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Mets Schedule 2018

bmfc1 Sep 07 2017 07:29 PM

It's due any day but this could be it. Then again, maybe it's a dummy schedule. Either way, it's more fun than looking at the standings: [tweet:2ghhz24s]https://twitter.com/CityCynic/status/905821860666814464[/tweet:2ghhz24s]

G-Fafif Sep 07 2017 07:35 PM Re: Mets Schedule 2018

"HEY," said the 2017 schedule, "I'VE STILL GOT GAMES! AND SEATS! GOOD SEATS! PLENTY! AVAILABLE!" First thing that jumps out at me on what appears to be the magnetic schedule they will give away on the final Sunday (which is not Closing Day in the Home or actual sense) is the Mets are in Canada on the Fourth of July next year. Why the Mets hate America, other than they lose a lot here, I do not know.

seawolf17 Sep 07 2017 07:38 PM Re: Mets Schedule 2018

Two two-game midweek Jays series, both bookended by off-days. Expecting crossing the border to be more difficult next year, I guess.

HahnSolo Sep 07 2017 07:42 PM Re: Mets Schedule 2018

7 of the final 20 games at home against the Marlins.

G-Fafif Sep 07 2017 07:44 PM Re: Mets Schedule 2018

No September series vs Reds for first time since 2012. That's been weird for five years running.

bmfc1 Sep 07 2017 07:46 PM Re: Mets Schedule 2018 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Sep 12 2017 01:32 PM

Open and close the road schedule @WSH. Late trip to BOS, too.

Edgy MD Sep 07 2017 07:55 PM Re: Mets Schedule 2018

First thing that jumps out at me is the first two Friday nights are empty. That's great if you're Orthodox, but ... .

bmfc1 Sep 07 2017 08:01 PM Re: Mets Schedule 2018

Edgy MD wrote: First thing that jumps out at me is the first two Friday nights are empty. That's great if you're Orthodox, but ... . You're right. That's a weird by-product of a Thursday Opening Day and then opening the WSH home season the following Thursday (please do not let rings be part of that day).

Frayed Knot Sep 07 2017 08:05 PM Re: Mets Schedule 2018

More 'that's kind of weird' observations -- Three trips to Atlanta: April - May - June

Benjamin Grimm Sep 07 2017 08:14 PM Re: Mets Schedule 2018

Wait... WHAT? We have to do this again in 2018???

Centerfield Sep 07 2017 08:15 PM Re: Mets Schedule 2018

Lots of pretty good roadtrips there: 1. May 12-13 in Philly. 2. Memorial Day: Milwaukee/Chicago 3. Labor Day: San Francisco! 4. Third Weekend in September: Washington to watch the Mets clinch!

themetfairy Sep 07 2017 08:18 PM Re: Mets Schedule 2018

Centerfield wrote: Lots of pretty good roadtrips there: 1. May 12-13 in Philly. 2. Memorial Day: Milwaukee/Chicago 3. Labor Day: San Francisco! 4. Third Weekend in September: Washington to watch the Mets clinch! Milwaukee is an unexpectedly lovely place to watch baseball. The stadium is nice and the fans are congenial and knowledgeable. Plus they have sausage races.

G-Fafif Sep 07 2017 08:26 PM Re: Mets Schedule 2018

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Wait... WHAT? We have to do this again in 2018??? There is a Judgment City feel to this a la the verdict Albert Brooks's character feared in Defending Your Life, having to go back and start over.

Ceetar Sep 07 2017 08:55 PM Re: Mets Schedule 2018

extra 4 off days built in, per CBA. makes things a little weirder than usual. NL East makes for a few potential road trips even with the young-uns. Though already sorta planning to be in Buffalo in May and Houston/Beaumont in fall so who knows if I have the time. Toronto? Boston? July 4th week is an awkward one to get away perhaps. The Mets play in Colorado 22nd of June and then don't leave the tiem zone again until the end of August. Included within that is a three week stretch at 'home'.

bmfc1 Sep 12 2017 04:11 PM Re: Mets Schedule 2018

Yup, that is the accurate schedule for 2018.

