2009 schedule released

by DSheppard on Sep 17, 2008 1:47 PM CDT

Mainly noteworthy to mention that the Rangers will open at home.
The April schedule would seem to be fairly light,which is nice. Though obviously we don't know who will really be good yet, only late may/early june jumped out at me with a bunch of NYY/Boston, which just never seems to go well.

"ARLINGTON -- The Rangers are opening the 2009 season at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington.

Texas will open its season with an afternoon game on Monday, April 6 against the Indians, the schedule released on Wednesday revealed. It's just the second time in nine years the Rangers opened at home. Rangers owner Tom Hicks spoke earlier this season with Commissioner Bud Selig about opening at home in 2009.

The Rangers home schedule also includes visits by the Astros, Dodgers and Padres during Interleague Play, and two trips each by the Red Sox, Rays, Twins and Blue Jays. The Yankees come to town just once on May 25-27. The Dodgers will be here June 12-14, followed by the Astros on June 16-18. The Padres come to town on June 26-28."

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no trip to Colorado?!?!

When I moved to Boulder the Rockies took on the AL East in interleague, and then the AL Central, and I was eagerly awaiting this new schedule so I could go see a Rangers game, but NO. No trips to play the Rockies…will probably have to wait another three years. I was all set to buy tickets to every game Texas played in Denver. Just a major disappointment on my end. I’ll have to feed my live baseball fix by watching games of a team that is neither good nor my own. Lame.

by naropean on Sep 17, 2008 2:04 PM CDT 0 recs

likely in 2010

Since the NL West has more teams than the AL West.
.Padres and Dodgers in 2009. And two of the D’backs/Giants/Rockies in 2010

by chrisR on Sep 17, 2008 3:15 PM CDT up 0 recs

The FAA has asked...

that no Rangers games be played in Colorado until they can work out a plan to deal with the danger to air traffic caused by our bats.

by bking on Sep 17, 2008 3:30 PM CDT up 1 recs

36 of the Rangers’ last 58 games in 2009 will be on the road.

The home-heavy first half is a double-edged sword, but then the Rangers really can’t afford another to have another terrible April that completely saps the enthusiasm out of the fan base, so with all things being equal you have to appreciate the heavy share of first-half home games.

And besides that, I don’t think the Rangers want another home-loaded September with about 15,000 showing up a night.

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by Joey Matschulat on Sep 17, 2008 2:20 PM CDT 2 recs

That would just be depressing all around

and we have seen first hand how fun it is playing at home in the second half is, especially when you are already well out of any playoff race.

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by Gdawg1 on Sep 18, 2008 8:37 AM CDT up 0 recs

rangers open at home?

wow.

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by Longhorn on Sep 17, 2008 2:38 PM CDT 0 recs

I AM THER FOR SURE

I have already told the boss im not working that day!!!!

by thad728 on Sep 17, 2008 2:40 PM CDT up 0 recs

No gimmicky games overseas to start the season?

Dreaming of 2009

by RangerMoto on Sep 17, 2008 2:40 PM CDT 0 recs

Damn,

I was already planning to make a trip to Taiwan.

by chrisR on Sep 17, 2008 3:16 PM CDT up 0 recs

NYY visit three games during week

i think this is an every year occurrence, but i am too lazy to check

why only three games?

why weekday? although one is memorial day…

i found 21 games i want, so hopefully ticket draw will be easy for me this year

by sam in so cal on Sep 17, 2008 2:42 PM CDT 0 recs

One Pro, One Big Con

Pro – The home opener will be on Opening Day. Sweet!

Con (and con job) – Interleague play. Pardon the interruption, but I’m really tired of wasting a home series against the Astros when there’s NL teams from the divisions we’re playing that we’re not seeing. I loved seeing the Phillies this season. I’m definitely looking forward to the Dodgers series next season.

What I’m pissed about is that our other NL West home stand is against the Padres. They suck this year and they’re peeping over the precipice at the Grand Canyon of Suck for the next few years. Out of five teams in the NL West, we drew one good one for a home series. ONE. We don’t even see Colorado either home or away next year.

The Rangers and Astros unrivalry is the lamest invention in interleague play. Houston fans don’t give a toss about what the Rangers do. We don’t give a toss about the Astros. If the whole point of interleague play is going to be to expose fans to teams that they wouldn’t normally see, why punt an entire series where we could see Lincecum, Cain and Sanchez or the Rockies?

Opening Day will be awesome, though.

by Mister Naxal on Sep 17, 2008 2:44 PM CDT 0 recs

C'mon

Rangers/Astros “rivalry” lame?
What about the Rays/Marlins?

by chrisR on Sep 17, 2008 3:19 PM CDT up 0 recs

They are both lame

You can’t manufacture rivalries just because the teams are close together geographically. Are games against Houston really any more meaningful than ones against the Brewers?

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by DaheelzCM on Sep 17, 2008 3:24 PM CDT up 0 recs

Well yeah

there is the Silver Boot. Folks live and die with the Silver boot.

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by DJCahill on Sep 18, 2008 9:23 AM CDT up 0 recs

+1

It’s up there with Fear Factor.

Did Ben survive the hurricane?

by Chase Irwin on Sep 18, 2008 9:25 PM CDT up 0 recs

tell that to McLane

I think he feels differently about that whole “not caring about the Ranges” thing.

By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
-The Outlaw

by Gdawg1 on Sep 18, 2008 8:41 AM CDT up 0 recs

Sharky cares

and therefore vicariously Adam cares, so vis-a-vis you care (as do we all).

by bushe on Sep 18, 2008 9:41 AM CDT up 0 recs

75-87

Book it.

"Over the last 15 months, we’ve traveled to every corner of the United States. I’ve now been in 57 states" - Barack Obama

by DaheelzCM on Sep 17, 2008 2:44 PM CDT 0 recs

Season ticket deposit

Why would anyone pay this? It doesn’t guarantee you anything and it’s not like there is a run on those tickets.

"Over the last 15 months, we’ve traveled to every corner of the United States. I’ve now been in 57 states" - Barack Obama

by DaheelzCM on Sep 17, 2008 2:53 PM CDT 0 recs

Printable Schedule from DMN

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/img/09-08/0918rangsked.pdf

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by txranger7 on Sep 17, 2008 3:05 PM CDT 0 recs

I will be going to my first Rangers game come next year,

I just haven’t figured out what series I want to see. Im thinking maybe NY but I’d rather see the rangers play Seattle or the Angels because I hate those teams with a passion.

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by NYTXFAN on Sep 17, 2008 3:07 PM CDT 0 recs

alright

now i need to see next year’s frisco schedule so i can see a rr game and ranger game on the same weekend at least twice

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by gossamer on Sep 17, 2008 3:09 PM CDT 0 recs

I REALLY ike the schedule

i think its really important for the Rangers to start out next year on a good note.

In April we get to open at home and in the whole month of April we play ONE team above .500, and that wont be until we play the blue jays at home on the 21st

We only have to make one trip to Boston instead of us playing there 7 times this year, we dont see the Angels until May 15th at home.

"Tommy Hunter will be the best pitcher on the Rangers in 2009" Me- August 14th, 2008

by Seth. on Sep 17, 2008 3:28 PM CDT 0 recs

Shit...

I was really hoping the Rangers would get the Giants in Arlington so I could use that as an excuse to get my dad, who’s a big Giants fan, to take a trip out with me for the first time to RBiA.

Now I have to find another reason to drag him out there.

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by slc ranger on Sep 17, 2008 5:11 PM CDT 0 recs