, for TV fans, and attending fans, if the playoffs more or less started at 5pm local time.

As it stands, they're
a) forcing East Coast fans to stay up later than usual
b) depriving West Coast fans of watching the regional team on prime time
c) imposing the Yankee game on the West Coast audience.

by Rickeyfan on Sep 22, 2006 12:30 PM PDT reply actions