Benjamin Grimm Sep 12 2017 04:16 PM Re: Mets Schedule 2018

Two regular season games in March, I see. I have a feeling that Citi Field might be awfully cold on March 29.

Frayed Knot Sep 12 2017 04:56 PM Re: Mets Schedule 2018

Let's see if they're brainless enough to schedule that first Saturday game at night.

Ceetar Sep 12 2017 05:21 PM Re: Mets Schedule 2018

Frayed Knot wrote: Let's see if they're brainless enough to schedule that first Saturday game at night. I'm sure they will. TV drives everything. AVG temp increases by about 3 degrees a week through March/April. So making the season start 2 days earlier is worth about a degree. imperceptible. Maybe a miniscule increase in snow possibility too? And in at least half the cities the temperatures are warmer than that anyway.

G-Fafif Sep 12 2017 05:22 PM Re: Mets Schedule 2018

They do a handful of 4 PM Saturday starts in the course of the season. This would be a good time to do one of them. 1 PM would be better, but let's not go crazy here with taking fan comfort into account.

metirish Sep 12 2017 05:51 PM Re: Mets Schedule 2018

I honestly can't get pumped at all about the Mets in 2018

Centerfield Sep 12 2017 05:58 PM Re: Mets Schedule 2018

I think 2018 can be great. They have a good base of players, financial flexibility, and a smart team in place. If they are funded, the Mets can snap right back into contention. Gotta fire Barwis though.

Benjamin Grimm Sep 12 2017 06:02 PM Re: Mets Schedule 2018

metirish wrote: I honestly can't get pumped at all about the Mets in 2018 Me neither, but I'll get there by March 29, I'm sure. Especially if the Mets have a productive winter. (I certainly HOPE they have a productive winter.)

Frayed Knot Sep 12 2017 06:42 PM Re: Mets Schedule 2018

metirish wrote: I honestly can't get pumped at all about the Mets in 2018 Well sure, not while there's so much of this season still to go!!

Centerfield Sep 12 2017 06:50 PM Re: Mets Schedule 2018

Oakland A's are also home Labor Day weekend 2018. Anyone looking to visit stadiums can watch the Mets visit SF, then see Oakland later that same weekend.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Sep 13 2017 02:38 PM Re: Mets Schedule 2018

I'm not seeing a big family road trip in '18 (we typically travel in July or August), unless we Make America Great by spending July 4 in Canada. Skydome is a dull stadium that also plays dull (few extra base hits, predictable turf) but Toronto is a great city in many other respects.

Lefty Specialist Sep 13 2017 03:05 PM Re: Mets Schedule 2018

Rogers Centre does kind of suck. It's like a giant basketball arena with a baseball field in the middle instead. But yeah, Toronto is nice. Tentatively planning that SF trip over Labor Day, though, and weekend trips to see Lefty Jr in April and September in DC. Maybe not September if they're 30 games out, however.

Ceetar Sep 13 2017 03:09 PM Re: Mets Schedule 2018

oh man, so close. I may/probably will be in Buffalo on 5/13. The Mets play the Blue Jays 5/15 but at home. boo.

bmfc1 Sep 29 2017 02:30 PM Re: Mets Schedule 2018 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Dec 26 2017 01:51 AM

https://metsinsider.mlblogs.com/mets-to ... 64152570=1 So that's one Sunday night game accounted for but (IIRC) in '18 it started at 7 PM, not 8 PM, and the Phillies lose the home game, not the Mets.

bmfc1 Dec 19 2017 09:00 PM Re: Mets Schedule 2018

Some of the ESPN Sunday Night Schedule has been announced and so far, it doesn't screw up any home dates: http://espnmediazone.com/us/press-relea ... ng-lineup/

Ashie62 Dec 20 2017 04:58 AM Re: Mets Schedule 2018

March 29? COLD!

