[新聞] Yanks not blessed by April schedule

[yyhong68 (come every now and then)]

一些重點：

原來今年四月的賽程會這樣是因為教宗阿！

因為他要在4月20日於洋基球場主持一場彌撒
在那之前總要有些準備時間，所以把賽程弄成這樣....

可是就像Johnny 說的那為何還要16.17還回家跟紅襪打兩場比賽呢？

四月賽程主客場如下：
主場：4.2～4.7, 4.16~4.17, 4.29~4.30
客場：4.8~4.10(@KC), 4.11~4.13(@BOS), 4.14~4.15(@TB)
      4.18~4.20(@BAL),4.22~4.24(@CWS), 4.25~4.28(@CLE)
OFFDAY: 4.1, 4.21

這樣使得4.11,4.14,4.16,4.29這幾天球隊抵達比賽地將會是在比賽當天抵達

其實會有這麼殘酷的賽程，原因有二：
1. 教宗
2. 比較早開始的球季，明星賽前，休息天數不能超過10天 ，
   而通常明星賽在第15週，今年在第16週，使得比賽被移到明星賽前
   原來四月的第三個星期就是排很滿的，要打三個系列賽...


總教練、Johnny, Moose都說這是他們看過最糟的四月賽程

原本大聯盟負責排賽程的人，不想有兩天的series
但是因為彌撒的關係導致賽程這麼排


Jason Giambi開玩笑說：也許這是為什麼我們跑這麼多的原因

開季不能用4人輪值

Moose有個應付這個賽程的辦法：
「我大概會準備四個行李箱，回家把兩個放下，再拿兩個走」



Yanks not blessed by April schedule
Thursday, March 06, 2008
BY ED PRICE
Star-Ledger Staff
TAMPA, Fla. --

Blame Benedict.

Not ex-Atlanta Braves catcher Bruce Benedict, but Pope Benedict XVI.

The Yankees' April schedule is "terrible," as general manager Brian Cashman
said yesterday, and it will affect the roster decisions they make in
spring training.

After an eight-day, seven-game homestand, the Yankees spend 19 of the next
21 days on the road -- the only exception a two-game series against the
Boston Red Sox. The Yankees are scheduled to play 18 road games in April,
which would be a franchise record.

Traditionally, teams get extra off days in April. But this year the Yankees
have a stretch of 19 consecutive days with a game, April 2-20.

"It's pretty stupid," Johnny Damon said. "Every year it doesn't make sense.
We come home for two days. It's brutal. We're gone for seven, come home for
two, gone for 10. Why even come home?"

There are a two main reasons for the brutality:

The Pope. The original schedule had a more balanced April. But after it was
completed, Pope Benedict scheduled an April 20 mass at Yankee Stadium.
So some Yankees home games were flipped to accommodate the event and its
preparation.

An unusually early start to the season. The Basic Agreement allows teams no
more than 10 off days before the All-Star break. But the All-Star break this
year is in the 16th week of the season instead of the usual 15th. So some
games were moved to the first half of the season, and many teams have
only two off days in April.

The third week of April is baseball's "squeeze week," when teams have to
play three series instead of two. Katy Feeney, Major League Baseball's
senior vice president for scheduling and club relations, said MLB tries
to avoid any team having a two-game trip or two-game homestand because of it.

But the Pope's visit fouled that up, causing a two-day homestand between
two three-city trips and Damon's consternation.

"That is a little bit unusual," Feeney said. "But you can't just flip-flop
series and make everything right."

Yankees pitcher Mike Mussina said the worst aspect of the April schedule
is six night "getaway" games, series-ending games after which the team flies
to another city. So they will arrive in the wee hours in Boston on April 11
(from Kansas City), in Tampa Bay on April 14 (from Boston) home from
Tampa Bay on April 16 and home from Cleveland on April 29.

Manager Joe Girardi said he can't remember being on a team that played 19
straight days in April. The Yankees will have to be ready to go.

"Maybe that's the reason why we're running so much," Jason Giambi said.

Because of the schedule, the Yankees are almost certain to open the season
with 12 pitchers. They won't be able to open with a four-man rotation,
as has happened in some years, and with starters not having established
their endurance, relievers who can throw multiple innings will be valuable.

"You have to be deep in pitching," Girardi said.

And Girardi hopes to give his regulars time off in the opening month.

"I think that's what he's really planning on doing," Giambi said. "He's
going to make a really conscious effort to really get guys days (off)
here and there."

Giambi said the tough April schedule could a "blessing in disguise." If it
forces Girardi to rest players early in the season, the veterans could be
fresher than usual late in the year.

According to Giambi, rest early in the year was the reason behind the
charges Giambi's Oakland teams usually made in the second half.

Meanwhile, Mussina has an idea how to cope.

"Maybe I'll pack four suitcases," he said, "come home, drop off two,
grab two more and go."


Ed Price may be reached at [e-mail]

http://tinyurl.com/2mgcw3

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推 siliver:好趕的感覺 =.=a
推 htcheng:一開打後得連打19天才有休息  整個四月只休一天 = =
推 Ally1213:好累人耶....囧
推 Sunofgod:連打19天肯定得五個輪值了 至於牛棚...慘
推 KINGTIGERX:只能祈禱四月後有神蹟囉~XD
推 finhard:這.....超趕的
推 ROCAF:連續上班19天沒休假會累死吧
推 withlongly:教宗阿...看能不能祝福一下井川跟痛痛人....
推 falconer:井川還好!痛痛人..沒事就別為難教宗他老人家了...
推 molukino:哈 Moose果然聰明
推 ponzpons:   Moose真的聰明～快歸位吧！
推 Ally1213:看教宗彌撒過後痛痛會不會發生神蹟
推 YHank:僧侶也沒辦法幫痛痛人等級的療傷吧