2009 schedule: we'll find out early what this team is made of

by JJ on Sep 17, 2008 11:06 AM PDT

MLB posted the tentative 2009 schedule - the A's will be hoping to repeat last night's feat of beating John Lackey and the Angels, not in Oakland, but in Anaheim. The A's open in Anaheim and close with the Angels in Oakland. April will be brutal if the team is trying to find itself:

4 at Anaheim
3 Seattle, 3 Boston
3 at Toronto, 3 at Yankees
3 Tampa Bay
3 at Texas

That said, we have a wonderful interleague schedule as the A's draw the NL West. Unfortunately, the rest of the AL West draws the NL West (though the Rangers get Houston as their rival game).

3 vs Arizona
3 at SF, 3 at LA, 3 at SD
3 vs Colorado, 3 vs SF

July is also a brutal month:

1 vs Detroit
3 at Cleveland, 3 at Boston, 3 at TB
4 vs Angels, 3 vs. Twins
3 at Yankees, 4 at Boston

If the A's can survive April that will be a positive sign and should set them up to thrive against the NL. If we're still in a contending position through July, Beane would have good reason to make trades to improve the club.

There are a lot of question marks for the 2009 team - we should quickly get answers in April!

See schedule here

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Man is that friggin sweet..

Games at Petco and Dodger Stadium down here…..and a weekend July series in the new Yankee Stadium. Awesome stuff.

Bring back Hammer.

by OaktownPower on Sep 17, 2008 12:19 PM PDT 0 recs

I'll be in SD for school

But unfortunately that SoCal roadtrip is right when finals end. I’ll be down there when the A’s are at SF, and I’ll be up here when they’re down in SD.

by danmerqury on Sep 17, 2008 12:24 PM PDT up 0 recs

You haven't set your class schedule yet ...

forget academics … pick only classes with early finals!

"It's for your own good. Big strong Devo knows whats best for Poppy" -- Mossback

by devo on Sep 17, 2008 12:26 PM PDT up 0 recs

Haha.

We already picked classes last April, sadly.

by danmerqury on Sep 17, 2008 1:00 PM PDT up 0 recs

You pick classes for an entire year? That's weird.

by thejd44 on Sep 18, 2008 10:21 AM PDT up 0 recs

Nah, just for the fall quarter.

We’ll pick classes for winter and spring quarters later.

by danmerqury on Sep 18, 2008 3:48 PM PDT up 0 recs

Later start (and finish) than in recent years

For those planning spring training trips, the first exhibition game figures to be on Thursday, March 5, based on recent scheduling patterns. This year, the first game was on February 28. The spring training schedule usually isn’t posted until close to Thanksgiving.

by Soaker on Sep 17, 2008 12:29 PM PDT 0 recs

Isn't the WBC next year?

That’s probably the reason for the late start.

"Their batters are patient to the point that it's annoying." -Ryan Franklin

by Helloooo 1st on Sep 17, 2008 2:16 PM PDT up 0 recs

Korach said February 28 in Maryvale

at least that is what I thought I heard. I also heard that ST would last longer next year. Too bad WBC isn’t in Phoenix. That was fun.
btw- did you vote for Bill King today?

"And sometimes, when it seems like all hope is gone, Life tosses you a special gift of a baseball game" . 7/10/08 BaseBallGirl headline

by LongTimeFan on Sep 17, 2008 3:06 PM PDT up 0 recs

Not a good schedule from an attendance perspective

NYY, Boston and San Francisco are all weekday games. We only get NYY and Boston once.

Oh well, next year was going to be a down year for attendance anyhow. It will also probably still be a rebuilding year. Might as well get this type of schedule (from an attendance perspective) out of the way while rebuilding.

by uci anteater on Sep 17, 2008 12:45 PM PDT 0 recs

The new Yankee Stadium

on my birthday (Apr 21)…hmm

Donations can be made to…

I'm here to talk about the past.

by 67MARQUEZ on Sep 17, 2008 12:56 PM PDT 0 recs

The A's are in NY

the same day Rickey enters the Hall, too (Jul 26). Nice.

