Scheduling Season

It's that time of the year again. We embark upon the painstaking process that is known has game scheduling. Well, we don't make up the schedule but we have to put in schedule requests like "no games on the days it rains in the summer." Ok, that was a terrible joke.

Some requests for example are 'Mondays'. Say we have an incredible Monday promotion during the season and this promotion draws many fans, we would ask for Mondays. Generally, the norm around baseball circles is that Thursday's (Thirsty Thursdays), Fridays, and Saturdays are the best days of the week. We'll certainly play on those days but some more than others.

We're also working on scheduling a few exhibition games this year. So we have to put in schedule requests based upon when that exhibition team will be in town to play us. Holidays are easy to work with when it comes to promotional scheduling. Father's Day is always a good one and July 4th is the best one. Most teams will ask for a home game on or around July 4th.

This year, opening day in the league is scheduled for May 29th with the All-Star festivities taking place July 22-23. So keep those dates open.

Scheduling gets much more in depth once the schedule actually comes out which I expect in October.