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Mets 2009 Schedule

Gwreck Sep 17 2008 11:29 AM

No, I'm not deliberately looking ahead...but MLB did release the 2009 schedules for each team today. Highlights: Interleague games against the AL East. Home vs. MFYs and Tampa Road games at Boston, Baltimore and MFYs. Instead of an extra interleague opponent, we get an extra series against the Cardinals. Home opener against San Diego. Weekend road series in San Francisco, Boston, San Diego, Chicago, Washington and Philadelphia are all attractive travel options. April 6, 8-9 at CIN 10-12 at FLA 13, 15-16 vs. SD 17-19 vs MIL 21-23 at STL 24-26 vs. WAS 27-29 vs. FLA May 1-3 at PHI 4-5 at ATL 6-7 vs. PHI 8-11 vs. PIT 11-13 vs. ATL 14-17 at SF 18-20 at LA 22-24 at BOS 25-27 vs. WAS 29-31 vs. FLA June 1-4 at PIT 5-7 at WAS 9-11 vs PHI 12-14 at NYY 16-18 at BAL 19-21 vs. TB 22-25 vs. STL 26-28 vs. NYY 29-July 1 at MIL July 3-5 at PHI 7-9 vs. LAD 10-12 vs. CIN 13-15 All-Star Break 16-19 at ATL 20-22 at WAS 24-26 at HOU 27-30 vs. COL August Jul 31-Aug 3 vs ARZ Aug 4-5 vs. STL Aug 6-9 at SD Aug 10-12 at ARZ Aug 14-17 vs SF Aug 18-20 vs ATL Aug 21-24 vs. PHI Aug 25-27 at FLA Aug 28-30 at CHC September Sep 1-3 at COL Sep 4-6 vs CHC Sep 8-10 vs FLA Sep 11-13 at PHI Sep 15-17 at ATL Sep 18-20 vs. WAS Sep 21-23 vs. ATL Sep 25-27 at FLA Sep 28-30 at WAS October 2-4 vs. HOU

TransMonk Sep 17 2008 11:38 AM

Isn't this early? I remember in years past the schedule being pieced together bit by bit. Good to know ahead of time, though.

Gwreck Sep 17 2008 11:40 AM

Yes, it is early. In the past, some teams had released their schedules earlier than others. Guess MLB just standardized it this year.

bmfc1 Sep 17 2008 11:40 AM

Adam Rubin has a link to the schedule in Word: http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/mets/2008/09/mets-release-preliminary-sked.html

metirish Sep 17 2008 11:41 AM

] Sep 8-10 vs FLA Sep 11-13 at PHI Sep 15-17 at ATL Sep 18-20 vs. WAS Sep 21-23 vs. ATL Sep 25-27 at FLA Sep 28-30 at WAS These series loom large I think.

Benjamin Grimm Sep 17 2008 11:47 AM

I'll dread those twelve months from now. For the time being, there are 12 more games in this season's schedule to dread.

bmfc1 Sep 17 2008 02:14 PM

The Mets were @ Boston in '06 and they will be again next year. I thought that the next round of interleague play was supposed to be in the opposite location from the last round.

G-Fafif Sep 17 2008 02:16 PM

They could save the trouble and just list the final 17 games.

Benjamin Grimm Sep 17 2008 02:19 PM

I was hoping for a 145-game schedule this time around.

DocTee Sep 17 2008 04:53 PM

They open CitiField with a night game. A weeknight. Awful.

Frayed Knot Sep 17 2008 04:55 PM

Do we know the times of games from that list?

DocTee Sep 17 2008 04:58 PM

Marty Noble has a brief article on the Mets website that notes some of the games-- Opening DAY in Cincy, opening NIGHT at CitiF.

Gwreck Sep 17 2008 05:07 PM

="Frayed Knot"]Do we know the times of games from that list? The schedule that Adam Rubin posted has them. So many of them are subject to change however.

bmfc1 Sep 18 2008 05:44 AM

AZ opens with 18 out of the first 21 at home. That's quite an advantage, isn't it? http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/schedule/index.jsp?c_id=ari&m=4&y=2009

seawolf17 Sep 18 2008 05:54 AM

bmfc1 wrote: AZ opens with 18 out of the first 21 at home. That's quite an advantage, isn't it? http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/schedule/index.jsp?c_id=ari&m=4&y=2009 Yeah, but then they're on the road -- and all across the country, from New York to San Francisco -- for 26 of 35 from late July to early September, so it balances a bit.

bmfc1 Sep 18 2008 08:40 AM

bugsandcranks.com has this on the schedule: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yeah, I know the 2008 season is not over yet (except in places like the Bronx), but Major League Baseball has just released its 2009 schedule, and I’d like to make a few general comments, observations, and what the [fs]. * The Yankees are opening their new stadium against…the [f'in] Cleveland Indians? OK, fine, don’t open the House That A-Rod Built against the Red Sox. No big deal. But would it be so hard to open up against one of the other teams from this division? Ya know, the Rays, O’s or Blue Jays? No disrespect to Indians fans, but well, we kicked your team out of the American League East several years ago. You don’t deserve to open our stadiums. * The Mets are opening their new stadium against…the [f'in] San Diego Padres? You know who’s the National League version of the Cleveland Indians? The San Diego Padres (roughly). I got an idea – why don’t the Padres and the Indians play each other during these scheduled series, while the Mets and Yankees open their respective ballparks against each other? Again, would it really be that difficult to…ah, [f] it, Bud Selig is a moron. God forbid you launch billion-dollar stadiums with marquee games between teams with history. What history is there between the Indians and Yankees? Between the Mets and the Padres? The NFL wouldn’t have [f'd] this up. After all, who’d the Colts open against in their new stadium? That’s right, the Bears. * The Mets don’t play the Phillies at all in April, but then face them five times in seven days between May 1-7. Three of the games are in Philly, two are in New York. Now THAT is overkill.

AG/DC Sep 28 2008 11:37 PM

Disappointed not to close against Florida.

Nymr83 Sep 29 2008 12:01 AM

BMFC- i have no interest in opening a stadium with stupid interleague play, if anything i'd want to open with a traditional rival like the Cubs or Phillies

bmfc1 Sep 29 2008 03:24 AM

Nymr83 wrote: BMFC- i have no interest in opening a stadium with stupid interleague play, if anything i'd want to open with a traditional rival like the Cubs or Phillies I agree. I was quoting someone else. The beginning and end of the season should be against divisional foes... although the last series shouldn't be against Florida.

Vince Coleman Firecracker Sep 29 2008 05:12 AM

Only two west coast swings next year.