Division Series - Dates, Times, Locations

[pebadger]

When will we see the playoff roster?

Is the playoff roster only official at the start of Game1? Doesn't mean that the makeup won't be known before then, but is that correct?

[1992casey]

Yeah, I believe teams can go up until the last minute to set the roster. This topic would be a better fit for that discussion:

 

Build your 2011 postseason roster

[bucks2281]

TBS could definitely spill over onto TNT. There's just no way, imo, MLB could start a game at 9:30 pm local time.

[TooLiveBrew]

Didn't BA pretty much say that the Brewers were going to have the early game? Not that he has the final say or anything, but I would think he might have some inside info.

Yes, he did mention that during the game.

Yeah, I'm sure he knows the schedule for TBS's postseason coverage at this point. At the very least, speculating on a real timeslot that would make sense for the Brewers.

[Patrick425]

All the teams are set...why is it so hard to post a schedule? This wasn't all thought out ahead of time? I kind of expected that very shortly after the last slot was filled last night that mlb would post all the times on it's site. What are they waiting for?

[JohnBriggs12]

TBS could definitely spill over onto TNT. There's just no way, imo, MLB could start a game at 9:30 pm local time.

If they did, the Brewers/Dbacks would be the logical choice. BA may have "leaked" but if times were set, they'd have announced them. He could have been told that was the plan if the Braves were the opponent.

[owbc]

It seems like we are 90%+ sure that the times are as follows:

 

(All times CDT)

 

Saturday: 11:00 AM

Sunday: 8:30 PM

Tuesday: 9:30 PM

Wednesday (if necessary): 8:30 PM

 

I live on the east coast, so I better go apologize to my neighbors in advance.

[Invader3K]

All the teams are set...why is it so hard to post a schedule? This wasn't all thought out ahead of time? I kind of expected that very shortly after the last slot was filled last night that mlb would post all the times on it's site. What are they waiting for?

Yeah, I don't get it either. Kind of annoying.

[Patrick425]

It seems like we are 90%+ sure that the times are as follows:

 

(All times CDT)

 

Saturday: 11:00 AM

Sunday: 8:30 PM

Tuesday: 9:30 PM

Wednesday (if necessary): 8:30 PM

 

I live on the east coast, so I better go apologize to my neighbors in advance.

Is this just based on what logically makes sense or do you have some sort of inside scoop? As it was stated in another thread, there is a 9:30pm time slot (Central time) that they need to fill on Saturday and they don't have a west coast game to put in that slot. Seems like the Brewers could also end up in that slot.

 

[JohnBriggs12]

It seems like we are 90%+ sure that the times are as follows:

 

(All times CDT)

 

Saturday: 11:00 AM

Sunday: 8:30 PM

Tuesday: 9:30 PM

Wednesday (if necessary): 8:30 PM

 

I live on the east coast, so I better go apologize to my neighbors in advance.

Is this just based on what logically makes sense or do you have some sort of inside scoop? As it was stated in another thread, there is a 9:30pm time slot (Central time) that they need to fill on Saturday and they don't have a west coast game to put in that slot. Seems like the Brewers could also end up in that slot.

Absolutely. What makes more sense, an East Coast Tampa Bay team playing at 10:30 pm Eastern at Texas, or a West Coast D-Back team playing at 7:30 Pacific at Milwaukee? Seems they maximize viewership having the Brewers host the late game.

[PrinceEatMeat]

It seems like we are 90%+ sure that the times are as follows:

 

(All times CDT)

 

Saturday: 11:00 AM

Sunday: 8:30 PM

Tuesday: 9:30 PM

Wednesday (if necessary): 8:30 PM

 

I live on the east coast, so I better go apologize to my neighbors in advance.

Yeah, this schedule makes the most sense. I would be happy with this. Could still catch the Badgers and Packers games also. And yeah, your neighbors are gonna be up all night. Just wait for that go ahead HR in extra innings on Tuesday at about 2 AM ET.

