Schedules

[jacksonianmarch]

For the sox...

 

The next 5 should be pretty easy.

1 at home vs KC

 

soft tossing lefty vs Tavarez with the series on the line? The Royals do have a passable bridge to Dotel (with Gobble and Soria) so the sox are gonna have to hit Perez hard. And with Tavarez struggling, who knows. I can tell you this, though, if Tavarez stinks up the jont against the same team that Gabbard shutout, I think Tito's decision gets easier once Schilling does return.

 

4 at home vs CWS

 

Granted, the CWS have the pitching capability to be solid, but they cant hit their way out of a paper bag. Also, you guys miss their ace in Buerhle. At home, you should win this series especially since Beckett and DMats will pitch and Tavarez will not.

 

4 at Cleveland

I call this the win-win series. So long as the yankees win, they will enjoy this series regardless of the winner. I just hope it is lopsided, maybe a sweep. Tavarez and your three hottest pitchers (Becks, DMats, and Gabbard) will throw that series, so it should be fun.

 

3 @ TB

they suck, something awful. Wake and Tavarez will headline this series, which will likely be the last turn of the rotation prior to Schilling's return and if I remember correctly, Timmy dominates the Rays.

 

Day off, then...

 

3 home vs Baltimore

3 @ Seattle

3 @ Anaheim

day off

3 @ Baltimore

3 home vs TB

day off

4 home vs Anaheim including DH

3 @ TB

3 @ CWS

day off

3 @ NYY

3 home vs Baltimore

3 home vs Toronto

4 @ Baltimore

3 home vs TB

3 home vs NYY

3 @ Toronto

3 @ TB

3 home vs Oakland

3 home vs Minn

 

You have 8 of the next 12 are vs sub .500 teams.

7 of the following 13 vs teams with .500+ records

Then, 13 straight vs sub .500 teams

And you finish with 9 of 15 vs .500+ teams.

 

The sox most comfortable stretch is at the beginning of september. Your most difficult stretch may be last 2 weeks of the season where you play the Yankees, Oakland, and Minnesota.

 

For the Yankees...

take a look at this schedule

It starts with 14 games in 12 days

2 home vs TOR

with Wang and Clemens going in the final two and Halladay out of the way, the yankees have a really good chance of sweeping

 

4 home vs TB with a DHer

The DHer will include DeSalvo and Igawa making that day potentially treacherous. It is home and the Rays pen does suck worse than ours does, but by no means is this your typicaly 4 game set vs the Rays.

 

4 @ KC

4 @ Baltimore, but this includes the continued game with the yankees up 2 in the 8th

 

then a day off

3 home vs CWS

3 home vs KC

3 @ TOR

 

Yes, that is correct, 23 consecutive games vs sub .500 teams.

 

Then is gets really rough...

3 @ CLE

3 home vs BAL

3 home vs DET

3 @ LAA

day off

4 @ DET

3 home vs BOS

 

16 of 19 games against not just .500+ teams, but all 4 teams currently occupying playoff spots. And 10 of those 16 games are roadies. This will be the litmus test. It is a great opportunity to gain ground on Boston and Cleveland, but could also be a huge crushing of our spirits right after such a beautiful time of nothingness.

 

BUT, we finish the season very nicely

 

3 home vs TB

3 home vs SEA

day off

3 @ KC

day off

3 @ TOR

3 @ BOS

3 home vs BAL

day off

4 home vs TOR

3 @ TB

3 @ BAL

 

of the final 28 games, 6 are against .500+ teams. Only 13 of those games are home games. BUT, we also have 3 days off mixed in (2 right around the KC series) which could let us set the rotation for the upcoming Boston series.

 

Either way, the sox schedule is much more balanced. The Yankee schedule has 2 easy pockets surrounding a god awful stretch. Should be fun.

[TheKilo]

If the Yankees want to make any noise in the division race they need to have it within 3 or 4 when they head into that awful stretch you described. As bad as the Sox have looked lately they should have a large enough lead to withstand any charge provided they have around a 5 game lead at that point.

[riverside sluggers]

How is a 4 game series at Jacobs Field easy? I was hoping the Sox would have a good homestand before making their way to Cleveland

[jacksonianmarch]

How is a 4 game series at Jacobs Field easy? I was hoping the Sox would have a good homestand before making their way to Cleveland

 

I never said anything about that. I said it is a win-win for me. The Yankees will be playing the scum of the league while the teams leading them in the WC and ALE will be squaring off 4 times.

[TheKilo]

BTW, KC is playing really well right now. Took 2/3 in both Boston and Detroit, and in the game they lost in Detroit fought back to tie it in the 9th.

 

That and the fact that Yanks suck on the road give me a glimmer of hope heading into this week.

[jacksonianmarch]

BTW, KC is playing really well right now. Took 2/3 in both Boston and Detroit, and in the game they lost in Detroit fought back to tie it in the 9th.

 

That and the fact that Yanks suck on the road give me a glimmer of hope heading into this week.

 

should be interesting. We are sending Clemens and Wang at them to start the series, and by the last game of the series, Karstens may be starting over Igawa, giving me some hope. Then again, it is the Royals. They cannot stay semi-hot forever.