Jays Mantra: There's Always Next Year -'14 Schedule Released

Santoki · Post #1 » by **Santoki** » Tue Sep 10, 2013 5:29 pm

At first glance, things get a bit tough heading towards the all-star break and the 2nd half is pretty brutal.

http://atmlb.com/17U8YB9

BigLeagueChew · Post #2 » by **BigLeagueChew** » Tue Sep 10, 2013 7:15 pm

Wow thats a bad schedule for us.

Yosemite Dan · Post #3 » by **Yosemite Dan** » Tue Sep 10, 2013 8:41 pm

This season isn't even over yet and the excuses are starting already for next year. Last time I checked everyone else in our division plays the same teams. And I thought the schedule crutch was a Raptor thing.

Santoki · Post #4 » by **Santoki** » Tue Sep 10, 2013 9:08 pm

BigLeagueChew wrote:Wow thats a bad schedule for us.

It's pretty much brutal every year, but that's life in the AL East. We also happened to be matched up with the NL Central next year, so that doesn't exactly help.

The schedule is a bit softer to open the year, so hopefully they take advantage of that because it's going to get particularly ugly after the all-star break.

Wo1verine · Post #5 » by **Wo1verine** » Tue Sep 10, 2013 11:03 pm

Santoki wrote:
BigLeagueChew wrote:Wow thats a bad schedule for us.

It's pretty much brutal every year, but that's life in the AL East. We also happened to be matched up with the NL Central next year, so that doesn't exactly help.

The schedule is a bit softer to open the year, so hopefully they take advantage of that because it's going to get particularly ugly after the all-star break.

Should be interesting to see what this team does this winter. We do have a tougher schedule (than this year) and this team clearly isn't close to winning anything.

Waylon Mercy · Post #6 » by **Waylon Mercy** » Tue Sep 10, 2013 11:48 pm

Boooo we don't play the Cubs in Wrigley Field. It's a bucket list thing to see the Jays
play in Wrigley for me and I think we've been there once and the Cubs have been
here like 3 or 4 times now but I could be wrong.

Michael Bradley · Post #7 » by **Michael Bradley** » Wed Sep 11, 2013 1:37 am

Starting the season with a four game series in Tampa?

Damn, somebody hates us.

torontoaces04 · Post #8 » by **torontoaces04** » Wed Sep 11, 2013 3:18 pm

Jays Fans Mantra: Already making excuses for next year.

SonOfRoy · Post #9 » by **SonOfRoy** » Wed Sep 11, 2013 11:06 pm

Not nearly as bad as some posters would have you believe. Is anyone expecting a schedule without a ton of games against Baltimore, Tampa, Boston and the Yankees??

Uhh looks like every other year I can ever remember.

BigLeagueChew · Post #10 » by **BigLeagueChew** » Wed Sep 11, 2013 11:13 pm

Sorry, the schedule is awesome.

changes · Post #11 » by **changes** » Thu Sep 12, 2013 1:53 am

Why do bad teams always have tough schedules/less winnable games?

satyr9 · Post #12 » by **satyr9** » Fri Sep 13, 2013 6:21 pm

Yosemite Dan wrote:This season isn't even over yet and the excuses are starting already for next year. Last time I checked everyone else in our division plays the same teams. And I thought the schedule crutch was a Raptor thing.

Yup, we've already hard-boiled the excuses for next year, so I guess there's no point arguing against it, you can take a season off 'cause we won't hear anything about why the Jays weren't successful in 2014, it was/will be all about the schedule. Glad we worked that out.

Fingers crossed for 2015?

BigLeagueChew · Post #13 » by **BigLeagueChew** » Sat Sep 14, 2013 4:06 pm

excuses! all there is to a schedule is the teams we play, nothing else matters!!

Santoki · Post #14 » by **Santoki** » Sat Sep 14, 2013 7:31 pm

I'm pretty sure everyone understands the Jays schedule is always going to be difficult. It's the matchup with the NL division and the timing of certain series that sway it from "stupidly difficult" to "unfathomably difficult". 2014's fall somewhere in between those two categories.

akakalakin · Post #15 » by **akakalakin** » Sun Sep 15, 2013 5:37 pm

that schedule will have us out by end of April at the latest, but that may be 4 weeks later than reality

C Court · Post #16 » by **C Court** » Sun Sep 15, 2013 6:31 pm

Why are so many of the other teams good? It's not fair. MLB must hate Canada.