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Princeton Rays Announce '07 schedule

February 12, 2007 - Appalachian League (ApL)
Princeton WhistlePigs News Release


The Princeton Devil Rays have announced their schedule for the 2007 Appalachian League season and it indeed will have a unique look as the result of the Appalachian League playing with only nine teams this upcoming season. The nine-team look for the Appy League resulted from the Toronto Blue Jays leaving Pulaski at the conclusion of the 2006 season and a new major league affiliate was unabled to be secured. As a result, with an uneven number of teams in the league, one league team will not be playing every day of the schedule. P-Ray fans will learn that first as, even though the league schedule will begin on June 19, the P-Rays will be idle for the first two days of the season and will begin play with a 7:00 p.m. home game versus Kingsport on June 21.

Opening night festivities on June 21 will kick off the season with a bang as admission will be absolutely free (no ticket required) courtesy of First Community Bank.

"Most teams would not even consider doing a free gate on opening night, but if we are going to get new people interested in what we have to offer through a free gate, I feel we need to do it at the beginning of the year so they will come back again and again," said P-Rays' General Manager Jim Holland.

For people who love their baseball, the P-Rays will take part in three special "day-night" doubleheaders that results from having the nine-team format. On June 30, the P-Rays will host the Bluefield Orioles in a Saturday noon game and then make the twelve mile journey across the county to visit the O's for a 7:00 p.m. game that evening. Those times and sites will be reversed for a pair of games between the two cross-county rivals on July 14. In addition, the P-Rays will play a noon game at home on Tuesday, July 24 versus the Burlington Royals and then host a 7:00 p.m. game versus Bluefield that evening.

"This schedule is certainly different but we travelled this road before when the league only had nine teams in 1996. We played a noon game in the middle of the week last season that was one of our most successful promotions of the year so playing a day game here and there certainly does not bother us," commented Holland, who added that P-Ray fans are faithful attendees no matter what time the team plays.

With the exception of the noon games previously mentioned, home game times for the P-Rays will remain the same in 2007 with Monday through Saturday games starting at 7:00 p.m. and Sunday games starting at 5:30 p.m. All doubleheaders will begin at 5:30 p.m.

2007 PRINCETON DEVIL RAYS BASEBALL SCHEDULE:

June 21, 22.............KINGSPORT METS

June 23, 24.............at Bristol White Sox

June 25, 26.............ELIZABETHTON TWINS

June 27, 28.............GREENEVILLE ASTROS

June 29.................at Bluefield Orioles

June 30.................BLUEFIELD ORIOLES (12:00 pm)

June 30.................at Bluefield Orioles (7:00 pm)

July 1,2................at Danville Braves

July 3,4................at Burlington Royals

July 5,6................JOHNSON CITY CARDINALS

July 7,8 ...............at Kingsport Mets

July 9,10...............BRISTOL WHITE SOX

July 11,12..............at Elizabethton Twins

July 13.................BLUEFIELD ORIOLES

July 14.................at Bluefield Orioles (12:00 pm)

July 14.................BLUEFIELD ORIOLES (7:00 pm)

July 15,16..............at Greeneville Astros

July 17,18..............DANVILLE BRAVES

July 19,20..............Off Days

July 21,22..............at Johnson City Cardinals

July 23.................BURLINGTON ROYALS

July 24.................BURLINGTON ROYALS (12:00 pm)

July 24.................BLUEFIELD ORIOLES (7:00 pm)

July 25,26..............Off Days

July 27,28..............KINGSPORT METS

July 29,30..............at Bristol White Sox

July 31.................ELIZABETHTON TWINS

August 1................ELIZABETHTON TWINS

August 2,3..............at Greeneville Astros

August 4................at Bluefield Orioles (6pm DH)

August 5................at Bluefield Orioles

August 6,7..............at Danville Braves

August 8,9..............at Burlington Royals

August 10,11............JOHNSON CITY CARDINALS

August 12,13............BRISTOL WHITE SOX

August 14,15............Off Days

August 16,17............BURLINGTON ROYALS

August 18,19............DANVILLE BRAVES

August 20,21............at Kingsport Mets

August 22,23............BLUEFIELD ORIOLES

August 24,25............GREENEVILLE ASTROS

August 26,27............at Elizabethton Twins

August 28,29............at Johnson City Cardinals

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