Minnesota Twins 2009 Schedule & Preview
Manager Ron Gardenhire & Crew Set Sights on AL Central
One of the surest signs of Spring approaching: Pitchers and catchers reporting to Spring training in various locales around Arizona and Florida. Major League Baseball is soon to be underway again.
For Minnesota Twins fans, the recently announced signing of free-agent third baseman Joe Crede was the best news they’d heard in a relatively quiet offseason. A season-ending one game playoff loss to the Chicago White Sox last September 30th sent the Twins home for the winter and fans warming their hands next to the hot stove.
The 2009 season, the last to be played in the Metrodome before the 2010 opening of Target Field, carries with it the usual high hopes. Manager Ron Gardenhire has led his crew to 4 A.L. Central titles in the last 7 years, and nearly a 5th. That 5th is due in 2009.
The Usual Preseason Questions
Along with the high expectations come the usual preseason-type questions:, Is the pitching staff well-rounded enough for the long season, particularly in light of Boof Bonser’s season-ending surgery? Will Micheal Cuddyer bounce back from an injury-riddled 2008 enough to contribute? Who will “step up to the plate” to assist Mauer & Morneau? The answer to these and all other Twins questions will soon be evident.
Minnesota Twins 2009 Schedule, By Series
Space prohibits a full game-by-game schedule, but here is a series-by-series schedule for the entire 2009 Minnesota Twins season:
(Home series in BOLD CAPS)
- April 6,7,8,9 SEATTLE
- April 10,11,12 @Chi White Sox
- April 13,14,15,16 TORONTO
- April 17,18,19 LA ANGELS
- April 21,22, @Boston
- April 24,25,26 @Clevland
- April 27,28,29 TAMPA BAY
- May 1,2,3 KANSAS CITY
- May 4,5 @Detroit
- May 6,7 @Baltimore
- May 8,9,10 SEATTLE
- May 12,13,14 DETROIT
- May 15,16,17,18 @NY Yankees
- May 19,20,21 @Chi White Sox
- May 22,23,24 MILWAUKEE
- May 25,26,27,28 BOSTON
- May 29,30,31@Tampa Bay
- June 2,3,4 CLEVELAND
- June 5,6,7 @Seattle
- June 8,9,10,11@Oakland
- June 12,13,14 @Chicago Cubs
- June 16,17,18 PITTSBURGH
- JUNE 19,20,21 HOUSTON
- June 23,24,25 @Milwaukee
- June 26,27,28 @St.Louis
- June 29,30&July1 @Kansas City
- July 3,4,5 DETROIT
- July 7,8,9 NY YANKEES
- July 10,11,12 CHI WHITE SOX
- July 13,14,15 All-Star Break / All-Star Game @St.Louis 7/13
- July 17,18,19 @Texas
- July 20,21,22 @Oakland
- July 23,24,25,26 @ LA Angels
- July 27,28,29 CHI WHITE SOX
- July 31,Aug1,2 LA ANGELS
- Aug 4,5,6 @Cleveland
- Aug 7,8,9 @Detroit
- Aug 11,12,13 KANSAS CITY
- Aug 14,15,16 CLEVELAND
- Aug 17,18,19,20 @Texas
- Aug 21,22,23 @Kansas City
- Aug 24,25,26 BALTIMORE
- Aug 28,29,30 TEXAS
- Aug 31 & Sep 1,2 CHI WHITE SOX
- Sep 4,5,6 @Cleveland
- Sep 7,8,9,10 @Toronto
- Sep 11,12,13 OAKLAND
- Sep 14,15,16 CLEVELAND
- Sep 18,19,20 DETROIT
- Sep 21,22,23 @Chi White Sox
- Sep 25,26,27 @Kansas City
- Sep 28,29,30 & Oct 1 @Detroit
- Oct 2,3,4 KANSAS CITY
For the entire game-by-game schedule as well as all the Minnesota Twins information you can digest, visit the official Minnesota Twins website, the source for some of the information in this article.
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