Schedule released?
At least two teams - Southern Illinois and Normal - have released their 2010 schedule and already I'm puzzled by the format. The first thing that comes to mind is "doesn't make sense."
The Frontier League will stick to its 96-game schedule and two-division format. You would think it would continue having teams play division opponents 12 times each and non-division foes six times each.
Uh, no.
Southern Illinois plays division rival Windy City only six times. It plays the other four teams in the West 12 times each. Instead of playing six more games against Windy City, Southern Illinois will play East Division foe Florence 12 times. Huh?
Checking the expansion Normal Cornbelters' schedule, they will play all West teams 12 times except Windy City, which they will play only six times. Normal will play - you guessed it - Florence 12 times.
Huh?
This makes no sense.
No other teams have released their 2010 schedule.
By the way: The Wild Things will not play Normal until a three-game series Aug. 13-15 at Consol Energy Park.
The Frontier League will stick to its 96-game schedule and two-division format. You would think it would continue having teams play division opponents 12 times each and non-division foes six times each.
Uh, no.
Southern Illinois plays division rival Windy City only six times. It plays the other four teams in the West 12 times each. Instead of playing six more games against Windy City, Southern Illinois will play East Division foe Florence 12 times. Huh?
Checking the expansion Normal Cornbelters' schedule, they will play all West teams 12 times except Windy City, which they will play only six times. Normal will play - you guessed it - Florence 12 times.
Huh?
This makes no sense.
No other teams have released their 2010 schedule.
By the way: The Wild Things will not play Normal until a three-game series Aug. 13-15 at Consol Energy Park.
Labels: Schedule
posted by Chris Dugan at
8:04 PM
13 Comments:
maybe Windy City is in a different division???
Chris:
You really need to do alittle more research before you blog...
per Southern Illinois website...
NORTH DIVISION
FLO - Florence Freedom (Florence, Ky.)
KAL - Kalamazoo Kings (Kalamazoo, Mich.)
LE - Lake Erie Crushers (Avon, Ohio)
MDW - Midwest Sliders (Ypsilanti, Mich.)
TC - Traverse City Beach Bums (Traverse City, Mich.)
WASH - Washington Wild Things (Washington, Penn.)
WC - Windy City ThunderBolts (Crestwood, Ill.)
SOUTH DIVISION
EVAN - Evansville Otters (Evansville, Ind.)
FLO - Florence Freedom (Florence, Ky.)
GATE - Gateway Grizzlies (Sauget, Ill.)
NL - Normal Cornbelters (Normal, Ill.)
RC - River City Rascals (O'Fallon, Mo.)
SIL - Southern Illinois Miners (Marion, Ill.)
delete Florence from the North
Like I NEVER do any research.
My information came from a Miners press release:
"Southern Illinois will only play West Division rival Windy City ThunderBolts a total of six times, three at home and three on the road. Instead the Miners will face the Florence (Ky.) Freedom a total of 12 times."
No mention of North or South divisions in the press release or that Windy City and Southern Illinois will not be in the same division. There also was no mention of North and South in the Normal release, and I checked the CornBelters' schedule on their homepage to see when they will play the Wild Things. Again, no mention of North or South.
If they do indeed use North-South alignment, then the Wild Things' travel just increased. It's 263 miles to Florence and 488 miles to Windy City.
Thank Ross for setting the record straight.
you are the most miserable bunch ever assembled in a community...how did you come to the determination that ROSS set the record straight? what was the "little more research" comment based on? you're just a miserable bunch of idiots.
The Wild Things won't play Normal at all this year, they will play as badly as last year
hahaha
after that last post, are you still wondering 'huh'? idiots abound, obviously.
As of yesterday (Tuesday) afternoon, the FL website still listed Rockford and did not list Normal.
That has changed as of this morning. Kalamazoo, Lake Erie, Oakland County, Traverse City, Washington and Windy City are listed in the EAST Division.
Evansville, Florence, Gateway, Normal, River City and Southern Illinois are listed in the WEST Division.
The FL site has not posted schedules, but the SoIll & Normal sites are as Chris blogged.
Kevin Rouch leaves Frontier League, according to this story on the FL web:
[url=http://www.frontierleague.com/cgi-bin/dist/news.cgi?id=1256264982]Rouch Leaves League[/url]
http://www.florencefreedom.com/newsnotes.php?nID=100
Florence Freedom's website..check it out.
bulldozers are either coming by the end of next week or they aren't coming this year. just a little update.
Wild Things schedule was released today.
Home opener, Friday, May 21.
Schedule includes:
Sunday--8
Monday--3
Tuesday--8
Wednesday--7
Thursday--7
Friday--8
Saturday--7
Only 2 weekend series at home after the Fourth of July, including opening weekend of the PONY League World Series, and opening weekend of the Washington County Fair.
No home games July 5-18 (9 roads games & All-Star Break), then play 9 home in 12 days, and 15 home in 21 days.
Only 3 home games (T-W-TH) over the final 2 1/2 weeks of the schedule, only 6 after August 15.
Road trips are killers:
3-game trip to Kalamazoo & back.
3-game trip to Gateway & back.
3-game trip to Traverse City & back.
3-game trip to Southern Illinois & back.
6-game trip to Kalamazoo & Windy City (no day off before or after).
9-game trip to end season--Windy City, Lake Erie (Avon) and Traverse City.
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