2013 Tigers Schedule

**PuNk42AE** · 09-12-2012, 01:13 PM

Tigers open 2013 season in Minnesota on April 1. Home opener vs. Yankees on April 5.

**PuNk42AE** · 09-12-2012, 01:14 PM

Chris Iott ‏@Chris_Iott

Tigers have long West Coast trip early in season: A's, Mariners, Angels. #Tigers

Chris Iott ‏@Chris_Iott

First interleague series for the Tigers: April 26-28, vs. Atlanta Braves at Comerica Park. #Tigers

Due to the Astros it will be really interesting to see how the schedule does end up with the Interleague Series.

**alwaysthrowheat** · 09-12-2012, 01:16 PM

The Tigers end their season in Miami next year. Huh?

**PuNk42AE** · 09-12-2012, 01:19 PM

Chris Iott ‏@Chris_Iott

Tigers wrap up the 2013 season in Miami on Sept. 29. #Tigers

Uh oh I bet Turner will be pitching.

**PuNk42AE** · 09-12-2012, 01:24 PM

Wow sounds like a lot of 2 game series, Beck just said that the Nats/Tigs have two, 2 game series.

**CapitalTigers** · 09-12-2012, 01:30 PM

Originally Posted by PuNk42AE

Tigers open 2013 season in Minnesota on April 1. Home opener vs. Yankees on April 5.

Must win.

**PuNk42AE** · 09-12-2012, 01:34 PM

Congrats to your 2013 American League Central winners...

**PuNk42AE** · 09-12-2012, 01:35 PM

Tigers Schedule | tigers.com: Schedule

Full 2013 Sched

**TigersSlappy** · 09-12-2012, 01:43 PM

well Bert can get to work now. ;-)

**Casimir** · 09-12-2012, 01:47 PM

No Rockies or Diamondbacks? I guess MLB is really giving a big phoooey to traditional rivalries.

How about the 4 game stretch with the Pirates, 2 in Detroit and 2 in Pittsburgh? I remember seeing schedules like that from the early/mid 70s.

**tiger337** · 09-12-2012, 02:02 PM

The most bizarre part of the schedule is that they don't play the White Sox until July 9 and then play 14 of their next 31 games against the White Sox.

**Mr. Bigglesworth** · 09-12-2012, 02:08 PM

Season over.

**John_Brian_K** · 09-12-2012, 02:13 PM

Originally Posted by CapitalTigers

Must win.

lol

Well done.

**clark1mt** · 09-12-2012, 02:16 PM

Starting the season in Minnesota? On April 1? It's like MLB is hoping for a snow-out or something.

**tiger337** · 09-12-2012, 02:36 PM

Rayburn is batting third today? WTF Franckona.

**Casimir** · 09-12-2012, 02:46 PM

38 away & 38 home games against the AL Central (10/9, or 9/10 against each team).
16 away & 16 home games against the AL East (6 or 7 games against each team).
17 away & 17 home games against the AL West (6 or 7 games against each team).
8 away & 8 home against the NL East (3 against 4 teams, and 4 against Washington).
2 away & 2 home against the NL Central (all 4 against Pittsburgh).
0 games against the NL West.

Personally I'd rather do:
9 away & 9 home against each AL Central team (72 games).
3 away & 3 home against each AL East & AL West team (60 games).
3 away games against 5 NL teams and 3 home games against 5 NL teams (30 games against 10 different NL teams). These interleague games can be rotated year-to-year, play the NL Central & NL East one year, play the NL Central & NL West the next year, etc.

