2007 Schedule Thread - Officially Released! (Update 9/28)

[Guest]

looks like another may road trip to SoCal!

[kaseyi]

Look here

http://houston.astros.mlb.com/hou/downloads/hou_home_sched_07.pdf

 

It does not list the Astros playing on August 9th a game against the Cubs. That should resolve the conflict with the Rockies on the same day.

 

Kasey

[UMFan83]

Look here

http://houston.astros.mlb.com/hou/downloads/hou_home_sched_07.pdf

 

It does not list the Astros playing on August 9th a game against the Cubs. That should resolve the conflict with the Rockies on the same day.

 

Kasey

 

Awesome, thanks!

[UMFan83]

Updated with the Reds schedule. Looks like we'll be opening and closing the 2007 at GAB (save a miraculous playoff appearence that is)

[kaseyi]

Updated with the Reds schedule. Looks like we'll be opening and closing the 2007 at GAB (save a miraculous playoff appearence that is)

You have the Reds wrong. According to their schedule, they are at Wrigley Sept 17, 18 and 19th (which you dont have)you have them in Cincy on Aug 27-29 which is not on their schedule.

(see http://cincinnati.reds.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/schedule/tentative.jsp?c_id=cin&year=2007)

 

Kasey

[UMFan83]

Updated with the Reds schedule. Looks like we'll be opening and closing the 2007 at GAB (save a miraculous playoff appearence that is)

You have the Reds wrong. According to their schedule, they are at Wrigley Sept 17, 18 and 19th (which you dont have)you have them in Cincy on Aug 27-29 which is not on their schedule.

(see http://cincinnati.reds.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/schedule/tentative.jsp?c_id=cin&year=2007)

 

Kasey

 

My bad, I got the Month wrong on one of them, and completely missed the other. Thanks for the heads up

[Mephistopheles]

http://cincinnati.reds.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/schedule/tentative.jsp?c_id=ana&year=2007#20060923

 

We're not playing the Angels.

[UMFan83]

If we're not playing the Angels or A's, then the other AL West team we are playing as got to be the Mariners

[otis89]

If we're not playing the Angels or A's, then the other AL West team we are playing as got to be the Mariners

 

Excellent deduction, Sherlock!

 

*post meant as humor. please do not take seriously.

[UMFan83]

If we're not playing the Angels or A's, then the other AL West team we are playing as got to be the Mariners

 

Excellent deduction, Sherlock!

 

*post meant as humor. please do not take seriously.

 

Well there is a chance the last team is from the AL Central because the desparity of teams from the AL West vs. the Central. The Pirates are dealing with something similar.

[Guest]

why do we have to play the stupid sox six times a year? that has gotten so old.

[UMFan83]

why do we have to play the stupid sox six times a year? that has gotten so old.

 

I agree, I almost wish we only played them every time we played the AL Central. The derby has lost its luster.

[J.R.]

Back in the day, I used to catch Harry's announcement of the next year's first game, then waited all winter for a pocket schedule to come in the mail to fill out the remainder of the slate.

 

This is way better.

[Mephistopheles]

Our home opener is against the Astros. So April 9-11 is against Houston.

 

Also, April 16-17 are home games against the Padres.

 

July 2-5 is against Washington

July 5-8 is against Pittburgh

Aug 24-26 is against Arizona

[UMFan83]

Our home opener is against the Astros. So April 9-11 is against Houston.

 

Also, April 16-17 are home games against the Padres.

 

July 2-5 is against Washington

July 5-8 is against Pittburgh

Aug 24-26 is against Arizona

 

OOC, Source?

[Mephistopheles]

I have a grid of the known schedules. All of the National League teams for the 9-12 are taken except for the Astros. The Astros home schedule has been announced, so they have to be games at Wrigley. The 9th may be a day off, ditto for the 12th. However most teams who have their home openers the second week start on Monday. The Cubs have done that several years in a row.

 

The slot for April 16-17 is the same. All of the teams are taken except for the Padres. They announced their home games, so they have to be games in Wrigley.

 

The other three are like that, but I don't know if they are home and away. I am 75% sure all three are home series because if not, the cubs will have quite a few 10 game road trips.

[UMFan83]

Wow thats amazing, your putting in more work then I am. I am going to put them on the schedule, but in italics, because they aren't confirmed officially (even though we know its going to happen) and the dates and locations aren't confirmed for all. Thanks!

[Mephistopheles]

Eh, I take that back, the Pirates, Diamondbacks and Nats series are probably on the road.

[kaseyi]

Our home opener is against the Astros. So April 9-11 is against Houston.