Frayed Knot Dec 26 2017 01:42 AM Re: Mets Schedule 2018

Two regular season games in March, I see. I have a feeling that Citi Field might be awfully cold on March 29. Let's see if they're brainless enough to schedule that first Saturday game at night. I'm sure they will. TV drives everything. AVG temp increases by about 3 degrees a week through March/April. So making the season start 2 days earlier is worth about a degree. imperceptible. Maybe a miniscule increase in snow possibility too? And in at least half the cities the temperatures are warmer than that anyway. Well at least the March 31st game -- 1st Saturday of the year, 2nd game of the season -- is sked for 1:10 rather than at night. In April it turns out that only one of the four Saturdays is at home (Apr 14 vs Brewers) and that one is dumb-ass-edly slated for a night start The others are one day game (@ Nats - Apr 7, 1:10) and two at night but those at least are in Georgia (4/14 - 7:10) and SoCal (4/28 in Sandy Eggo, 5:40 local time)

Edgy MD Feb 16 2018 04:24 PM Re: Mets Schedule 2018

Check out that super homestand wrapping around The All-Star Break in July. A travel day off on July 5, even though they are only coming down from Toronto, 10 days of home games, a four-day All-Star Break, a three-game road trip-that-isn't against the Yankees, followed by three games hosting the Padres. Take advantage, Mets. That's like three solid weeks of waking up in your own bed. Well, except for Harvey.

seawolf17 Feb 16 2018 04:42 PM Re: Mets Schedule 2018

Edgy MD wrote: Well, except for Harvey.

Frayed Knot Mar 14 2018 05:41 PM Re: Mets Schedule 2018 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Mar 14 2018 07:59 PM

Taking a closer look at the schedule as a whole, I find it's about as good as can be hoped for concerning late night games. The SD road games (late April) fall on a weekend so only the Friday game is a 10:10 start and that's not even a school night so I'm allowed to stay up later. Saturday moves up to 8:40 EDT and Sunday is at 4:10 The mid-June road trip (15th - 21st) is going to be the tough one for east coast viewing: - it starts with four games in Phoenix 9:40, 9:40, 10:10 (Thur - Fri - Sat) then 4:10 on Sunday, and is immediately followed by a Mon-Thurs four game set in Denver: 8:40, 8:40, 8:40, 3:10 And finally there's the usually dreaded SF-to-LA trip starting on Aug 31st, but that begins on the weekend so only Friday by the bay is late [10:15, 4:05, 4:05] and the Dodger series falls over Labor Day giving us an 8:10 holiday Monday start, followed by 10:10 but then an unusual 7:35 get-away-day kick-off on Wednesday. Besides, we might even have the division sewn-up by then. In addition, moving over to the Central time zone, four of the ten games @ Cubs or @ StL or @ Milwaukee are day games, giving us just six more starts (not counting the ESPN-SNB affairs) that are post-8:00 So, particularly after last year's deal of having to face both the NL & AL West squads, this year is a helluva lot better with only four times where they drop the puck after 10:00 and never twice in the same series. Then there are two other post-9:30 starts and four more that get underway after 8:30

Nymr83 Mar 14 2018 05:49 PM Re: Mets Schedule 2018

I actually like the 10 pm starts as they are the only ones I can guarantee I will be able to relax and watch without threat of imminent interruption

Frayed Knot Mar 14 2018 06:58 PM Re: Mets Schedule 2018

Which is fine if you can, a) stay up past 1:00 AM, and then, b) still get enough sleep to be able to get to whatever you need to go the following morning. And the real problem isn't the occasional 10:10 start but those weeks where there were four, five, sometimes six in a row, or last year when there were around a dozen games overall which started that late. Those situations are the real killers for east coast folks and I'm betting most of them would opt for four late starts/year rather than 10 - 15

G-Fafif Aug 22 2018 10:44 PM Re: Mets Schedule 2018

HEY! OVER HERE! I STILL HAVE 37 GAMES LEFT!