Getaway Day

by jscape2000 on Aug 22, 2007 6:51 PM EDT in Events

It's another evening getaway day for the Yankees, and I'm bracing myself to hear John Sterling complain about how the Yanks can never play a day game like the rest of the league.

So I went through the rest of the schedule to see how many getaway days each team has left and how many of them are day games.

I did not distinguish between night games followed by a day off and consecutive games, and I didn't count the last game of the season.

Here's what I came up with:

Angels: 8/8
A's: 7/8
Blue Jays: 4/9
D-Rays: 7/10
Indians: 7/8
M's: 8/8
O's: 3/7
Rangers: 3/9
Red Sox: 4/8
Royals: 6/9
Tigers: 4/7
Twins: 5/7
White Sox: 6/7
Yankees: 1/8

As much as I hate to agree with Mr. Sterling, he seems to be right.
I'll have to do this for next year's schedule during the offseason when I have more time and energy to eliminate some of the variables like makeup games and travel days.

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In completely unrelated news....

it looks like the Yanks will catch a break against the Tigers because Gary Sheffield is likely OUT for the series.

http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070822&content_id=2163741&vkey=news_det &fext=.jsp&c_id=det

by anaconda on Aug 22, 2007 7:05 PM EDT 0 recs

Sunday night baseball

Probably accounts for a few of them.

The Yanks are quite popular with the folks over at ESPN.

by matthaggs on Aug 22, 2007 7:37 PM EDT 0 recs

2

This Monday in Detroit, and a few Sundays from now against Boston.

"Have faith in the Yankees, my son. Think of the great DiMaggio."

by jscape2000 on Aug 22, 2007 7:43 PM EDT up 0 recs

If you recall the yankees

play Boston, A-Rods homer in the 9th against Anus Face, that game was over at 1 am, then fly to Chicago for a game monday. I think Kay said the team didn't get to the Hotel till 5 or 6 am. Yanks lost. The Red Sox had Monday off. Bull shit

by Mr Farley on Aug 22, 2007 8:25 PM EDT 0 recs

true

...but I would guess that MLB scheduling did its best to even these out over the year for every team. Just because that one sticks out doesn't mean that scheduling isn't even (or doesn't even out over a period of a few years, at least.)

"It's great to be young and a Yankee"

by stillmonster on Aug 22, 2007 8:36 PM EDT up 0 recs

That specific one didn't hurt them too bad

because if I recall correctly, the Yanks went on a tear after that night in Chicago with a long win streak.

by anaconda on Aug 22, 2007 8:39 PM EDT up 0 recs

they did

but its giving a game away after a big win.

by Mr Farley on Aug 22, 2007 8:48 PM EDT up 0 recs

They schedule for ratings...

I think on ESPN they also brought up the fact about the yankees play more night games than anyone. One game does this example means anything, but what if the year comes down to 1 game. Red Sox played the next series at home after a day off, yankees travel.

by Mr Farley on Aug 22, 2007 8:47 PM EDT up 0 recs

if

the season did come down to one game, about 300 different things could be pinpointed that could have won one extra game..... but I do understand the frustration.

"It's great to be young and a Yankee"

by stillmonster on Aug 22, 2007 8:51 PM EDT up 0 recs