April 1, 2002, Ugie Urbina gave up a run in the ninth to lose the opener at Fenway to the Blue Jays, 12-11.
Steve O On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 7:15 PM, Steve Gendron <[email protected]> wrote: > Ahhhh - Baseball is Back! Welcome to another season. You've got > to be pretty optimistic about the Sox this year. The starting rotation is > like 8 deep and the bullpen has been bolstered. Offensively, Papi is > looking good and Lowell is back. I'm feeling really good. > > Regarding the home opener, I do not recall them ever opening at home > before. And it certainly makes sense to have the Sox open on the road in > some warmer climate. Not sure why they decided to break with that > tradition. > > steve > > ------------------------------ > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Tom Salemi > *Sent:* Wednesday, April 01, 2009 10:38 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: Opening Day? > > Dale and Holley were interviewing Tim Wakefield about it. He said this is > only the second this has happened in his tenure. He's been with the sox > since 95. > > On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 6:15 AM, Beaudoin, John > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> My guess. >> It used to be equal before the season started around the beginning of >> April. >> >> In the past ten years or so, they avoided the possibility of snow for 7 to >> 10 days into April by forfeiting the right to home season openers to better >> climate teams. >> >> Just a feeling I've had. No data now. So, i agree with Ray. Seems like a >> long time. >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From*: [email protected] >> *To*: [email protected] >> *Sent*: Wed Apr 01 02:46:20 2009 >> *Subject*: Opening Day? >> >> It appears that Red Sox opening day is the same day as the home opener. >> I can't remember the last time we opened the season at home. Is it as rare >> as I think? >> >> Ray >> >> >> -- >> Author of "FPGA Simulation: A Complete Step-by-Step Guide" >> www.fpgasimulation.com >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Red Sox Citizens" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