**PuNk42AE** · 09-12-2012, 02:47 PM

ALE
Boston - v4, @3
Baltimore - @3, v3
New York - v3, @3
Tampa Bay - v3, @3
Toronto - v3, @4

ALC
Chicago - v3, @4, v3, @3, @3, v3
Cleveland - v3, @2, v3, @4, @4, v3
Kansas City - v3, @3, v4, @3, v3
Minnesota - @3, v3, v4, @3, @3, v3, @3

ALW
Houston - @4, v3
Los Angeles - @3, v3
Oakland - @3, v4
Seattle - @3, v4
Texas - @4, v3

NLE
Atlanta - v3
Miami - @3
New York - @3
Philadelphia - v3
Washington - @2, v2

NLC
Pittsburgh - v2, @2

**Shelton** · 09-12-2012, 03:01 PM

I like that they have finally embraced Pittsburgh as our traditional rival for interleague.

I wouldn't mind if they were in a four team group with the Ohio teams, playing both Pitt and cincy each year, but I guess they want to preserve the battle of Ohio. It's just that cincy is closer to Detroit than Pitt, and Pitt is about the same distance away from Cleveland as cincy is.

**Jeff6851** · 09-12-2012, 03:32 PM

Season ends on my 21st birthday

**tiger337** · 09-12-2012, 03:36 PM

I like that the Tigers only have one west coast trip and they get it out of the way in April.

**dadair6** · 09-12-2012, 03:37 PM

I like this schedule, it's different. The multi-city trips are more even in 2013 with multi-series home stands. This year the Tigers had 5 trips of three cities, but only had 2 homestands of at least three series. Next year it's and even four and four.

Road
April - 9 games in 10 days
June/July - 11 games in 11 days (3-4-4 ouch)
August - 10 games in 10 days
September - 9 games in 10 days

Home
April - 9 games in 9 days
June - 10 games in 11 days
July/Aug - 8 games in 10 days
September - 10 games in 10 days

**FRM710** · 09-12-2012, 05:06 PM

Great observation from Twitter on potential negative to playing Miami in Miami to finish the 2013 season:

Jason Beck ‏@beckjason

Agreed. RT @mdjaxon: @beckjason Tigers losing DH for the last 3 games next year. That could be HUGE if the race is as close as this year.

**CapitalTigers** · 09-12-2012, 07:23 PM

I see ya Dan Dickerson!

https://twitter.com/dan_dickerson/st...08145682526208

**Shelton** · 09-12-2012, 07:50 PM

Originally Posted by FRM710

Great observation from Twitter on potential negative to playing Miami in Miami to finish the 2013 season:

Jason Beck ‏@beckjason

Agreed. RT @mdjaxon: @beckjason Tigers losing DH for the last 3 games next year. That could be HUGE if the race is as close as this year.

And leading into that final series, the tigers will have had the benefit of an additional three games with the DH relative to the rest of the AL. It's their own fault if they didn't take advantage.

**Casimir** · 09-12-2012, 09:08 PM

Originally Posted by Shelton

And leading into that final series, the tigers will have had the benefit of an additional three games with the DH relative to the rest of the AL. It's their own fault if they didn't take advantage.

I have a feeling we'll see uniformity on the DH soon.

**tiger337** · 09-12-2012, 09:50 PM

Originally Posted by Casimir

I have a feeling we'll see uniformity on the DH soon.

I don't know. I've never read anything about either league having any desire to change.

**Casimir** · 09-12-2012, 09:58 PM

Originally Posted by tiger337

I don't know. I've never read anything about either league having any desire to change.

Yeah, I heard an interview with Rob Neyer today and he mentioned that he didn't think the DH would change anytime soon. I know that there hasn't been much chatter about it lately. I just have a hunch that if baseball does in fact address September expanded rosters, they might try to tackle the DH as well. And I think that with the DH becoming less of a highly paid nondefense old guy type, teams that would have been against adding that extra salary (as the theory goes anyway) would be more inclined to accept it. Also, if they do decide to go one way or another, I think teams would have an easier time including the DH in thier short/long term plans rather than getting rid of it.

Personally, I fall on the side of having Ps hit, but I'd be fine with the DH in both leagues.

**tiger337** · 09-12-2012, 10:18 PM

I kind of like it the way it is. I like that the AL and NL are distinct leagues and have never cared for interleague play. The different rules help keep the leagues separate.

