2008 Schedule Thread (FULL SCHEDULE RELEASED)

UMFan83 · September 24, 2007

THIS IS THE CUBS FULL SCHEDULE:

http://cubs.mlb.com/schedule/tentative.jsp?c_id=chc&year=2008

Confirmed Cubs tentative schedule (92 of 162 games 58 %):

March

3/31: vs. Milwaukee

April

4/1: vs. Milwaukee

4/2: vs. Milwaukee

4/3

4/4

4/5

4/6

4/7: @ Pittsburgh

4/8: OFF DAY

4/9: @ Pittsburgh

4/10: @ Pittsburgh

4/11: @ Philadelphia

4/12: @ Philadelphia

4/13: @ Philadelphia

4/14

4/15

4/16

4/17

4/18: vs. Pittsburgh

4/19: vs. Pittsburgh

4/20: vs. Pittsburgh

4/21

4/22

4/23: @ Colorado

4/24: @ Colorado

4/25: @ Washington

4/26: @ Washington

4/27: @ Washington

4/28: OFF DAY

4/29: vs. Milwaukee

4/30: vs. Milwaukee

May

5/1: vs. Milwaukee

5/2

5/3

5/4

5/5: @ Cincinnati

5/6: @ Cincinnati

5/7: @ Cincinnati

5/8

5/9

5/10

5/11

5/12

5/13

5/14

5/15

5/16: vs. Pittsburgh

5/17: vs. Pittsburgh

5/18: vs. Pittsburgh

5/19: @ Houston

5/20: @ Houston

5/21: @ Houston

5/22: OFF DAY

5/23: @ Pittsburgh

5/24: @ Pittsburgh

5/25: @ Pittsburgh

5/26: vs. Los Angeles

5/27: vs. Los Angeles

5/28: vs. Los Angeles

5/29

5/30

5/31

June

6/1

6/2

6/3

6/4

6/5: @ Los Angeles

6/6: @ Los Angeles

6/7: @ Los Angeles

6/8: @ Los Angeles

6/9: OFF DAY

6/10: vs. Atlanta

6/11: vs. Atlanta

6/12: vs. Atlanta

6/13: @ Toronto

6/14: @ Toronto

6/15: @ Toronto

6/16: OFF DAY

6/17: @ Tampa Bay

6/18: @ Tampa Bay

6/19: @ Tampa Bay

6/20:

6/21:

6/22:

6/23

6/24

6/25

6/26

6/27: @ White Sox

6/28: @ White Sox

6/29: @ White Sox

6/30: @ San Francisco

July

7/1: @ San Francisco

7/2: @ San Francisco

7/3: @ San Francisco

7/4

7/5

7/6

7/7

7/8

7/9

7/10

7/11

7/12

7/13

7/14: OFF DAY - AS Break

7/15: All Star Game at New York Yankees

7/16: OFF DAY - AS Break

7/17: OFF DAY

7/18: @ Houston

7/19: @ Houston

7/20: @ Houston

7/21: @ Arizona

7/22: @ Arizona

7/23: @ Arizona

7/24

7/25

7/26

7/27

7/28: @ Milwaukee

7/29: @ Milwaukee

7/30: @ Milwaukee

7/31: @ Milwaukee

August

8/1

8/2

8/3

8/4

8/5

8/6

8/7

8/8

8/9

8/10

8/11

8/12: @ Atlanta

8/13: @ Atlanta

8/14: @ Atlanta

8/15: @ Florida (L)

8/16: @ Florida (L)

8/17: @ Florida (L)

8/18

8/19

8/20

8/21

8/22: vs. Washington

8/23: vs. Washington

8/24: vs. Washington

8/25: @ Pittsburgh

8/26: @ Pittsburgh

8/27: @ Pittsburgh

8/28: vs. Philadelphia

8/29: vs. Philadelphia

8/30: vs. Philadelphia

8/31

September

9/1

9/2

9/3

9/4

9/5: @ Cincinnati

9/6: @ Cincinnati

9/7: @ Cincinnati

9/8

9/9

9/10

9/11

9/12: @ Houston

9/13: @ Houston

9/14: @ Houston

9/15: OFF DAY

9/16: vs. Milwaukee

9/17: vs. Milwaukee

9/18: vs. Milwaukee

9/19

9/20

9/21

9/22

9/23

9/24

9/25

9/26: @ Milwaukee

9/27: @ Milwaukee

9/28: @ Milwaukee

March 31-April 2: vs. Milwaukee

April 7-10: @ Pittsburgh

April 11-13: @ Philadelphia

April 18-20: vs. Pittsburgh

April 23-24: @ Colorado

April 25-27: @ Washington

April 29-May1: vs. Milwaukee

May 5-7: @ Cincinnati

May 16-18: vs. Pittsburgh

May 19-21: @ Houston

May 23-25: @ Pittsburgh

May 26-28: vs. Los Angeles

June 13-15: @ Toronto

June 17-19: @ Tampa Bay

June 5-8: @ Los Angeles

June 10-12: vs. Atlanta

June 27-29: @ White Sox

June 30-July 3: @ San Francisco

July 18-20: @ Houston

July 21-23: @ Arizona

July 28-31: @ Milwaukee

August 12-14: @ Atlanta

August 15-17: @ Florida

August 22-24: vs. Washington

August 25-27: @ Pittsburgh

August 28-31: vs. Philadelphia

September 5-7: @ Cincinnati

September 12-14: @ Houston

September 16-18: vs. Milwaukee

September 28-30: @ Milwaukee

Sometime in 2011: @ Boston

Edited October 11, 2007 by UMFan83

Banedon · September 24, 2007

Good. Hopefully the Cubs get KC instead. I'm always irritated that the Cards get 2 series against KC each year.