 

 

If your grid is correct...wouldn't the games probably be April 9th, 11th and 12th? Don't the Cubs usually take a day off after the opener (if the opener is on a weekday other than Friday) in case the opener is rained/snowed out?

 

They did this in 2000, 2001, 2003 & 2004, (2002, 2005 & 2006 were Friday openers)

 

 

Kasey

[Mephistopheles]

Good call, you're probably dead right on that one. Forgot about that.

 

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f189/kctigers23/cubsschedule1.jpg

 

There is an image of what I know.

 

Other things:

 

I am damn near certain that June 12-14 is going to be the Mariners series because June 12-14 and June 15-17 are interleague sets. The second set all of the teams in the ALW and ALC are taken and it looks like it's either San Diego at Wrigley or the Diamondbacks for the June 15-17. The Mariners and Indians are open for the 12-14, but that's fine.

 

Also it looks like the 12-14 will have to a four game series because of the offdays, which would imply that it would be the DBacks because we already have 2 home games against the Pads.

 

The Atlanta Braves have posted their Tentative '07 Schedule.

 

Cubs @ Braves April 18 & 19

Braves @ Cubs June 1-3

Cubs @ Braves June 7-10

 

That seems an odd setup and I wouldn't be surprised if it changed. The NL East is playing the AL Centra

 

From the looks of it, it looks like the Cubs will only gets 12 interleague games. This happened for all central teams in 2004

 

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/standings?type=vsdiv&br=3&year=2004&column=gamesBehind&order=false&st=2

[soccer10k]

Note: The NL Central supposedly will be playing the AL West in interleague play this year. On an A's blog, I found out that the A's will NOT be one of the teams that the Cubs play. However, according to the following link from a Pittsburgh paper, we will be playing the AL Central again: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06223/712802-63.stm

 

ARG. Why couldn't the Cubs play the A's this year (in Oakland obviously). Those would be guaranteed easy tickets to get.

[kaseyi]

Note: The NL Central supposedly will be playing the AL West in interleague play this year. On an A's blog, I found out that the A's will NOT be one of the teams that the Cubs play. However, according to the following link from a Pittsburgh paper, we will be playing the AL Central again: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06223/712802-63.stm

 

ARG. Why couldn't the Cubs play the A's this year (in Oakland obviously). Those would be guaranteed easy tickets to get.

The NL central might be playing the AL west, but the Cubs play the Sox in 2 series, therefore 2 of the AL west teams come off the schedule. The A's and the Angels just happen to be the lucky teams to miss the juggernaut that are the Cubs.

[Andy]

Note: The NL Central supposedly will be playing the AL West in interleague play this year. On an A's blog, I found out that the A's will NOT be one of the teams that the Cubs play. However, according to the following link from a Pittsburgh paper, we will be playing the AL Central again: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06223/712802-63.stm

 

ARG. Why couldn't the Cubs play the A's this year (in Oakland obviously). Those would be guaranteed easy tickets to get.

The NL central might be playing the AL west, but the Cubs play the Sox in 2 series, therefore 2 of the AL west teams come off the schedule. The A's and the Angels just happen to be the lucky teams to miss the juggernaut that are the Cubs.

Which is because they had to play the juggernaut that were the Cubs in 2004.

[Guest]

that April series in Atlanta looks very odd. a two game road trip? Are you sure about the two at home versus San Diego?

 

Also, I would pencil in the Giants in SF right before the series in Arizona.

[Mephistopheles]

Actually the Atlanta one makes sense. If you run through the possible series for the entire season, you'll notice that we get 9 games for Atlanta and there is NO room for a fifth interleague series. We're only getting Seattle, Texas and the two White Sox for 12 games. Usually we play 15, but this year (as we did a few years ago) it's 12. The extra three are taken by the Braves this season.

 

http://cincinnati.reds.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/schedule/tentative.jsp?c_id=cle&year=2007#20060923

 

Cleveland released theirs. We're not playing them. Yeah you can pencil in San Francisco for the week before the Arizona series because we know it can't be Colorado. We know when we're going there and it's flanked by two known series. I've actually 'penciled" in the entire season for the sake of being very very bored at 2 AM in the morning and being a bit of an insomniac.

 

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f189/kctigers23/cubsschedule2.jpg

 

The white non-italicized games are locks with locations unknown. The italicized are guesswork, and they're educated - I think.

 

It gives us 34 games against the East. 81 games against the central, 35 against the west and 12 interleague. I actually want to revise something. One of the four game sets with the Pirates is probably a four game set with the Marlins (September) or Nationals (July). But oh well.