I'm here to talk about the past.

by 67MARQUEZ on Sep 17, 2008 1:05 PM PDT 0 recs

A's in KC on my birthday

Maybe I’ll make a weekend roadtrip to Kansas City….

Oooh, and two weekend trips to LAAAAAAA in 2009! Finally, I think I’ll be able to go to a game there!!

There's no crying in baseball!

by gigglingone on Sep 17, 2008 1:07 PM PDT 0 recs

Come visit! It's always fun!

[tries to forget about losing TWO doubleheaders]

But he came back. And there was much rejoicing.

by Jennifer on Sep 17, 2008 1:47 PM PDT up 0 recs

Oooooh, I could go to KC and meet Jennifer!!!

I’ll bring you all sorts of A’s stuff from Oakland. :)

There's no crying in baseball!

by gigglingone on Sep 17, 2008 7:09 PM PDT up 0 recs

SOME tickets prices are going down...

http://oakland.athletics.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20080917&content_id=3495303&vkey=pr_oak&fext=.jsp&c_id=oak&partnerId=ed-1953208-55419865&source=ed-1953208-55419865

And more seats available for two bucks on Wednesdays…

Give them some credit for trying to make it cheaper.

by Dr Pez on Sep 17, 2008 1:23 PM PDT 0 recs

Changes made to Dollar Wednesdays

According to that article, EVERY Wednesday will be a dollar Wednesday. This will include games against the Red Sox, Yankees and Giants (we play them in a mid week series this year).

Also, the Dollar Wednesday sections will be expanded to include the Plaza Infield sections.

Field Level Outfield tickets will be going down from $30 to $26.

I guess the A’s are at least trying.

by uci anteater on Sep 17, 2008 11:30 PM PDT up 0 recs

I guess they finally found the point at which demand becomes elastic

cocky whacko @('.')@

by monkeyball on Sep 18, 2008 9:21 AM PDT up 0 recs

In this marketplace

[Crosby] "Guy that has driven in some big runs for the A's over the years" - Vince Cotroneo

by WaddellCanseco on Sep 19, 2008 1:22 AM PDT up 0 recs

Why in the world do they have the A's facing the Giants at home on a Mon-Wed?

Followed by hosting Colorado over the weekend?

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by Flashfire on Sep 17, 2008 1:37 PM PDT 0 recs

Hmm, press release says

“Colorado’s Rockies-who were crowned National League champions in 2007-visit Oakland for three weekday matchups June 26-28.”

But that’s still Fri-Sun for that series.

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by Flashfire on Sep 17, 2008 1:41 PM PDT up 0 recs

we also get

The 2001 ML champs, the 2002 NL champs, the 1998 NL champs, and the 1988 ML champs. We’s stacked in 2009, baby!

by jdr on Sep 17, 2008 5:26 PM PDT up 0 recs

They prob figure that

enough fans of both teams will fill the stadium for the A’s-Giants, no matter if it’s a weekday or weekend, while your more casual fans are apt to go to weekend games.

And of course that is just a 6am theory; I don’t really have any proof.

I'm here to talk about the past.

by 67MARQUEZ on Sep 18, 2008 6:17 AM PDT up 0 recs

September

Doesn’t seem too brutal. I guess that’s a positive?

"Their batters are patient to the point that it's annoying." -Ryan Franklin

by Helloooo 1st on Sep 17, 2008 2:18 PM PDT 0 recs

Petco Park

I had a great time watching Zito try to bat last time the A’s were in town – When do tickets usually go on sale? I’d like to get good seats for the San Diego games.

