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2009 Cubs Schedule Update

The schedule with game times was published in the December issue of Vine Line, which those of you who subscribe (or get it because you are a season ticket holder) should have received in the last few days.

I've updated the BCB tentative schedule with all the available game times; the Cubs website has not yet been updated. Click on the link for all the available game times as of now. All times listed on the BCB schedule are Central time. (As of Saturday morning, these times were not yet listed on the Cubs website.)

Notes:

  • The Cubs will have a nighttime season opener, 6:05 Central time, at Houston on April 6. I have adjusted the countdown clock on the right sidebar and the game time on the left sidebar.
  • There are 26 night games listed; the Cubs are permitted 30, by city ordinance. The ESPN Sunday night schedule has not yet been set; you can presume that the Cubs will be chosen for at least a couple of home Sunday nights (April 19 and July 12 vs. St. Louis and August 30 vs. New York are possible dates). Teams can appear a maximum of five times a year on ESPN Sunday games (that limit doesn't apply to other ESPN dates).
  • There are 26 Saturday dates. Only eight of them currently list game times. Teams can appear eight times on Fox Saturday games; those dates will be chosen later.
  • There are two discrepancies between the Vine Line schedule and schedules posted on other teams' websites. The Vine Line schedule says the August 21 date at Los Angeles is "TBD". The Dodgers website says it's at 7:10 PDT (9:10 CDT). And, the Vine Line schedule shows the September 7 game at Pittsburgh as 6:05 CT; the Pirates website says that Labor Day game will be at 12:35 EDT (11:35 am CDT).
  • The Cubs have only one of the dreaded night-game-on-the-road-day-game-the-next-day-at-home trips in 2009: a night game at Houston on June 11, and a day game on June 12 vs. the Twins at Wrigley Field. There's also a night game at Colorado (7:35 CT) on August 10 and a home game the next day, but the August 11 home game vs. the Phillies is a night game.

Isn't it nice to hear those summer dates and think about baseball in the cold of late November? I'll continue to update the schedule as I get more times, and hope to confirm the tentative spring training schedule sometime next week.

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I think it's safe to blame the Astros

for the night/day thing. They’re still pissed about the Wrigley North thing.

Figures we get the AL Central and don’t get a set with the Royals.

Man I’m ready for some baseball.

make*art

by neverAcquiesce on Nov 29, 2008 9:55 AM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

No

I think the 6:05pm start in Houston is because they will be traveling from New York, after having traveled from either Phoenix or Las Vegas a couple days before that. Don’t think it has to do with Berkman/lightning/Ike/Z/Milwaukee etc.

My next sig line quote will also be from Lou Piniella, and the first word will be either "Look", or "Listen", followed by a comma.

by JohnM on Nov 29, 2008 10:26 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I'd have to check...

… but I do recall the Cubs played a night-game opener in Houston when they were still in the Astrodome (1999). I think the Astros do night-game home openers almost every year.

1999 was the last time (and I believe the only time) the Cubs’ season opener was in Houston.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Nov 29, 2008 10:29 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

That's just what they want you to believe.

Listen for what they don’t say; it’s far more damning.

make*art

by neverAcquiesce on Nov 29, 2008 11:43 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

ESPN

My bet is this is a TV thing. ESPN does their opening day slate of games, playing at least three games on both ESPN and ESPN2. They need to have some night games in the central timezone as well as some night games on the west coast. With this game being played indoors it is a game that fits well into the ESPN schedule.

by dmlichte on Nov 29, 2008 1:53 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Just studied my Vineline

to pick out games to see next summer, man that makes me feel good thinking about coming to see the Cubs. For me I think I’ll see at least two Cardinal series early and mid summer. For me, there’s nothing better than Cubs-Cardinals in the summer (as long as we win)! Just kidding, best rivalry in midwest for sure.

This is only the beginning....Lou Pinella end of '07 season and Chicago Transit Authority (the band when they were really good).

by mrcubsfan on Nov 29, 2008 3:35 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

June 12-14

I’ll finally will get to see the Twins at Wrigley. I have fantasized about a World Series in which I have a schizophrenic attack for as long as I can remember.

One day I hope to come up with something worthy of this space.

by chilango2 on Nov 29, 2008 4:20 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Cincinnati

For the second year in a row, the Cubs play in Cincinnati for two series while hosting the Reds for three. Anyone know why, if two teams play each other an odd number of series, t they don’t rotate who gets the advantage?
Obviously this arrangement favors the Cubs, but since Cincy is the only NL city I can get to easily, I’m a little disappointed.

by vancelawyer on Nov 29, 2008 4:55 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Well I'm trying to go to Chicago this summer

Really want to go to Wrigley again!

To see your idol player whom you have grown up watching be cast aside by his loyal organization can make even a grown man choke up...We'll miss you #34!

by Chanman25 on Nov 29, 2008 6:25 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

thought this would make you guys happy

looks even more like a dump, especially with the entire field, bottom sections, scoreboard, and seats missing!

To see your idol player whom you have grown up watching be cast aside by his loyal organization can make even a grown man choke up...We'll miss you #34!

by Chanman25 on Nov 29, 2008 6:55 PM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

That's a really cool picture.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Nov 29, 2008 8:18 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

yeah, cannot find the website right now,

but its a local news helicopter that takes pictures of Yankee and Shea and the new stadiums

To see your idol player whom you have grown up watching be cast aside by his loyal organization can make even a grown man choke up...We'll miss you #34!

by Chanman25 on Nov 30, 2008 8:58 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

sigh, I love SANDLOT...

Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.

by dtpollitt on Nov 30, 2008 10:28 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I am the

fisherman.

"Booze, broads, and bullshit. If you got all that, what else do you need?" Harry Caray

by CubbieintheSouth on Nov 30, 2008 1:18 AM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

What does this mean?

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Nov 30, 2008 4:12 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

It's a song.

I was singing.

"Booze, broads, and bullshit. If you got all that, what else do you need?" Harry Caray

by CubbieintheSouth on Nov 30, 2008 2:58 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Oh.

Why?

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Nov 30, 2008 6:31 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

It was late...

and I was bored.

"Booze, broads, and bullshit. If you got all that, what else do you need?" Harry Caray

by CubbieintheSouth on Nov 30, 2008 8:45 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Oh.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Dec 1, 2008 4:17 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Really lame...

…we play the AL Central, but no Royals. Thought MLB would want one of the best-traveling teams at the Royals’ “new” park next year.

Last month of the schedule looks favorable: Pitt, Cinny, San Fran, Pitt, Zona. I’ll take it.

Dan

Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.

by dtpollitt on Nov 30, 2008 10:31 AM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Just throwing this out there....

I was walking through Barnes and Noble the other day and ran into the Chicago Cubs 2009 Team Calendar. I cannot remember the exact month but Rich Hill was in there. Is this a sign of good things to come??

Bleeding Cubbie Blue since 1985.

by Bricks and Ivy on Dec 1, 2008 9:50 AM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

No...

… it’s probably a sign of whoever made the calendar (presuming it wasn’t an official Cubs publication) not knowing that Hill is just about done.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Dec 1, 2008 10:33 AM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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