**Casimir** · 09-12-2012, 10:26 PM

Originally Posted by tiger337

I kind of like it the way it is. I like that the AL and NL are distinct leagues and have never cared for interleague play. The different rules help keep the leagues separate.

I've not been much for interleague play either. But it isn't going to go away. Because of that, I'd like to see the rules be the same across the leagues. The way it is now would be like having a 3 point line 2 feet shorter in half of the NBA while the other half of the NBA kept it where it is now. (Now that I think about it, I suppose one could argue the different dimensions from ballpark to ballpark is somewhat similar.)

Is the DH really the only thing keeping the league separate? The league offices were combined into the MLB offices several years ago were they not?

**brad22784** · 09-12-2012, 10:32 PM

Weird schedule.

**dadair6** · 01-12-2013, 11:04 AM

All Saturday home games are 7pm start times with the exception of July 27 against Philly (3pm). Does anybody know if FOX has changed their national games to 7pm opposed to 4pm? I haven't been able to find anything online.

**TigersSlappy** · 01-12-2013, 11:16 AM

Originally Posted by dadair6

All Saturday home games are 7pm start times with the exception of July 27 against Philly (3pm). Does anybody know if FOX has changed their national games to 7pm opposed to 4pm? I haven't been able to find anything online.

I think some of those will change as the national games are selected.

**PuNk42AE** · 01-12-2013, 11:36 AM

Remember last year Fox had a bunch of 7pm games in the Late Summer.

**mckibbka** · 01-15-2013, 02:23 PM

Two Sunday Night Baseball games for sure.

April 28 vs the Braves and May 19 at the Rangers.

Detroit Tigers scheduled to make two appearances on ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball | MLive.com

**John_Brian_K** · 01-15-2013, 02:32 PM

Originally Posted by mckibbka

Two Sunday Night Baseball games for sure.

April 28 vs the Braves and May 19 at the Rangers.

Detroit Tigers scheduled to make two appearances on ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball | MLive.com

Well isn't that swell of them. A whole 2 appearances for the team that made it to the WS and had the TC/MVP/BPITL in the middle of the line up.

**Antrat** · 01-15-2013, 04:37 PM

Originally Posted by John_Brian_K

Well isn't that swell of them. A whole 2 appearances for the team that made it to the WS and had the TC/MVP/BPITL in the middle of the line up.

Fine by me. The less I have to turn my TV to ESPN, the better.

**T&P_Fan** · 01-15-2013, 04:43 PM

Originally Posted by John_Brian_K

Well isn't that swell of them. A whole 2 appearances for the team that made it to the WS and had the TC/MVP/BPITL in the middle of the line up.

They have only released the first 11 dates...through May. The Tigers will get more ESPN games.

**T&P_Fan** · 01-15-2013, 04:44 PM

Originally Posted by Shelton

It's just that cincy is closer to Detroit than Pitt, and Pitt is about the same distance away from Cleveland as cincy is.

The driving distance to Cinncy or Pittsburgh is just over 4 hours from Detroit, it is just about the same.

I like Cinncy better though, Pittsburgh is an ugly town, nice ball park though.

**HeyAbbott** · 01-15-2013, 05:05 PM

Originally Posted by Casimir

Personally, I fall on the side of having Ps hit, but I'd be fine with the DH in both leagues.

No union rep will ever let the DH disappear from the AL. Such a move could likely cause a drop in the average player salary. More likely, both leagues will have the DH some day, but I would nopt hold my breath.

**dadair6** · 01-15-2013, 05:53 PM

Originally Posted by mckibbka

Two Sunday Night Baseball games for sure.

April 28 vs the Braves and May 19 at the Rangers.

Detroit Tigers scheduled to make two appearances on ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball | MLive.com

Darn ESPN. We're going to be in Dallas that weekend and planned to hit up the Rangers game in the afternoon and fly out in the evening. Looks like we'll have to stay an extra night.