UMFan83 · September 24, 2007

Actually, I think the Cubs are slated to face the AL East this year, but for some reason sometimes odd matchups out of those divisions happen.

I am almost positive that we will see the Cubs make a trip to Fenway and Tampa Bay while they will also host the Orioles as none of these 3 events has occured in interleague play yet.

jersey cubs fan · September 24, 2007

But the Cubs are lucky to face a worse White Sox team.

Banedon · September 24, 2007

This year. But the White Sox at least sprinkle in a few good years. KC is pretty consistent in it's suckitude.

Thanks UM...I wouldn't mind Tampa Bay either...seems like we missed them in our last AL East go round...

karenmac · September 24, 2007

After not getting playoff tickets yesterday, I tried to console myself with the thought of going to AZ in March. Here's a calendar of the Cactus League games that have been announced so far:

http://www.springtrainingonline.com/features/master_schedule_cactus.htm

shnsajax · September 24, 2007

They are getting close to becoming half decent. If Grienke has things figured out they could start to suprise some people. Then again I keep thinking Tampa Bay is going to be better every year.

mjohnson71 · September 24, 2007

I'm hoping the 2008 Cubs home season opener is a Sunday night ESPN game. (Usually the honor reserved for the previous year's World Series champ.)

Faceman · September 24, 2007

The Cards do not play KC twice each year. That is a well spread myth. They do play in KC every year, but not vice versa.

And they aren't the easiest games in the world. KC really gets up for those games.

anabiono · September 24, 2007

i can confirm that the cubs are going to tampa...as i said in some other thread a few days back...i had an interview there and i asked and i was told...

yes...the cubbies are coming to tropicana next season...preliminary schedule so i wasn't able to get dates...

erik316wttn · September 24, 2007

Yeah, if the play the Red Sox it'll be at Fenway as it was in Wrigley last time. I think the Yanks would be in Wrigley if we played them, as we went to New York last time.

jjgman21 · September 24, 2007

yes, there are years where the Cardinals get similarly predictable cellar dwellars like Texas or Tampa instead of the second match up with the Royals.

the Cubs-White Sox series come close to and often exceed the intensity of Cubs-Cards series. can the same be said for Cards-Royals? seriously, look up some of the things White Sox players say about playing the Cubs. I highly doubt you will find any such vitriol coming from KC on an annual basis.

you guys get a break with your interleague 'rivalry' being one of the worst teams in baseball. chalk it up as a break, and move on. defending it in any way, shape, or form is just silly.

Banedon · September 24, 2007

They have 4 of the last 6 years. Not sure why they didn't in 04 and 05...thought KC was their "natural rivals"...blech.

In any case, here's the Cards records since 2002 against the Royals (494-577 since 2002):

3-3

4-2

2-1

3-0

3-3

5-1

Total

20-10

Now, the Cubs vs the Sox (507-459 since 2002):

5-1

2-4

3-3

4-2

2-4

3-3

Total

19-17

I'm not a huge fan of the unbalanced schedule, but if you're gonna do it, at least have it be a rotation. I hate the "rivalry" matchups. Wouldn't Cubs-Sox be a ton more special if it was a series or 2 every 3 years?

(The 2002 date was just arbitrary because I was using ESPN and that's as far back as they have schedules)

Coach C · September 24, 2007

KC and Cards are going to be playing aganist each other. I believe that's how it's gonna work out, becuase of the fact that they both are in the state of Missouri.

That being said, I do hope the Cubs do go to KC in the summer of 08. If that is the case, then I'm buying those series tickets for me and my fiance.

BCVM22 · September 24, 2007

There's a thread at SoSH that has alleged Red Sox 2008 schedule facts, among them that the Red Sox will play 5 of the 6 NL Central teams.

Anyone wanna guess the one team they miss?

http://sonsofsamhorn.net/index.php?showtopic=22865

Vanilla Ice · September 25, 2007

[expletive] Cardinals

BCVM22 · September 25, 2007

Not quite. Try further north, right on a lake, blue pinstripes on the uniforms...

Vanilla Ice · September 25, 2007

Brewers? :D

Andy · September 25, 2007

Gosh damn it. You've gotta be kidding me if we miss going to Fenway yet again. I want to play there.

Omar · September 25, 2007

Cubs better not open up another season in Cincinnati. How about a season opener at home?

BCVM22 · September 25, 2007

Reading further down in that thread, it appears the Cubs will be denied a series at Fenway so that the Diamondbacks can play a series in Boston.

Am I the only one who has difficulty believing that Diamondbacks-Red Sox would be a bigger sell than Cubs-Red Sox?

Garwilly · September 25, 2007

Wait wait wait.

We're complaining that the Cards get six against KC. And we're complainign that we MISS the Red Sox.

Missing three against the Red Sox is a GOOD thing.

mjohnson71 · September 25, 2007

Plus the games are almost always in KC. It's the only sellouts the Royals get.

BCVM22 · September 25, 2007

I wouldn't mind one marquee series against a team like Boston if the other opponents are the likes of Baltimore and Tampa Bay, personally.

Faceman · September 26, 2007

So now it's not only KC, but the other interleague draw as well.

Since you brought it up, this year the Cards played Anaheim and at Detroit, again. Neither appeared on the Cubs schedule. The Cubs did get the Rangers for three and the crappy WhiteSox for six. The Cards did not get either of those teams.

You can find schedule imbalances every year - and not just interleague. Any attempt to make an argument that one team has an annual advantage by looking at only 3-6 out of 162 game schedule is BEYOND silly.

And the verbal warfare in the papers is quite irrelevant.

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