[OldSchoolSnapper]

You have to think we're not going to get the 11 AM game on Saturday since that would be 9 AM in Phoenix.

 

 

Brain fart. Nvm.

[cooprules]

How can they not have this figured out yet?

[Schlitz001]

So here is how the pitching matchups shape up if you're curious about who's jersey to wear to the game.

 

Saturday: 11:00 AM

Ian Kennedy @ Yovani Gallardo

 

Sunday: 8:30 PM

Daniel Hudson @ Zack Greinke

 

Tuesday: 9:30 PM

Shaun Marcum @ Joe Saunders

 

Wednesday (if necessary): 8:30 PM

Randy Wolf @ Josh Collmenter

 

EDIT: Nothing posted above is confirmed except for Gallardo being the game 1 starter and game 1 taking place on Saturday.

[Patrick425]

How can they not have this figured out yet?

So here is how the pitching matchups shape up if you're curious about who's jersey to wear to the game.

 

Saturday: 11:00 AM

Ian Kennedy @ Yovani Gallardo

 

Sunday: 8:30 PM

Daniel Hudson @ Zack Greinke

 

Tuesday: 9:30 PM

Shaun Marcum @ Joe Saunders

 

Wednesday (if necessary): 8:30 PM

Randy Wolf @ Josh Collmenter

Apparently Schlitz001 has it all figured out somehow, including the times.

 

 

[owbc]

It seems like we are 90%+ sure that the times are as follows:

 

(All times CDT)

 

Saturday: 11:00 AM or 9:30 PM

Sunday: 8:30 PM

Tuesday: 9:30 PM

Wednesday (if necessary): 8:30 PM

I just considered a few news articles about it and the discussion in this thread. I'm adding the 9:30 PM time for Saturday above since that is a higher possibility than I previously thought. I'm sure the Brewers are fighting for an afternoon game. But there is also the third possibility that they change the actual time slots due to the other issues in the schedule such as the football game in Philly. A 9:30 Milwaukee start would allow fans to watch the Badgers game while tailgaiting, but the game would end at 1:00 AM or later.

 

Games 2-3-4 are almost certainly going to be at the times listed above, unless the TBS schedule is wrong.

[RockCoCougars]

I'm more worried about Marcum and Wolf going back to back in Phoenix than what times the games are played (as long as the weekday games take place at night). Has this rotation been confirmed?

[Patrick425]

Games 2-3-4 are almost certainly going to be at the times listed above, unless the TBS schedule is wrong.

The only flaw I see with the Game 2 start time is that doesn't Philly have to play at night because of parking/traffic issues with the Eagles game? I don't see the Philly game starting at 5pm...they would probably need more time than that to clear the parking lot after the Eagles game.

 

 

[Mike Felder]

FWIW, Hawkins tweeted that he was almost positive game 1 was going to be at 12:30 on Saturday and McCalvy retweeted it as if to kinda-sorta confirm it...

[owbc]

Well if that's the case, then all our speculation is wrong. 12:30 makes much more sense than any of the other options.

[liveforoctober]

Bernie Brewers twitter (reliable?) just stated it is a 1:07 first pitch.

 

http://twitter.com/Bernie_Brewer

[owbc]

It's everywhere now:

 

1:07 PM Saturday

3:37 PM Sunday

[carniesandrubes]

And like in 2008, the Packers will likely crush them in the local ratings by at least a 2:1 margin on Sunday...

[MadScientist]

And like in 2008, the Packers will likely crush them in the local ratings by at least a 2:1 margin on Sunday...

Sucks big time that they are on at the same time. Maybe the Packers can do us a favor by going up 35-0 in the first half against the sorry Denver team so we can all watch the Brewers in peace. Conversely I'd be fine if the Brewers put up a 10 spot in the first http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

[LouisEly]

Terrible that they conflict with the Packers. Is the Broncos game is in the Milwaukee ticket package?