Grizzlies, Frontier League Release 2009 Schedule
October 13, 2008 - Frontier League (FL)
Gateway Grizzlies News Release
Two day-night double headers, four daytime starts and 25 weekend home dates, including July 4th weekend highlight the Gateway Grizzlies 2009 schedule released today by the Grizzlies and the Frontier League. The Grizzlies will play a 96-game schedule, including 48 home dates, extending from May 22 through September 6. The schedule will see the Grizzlies play 12 games against five West Division opponents and six games against six teams from the East division.
The Grizzlies will open their ninth Frontier League season Friday May 22 at GCS Ballpark with the first of a four game series against the River City Rascals. Saturday May 23rd will see the first of the day-night double-headers that have the Grizzlies and Rascals each hosting a home contest that day. The Rascals will play host to the Grizzlies at 12:05 p.m. while the Grizzlies will host River City at 7:05 p.m. that same night. The two teams will play a second split-venue double-header August 29 when the Grizzlies host the Rascals at 12:00 p.m. then travel to River City for a 7:05 p.m. contest.
The Grizzlies home schedule will feature four daytime starts in 2008. June 17 the Grizzlies will host the Southern Illinois Miners in a 12:05 p.m. game. Two Sunday games, August 29 against the Evansville Otters and August 23 against the Kalamazoo Kings, will feature 3:05 p.m. starts.
The league remains at 12 teams for the 2009 season, with two changes. The Chillicothe (Oh.) Paints, who had been in the league since it began in 1993, have left the Frontier League. Avon (Oh.) Professional Baseball will fill the Paints' vacant spot and will compete in the East Division.
The division structure remains the same. The Grizzlies will compete in the West division with Evansville, River City, Rockford, Southern Illinois and Windy City. The Windy City ThunderBolts laid claim to their second consecutive Frontier League title in 2008, after winning the West Division with the league's best record.
The East Division will feature Avon Professional Baseball, the Florence Freedom, the Kalamazoo Kings, the Midwest Sliders of Ypsilanti, the Traverse City Beach Bums and the Washington Wild Things. The Midwest Sliders, who competed as a road-only team in 2008, will play their home games at Eastern Michigan University.
The playoff format will remain unchanged from 2008. Each division winner, plus two "wild card" teams, regardless of division, will advance to a best-of-five first-round series. Home field advantage will be determined by regular-season record. Should two teams from each division advance to the playoffs the first round will be played within the division. The winners of each series will meet in a best-of-five championship series. Home field advantage for the championship series will also be awarded via regular season record.
Season tickets are currently on sale for the 2009 season, and can be purchased by calling the Grizzlies office at 618-337-3000.
The entire 2009 schedule follows.
GATEWAY GRIZZLIES 2009 SCHEDULE
Friday 5/22 River City Friday 7/17 Avon
Saturday 5/23 at River City/ River City Saturday 7/18 Avon
Sunday 5/24 River City Sunday 7/19 Avon
Monday 5/25 OFF Monday 7/20 Midwest
Tuesday 5/26 Washington Tuesday 7/21 Midwest
Wednesday 5/27 Washington Wednesday 7/22 Midwest
Thursday 5/28 Washington Thursday 7/23 at Evansville
Friday 5/29 at Florence Friday 7/24 at Evansville
Saturday 5/30 at Florence Saturday 7/25 at Evansville
Sunday 5/31 at Florence Sunday 7/26 Southern Illinois
Monday 6/1 OFF Monday 7/27 Southern Illinois
Tuesday 6/2 at Washington Tuesday 7/28 Southern Illinois
Wednesday 6/3 at Washington Wednesday 7/29 Windy City
Thursday 6/4 at Washington Thursday 7/30 Windy City
Friday 6/5 Florence Friday 7/31 Windy City
Saturday 6/6 Florence Saturday 8/1 at Southern Illinois
Sunday 6/7 Florence Sunday 8/2 at Southern Illinois
Monday 6/8 OFF Monday 8/3 at Southern Illinois
Tuesday 6/9 OFF Tuesday 8/4 at Windy City
Wednesday 6/10 at River City Wednesday 8/5 at Windy City
Thursday 6/11 at River City Thursday 8/6 at Windy City
Friday 6/12 at Rockford Friday 8/7 Evansville
Saturday 6/13 at Rockford Saturday 8/8 Evansville
Sunday 6/14 at Rockford Sunday 8/9 Evansville
Monday 6/15 Southern Illinois Monday 8/10 OFF
Tuesday 6/16 Southern Illinois Tuesday 8/11 at Traverse City
Wednesday 6/17 Southern Illinois Wednesday 8/12 at Traverse City
Thursday 6/18 Rockford Thursday 8/13 at Traverse City
Friday 6/19 Rockford Friday 8/14 at Kalamazoo
Saturday 6/20 Rockford Saturday 8/15 at Kalamazoo
Sunday 6/21 at Southern Illinois Sunday 8/16 at Kalamazoo
Monday 6/22 at Southern Illinois Monday 8/17 OFF
Tuesday 6/23 at Southern Illinois Tuesday 8/18 Traverse City
Wednesday 6/24 OFF Wednesday 8/19 Traverse City
Thursday 6/25 River City Thursday 8/20 Traverse City
Friday 6/26 River City Friday 8/21 Kalamazoo
Saturday 6/27 Evansville Saturday 8/22 Kalamazoo
Sunday 6/28 Evansville Sunday 8/23 Kalamazoo
Monday 6/29 Evansville Monday 8/24 OFF
Tuesday 6/30 at Rockford Tuesday 8/25 at Windy City
Wednesday 7/1 at Rockford Wednesday 8/26 at Windy City
Thursday 7/2 at Rockford Thursday 8/27 at Windy City
Friday 7/3 Windy City Friday 8/28 at River City
Saturday 7/4 Windy City Saturday 8/29 River City/ at River City
Sunday 7/5 Windy City Sunday 8/30 at River City
Monday 7/6 OFF Monday 8/31 OFF
Tuesday 7/7 at Avon Tuesday 9/1 Rockford
Wednesday 7/8 at Avon Wednesday 9/2 Rockford
Thursday 7/9 at Avon Thursday 9/3 Rockford
Friday 7/10 at Midwest Friday 9/4 at Evansville
Saturday 7/11 at Midwest Saturday 9/5 at Evansville
Sunday 7/12 at Midwest Sunday 9/6 at Evansville
Mon.-Thurs. 7/13-7/16 All-Star Break Tuesday 9/8 Playoffs Begin
Monday-Saturday: 7:05 p.m., Sundays and July 4: 6:05 p.m.
June 17, Aug. 29: 12:05 p.m.
Aug. 9, Aug. 23: 3:05 p.m.
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