Sir Dan

by SirDan on Sep 17, 2008 2:35 PM PDT 0 recs

Heh

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by Flashfire on Sep 17, 2008 3:27 PM PDT up 0 recs

This was on a swing

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by Flashfire on Sep 17, 2008 3:27 PM PDT up 0 recs

haha

i loooove those pictures of him attempting to be a big bad hitter. Ya know, I kinda like him..alot still. oh well. tough schedule to start with…..boooooy..I can’t wait for baseball to begin again and it hasn’t even ended..well technically it hasn’t but it’s been “over” for awhile!

by ilovegregsmith on Sep 19, 2008 3:59 PM PDT up 0 recs

Those games were SO MUCH FUN lol. I especially liked the day game that turned into an evening game complete with the 14th inning stretch and an A’s win due to a walk with the bases loaded.

by drmmerchk on Sep 17, 2008 6:11 PM PDT up 0 recs

Yeah, I had to leave that one in the 10th inning...

…because it was about 4 PM and I had to get home at a reasonable hour for work the next day. As it was, traffic was crazy getting out of San Diego and I ran into more through Los Angeles, as expected, and I didn’t get home until around midnight.

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by Flashfire on Sep 17, 2008 6:23 PM PDT up 0 recs

What? No trip to Japan?

Awww, man!

Closest they come to here in N.C. is a midweek trip to Baltimore in August. Blah!

by FormerHuntsvilleStar on Sep 17, 2008 4:24 PM PDT 0 recs

.619 winning percentage

Just read this and it floored me. The A’s have a .619 winning percentage when scoring more than 1 run in a game. Not more than two runs, but just scoring 2 runs a game we are 70-43.

This floors me for two reasons.

#1. I knew our offense was bad, but we have played 37 games (27 1-run and 10 shutout), or just about 1/4 where we have only scored 1 run or less. (’07 that was 22 games, 06 about 17 games).
#2. If we could just get one more run a game theoretically or ceteris parabis that would be 16 more wins from 1-run games.

I know this is all theoretical, but my point is, one more run doesn’t seem like a whole lot to improve on for next year (unless you’re scoring 1 or fewer in 25% of your games).

by Eggman on Sep 17, 2008 5:07 PM PDT 0 recs

Wow

I wonder how that stacks up with the rest of the league? Probably Top-5.

by Colorado Fan on Sep 19, 2008 10:18 AM PDT up 0 recs

Holidays....

Home on Memorial Day….Road on July 4th…Off Day on Labor Day….

There's no crying in baseball!

by gigglingone on Sep 17, 2008 7:10 PM PDT 0 recs

I hear there's a

champagne bath around Halloween

I'm here to talk about the past.

by 67MARQUEZ on Sep 17, 2008 7:58 PM PDT up 0 recs

you want the biggest draws nyy bos gia weekdays.

perfect sched. don’t forget dodgers and chisox coming to cactus league 09. plan for traffic and tix ahead of time.

owner of a lonely tarp

by oakath on Sep 18, 2008 8:45 AM PDT 0 recs

The White Sox have been in the Cactus League for a long time now

by thejd44 on Sep 18, 2008 10:24 AM PDT up 0 recs

correct. moving from tucson to glendale.

owner of a lonely tarp

by oakath on Sep 18, 2008 3:04 PM PDT up 0 recs

Two trips to Chicago next year

4 game in early June and 2 in September. Hopefully next year I’ll be able to get to more than 1 game.

by thejd44 on Sep 18, 2008 10:24 AM PDT 0 recs

A'S IN SD?

ROAD TRIP.

Enjoy the game

by DCinWC on Sep 18, 2008 11:10 AM PDT 0 recs

Isn't Interleague play planned?

I was under the impression that they rotated the divisions in a 3 year cycle.

IE: in 2005, the NL Central played the AL East, in 2006 the NL Central played the AL Central., and in 2007 the NL Central played the AL West.

So, since the A’s just played the NL Central last year, and the NL East this year, wouldn’t the NL West make sense? Someone want to clear this up for me?

by VORP is too nerdy on Sep 20, 2008 11:05 PM PDT 0 recs