Key dates on 2011 schedule
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Key dates on 2011 schedule
Matt Gelb, Inquirer Staff Writer
In the midst of a pennant race, we look ahead to next season. The Phillies announced their 2011 schedule late Tuesday night and here are some highlights:
-- The season begins on a Friday, a new idea by Major League Baseball. The Phillies open up at home on April 1 against Philadelphia South (Houston) at Citizens Bank Park. Roy Halladay vs. Brett Myers?
-- The season ends just as this one does, in Atlanta. The Phils are there Sept. 26-28, 2011.
-- Interleague opponents are Boston, Texas and Oakland at home. The Phillies will travel to Seattle and Toronto. The Toronto series (July 1-3) is Roy Halladay's return trip to his former city that was supposed to happen this season. But because of the G-20 Summit, the games ended up being played in Philadelphia.
-- You'll notice the Phillies have one fewer Interleague series than normal. Instead, they will make two trips to St. Louis.
-- Perhaps the most important part of the schedule when it comes to strategy is that the Phillies play just 10 home games in September.
-- The longest road trip of the season is a 10-day West Coast swing that takes the Phillies to Colorado, San Francisco and Los Angeles from Aug. 1-10.
For the complete schedule, click here.
No yankees? Hopefully lee is still on the rangers so he can come to philly, get his standing O, then throw a shutout. Maybe theyll give him a standing O when he bats so he can hit a homerun.— xMikelaw19
Comment removed.- All right! Less interleague and more NL! Also, glad to see we're playing the A's. We should do that every year. Bring back the A's to Philly!— everydayguy
- Exactly Philly_Mike. The schedule is unbalanced and unfair. The Phils get Boston every year and getting STL twice is obvious b.s.— gluteman
- It's a joke that they do not play the Orioles every year. I actually enjoy interleague, but the guidelines they use in determining matchups every year is completely inane.— UncleEddie
- UncleEddie couldnt agree more...i would much rather play the Orioles than the BlueJays every year...especially with all that young talent on Baltimore...i dont care that we played eachother in 93 world series anymore— PhillySports23
- Motley Crue— bobbyd24
Interleague is worn out like old sneakers at this point. Pirates took 2 of 3 from the Braves. It didn't really hurt the Phils. And UncleEddie - how is it a more natural matchup for the O's to play the Phils with the Nats 30 minutes away? When Canada's other team moved to our nation's capital, Jays/Expos went away. Beltway Battle sounds more appealing than reprising '83.— Doctor D
gluteman: The schedule is unfair to everyone who has to play the Phillies. xmike: Cliff Lee is a pu$$y who wants #1 starter money even though he refused to go on short rest in the World F-ing Series like Sabathia did. Halladay and Oswalt won't punk out, they are true aces. The Phillies have two aces this season as opposed to none in the seasons before...can you say CHAMPS again! When your #3 starter is a former WS MVP you have a pitching staff.- gluteman: The schedule is unfair to everyone who has to play the Phillies. xmike: Cliff Lee is a pu$$y who wants #1 starter money even though he refused to go on short rest in the World F-ing Series like Sabathia did. Halladay and Oswalt won't punk out, they are true aces. The Phillies have two aces this season as opposed to none in the seasons before...can you say CHAMPS again! When your #3 starter is a former WS MVP you have a pitching staff.
- On the other hand, the Phillies get to play Seattle, which is not the most challenging of opponents. Not only that, but I actually get to see them play. It's a lot less expensive to travel 180 miles each way than 3000 miles.— judas_priest
- 10 home games in September.. totally unfair— righty
- I love it. This season's not over yet and the whiners are already compalining about next year.— RichG
- We will crush them all.
- Orioles used to be our regional interleague game every year and Expos played Toronto. Now Baltimore plays DC and we play the Blue Jays as our regional interleague games????— phillyccgwm
