Red Sox Release 2011 Schedule

by Ben Buchanan on Sep 14, 2010 8:55 PM EDT in News

The Red Sox have released their schedule for next season. Let's take a look at some of the highlights.

Boston will open the season on the road on April 1 against the Rangers, giving the Sox some warm weather to start the year before they head right back north to Cleveland. The Sox will once again open Fenway with a set against the Yankees, and then segue right into a series against Tampa Bay. Talk about some early AL East action!

The first West Coast road trip comes right after the first homestand, as the Sox visit LA and Oakland from April 19-24. They don't head out there again until mid-August, and then just for a quick series against Seattle.

The last 30 days of the season include six games against the Yankees, and seven against the Rays, so any close race in the East will be up-for-grabs.

It looks like a relatively easier NL schedule this year, though obviously that can change over the next few months. The Sox will play host to the Cubs, Milwaukee, and San Diego before hitting the road to take on Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, and Houston.

The Sox have an 11-day homestand from April 30 through May 9, and a pair of 10-day road trips from June 7 - June 16, and the aforementioned run against the National League.

And here's all your Yankees and Rays games:

Yankees: vs. April 8-10, @ May 13-15, @ June 7-9, vs. August 5-7, vs. August 30-September 1, @ September 23-25

Rays: vs. April 11-13, @ June 14-16, @ July 15-17, vs. August 16-17, @September 9-11, vs. September 15-18

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The season opens on a Friday.

That better be a night game, but even if it isn’t, it’s easier to miss school or work on a Friday.

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by BoldandBrash on Sep 14, 2010 8:57 PM EDT via mobile reply actions

Ah the advantages of being self-determining.

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by Ben Buchanan on Sep 14, 2010 9:00 PM EDT up reply actions

I hate when we open with the Yanks.

Those games are already so much fun… and so is the opening series a lot of fun by itself. I don’t like them combined.

How does San Diego work into the schedule there…? Isn’t it NL Central?

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by alskor on Sep 15, 2010 2:23 AM EDT reply actions

Good point.

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by Bloggy on Sep 15, 2010 8:11 AM EDT up reply actions

Yankees early again

It bothers me how MLB basically whores out the Sox/Yankees come up with some buzz early in the season. This year was the worse, when they actually deprived the loyal and avid Sox fans of opening day by putting the game on at 8PM for the national broadcast. With the game on a Friday night, not a good TV night, I’m guessig the game won’t be picked up by the national brodcasters, but I can easily see the game being a night game to garner more ad revenue for NESN.
A quick look at the schedule for 2011 has me in Pittsburgh in June to visit family and take in some games on the cheap. I’m guessing I can fly to Pittsburgh and go to a game there for about what it would cost to go to a game in Boston. Logding will cost, of course.

by Scoop1981 on Sep 15, 2010 3:35 PM EDT reply actions