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A's Tried To Get 2016 Schedule Changed


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http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/08/28/the-athletics-have-a-travel-heavy-2016-schedule-and-unsuccessfully-tried-to-have-it-altered/

And folks thought the O's 2015 schedule was rough. Highlights include:

The Athletics do not play back-to-back series against the Rangers and Astros, causing them to travel to Texas more than would otherwise be necessary

The A's will be on the road for 22 of 28 days between April 18 and May 15

They will have three off-days in a span of eight days, which is legal per the CBA, which puts a maximum of two off-days within seven days

The A's will be on the road for 14 of 17 days between the middle and end of August

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Inserting the obligatory comment about how hard developing the schedule is, and how prior to 2005(?) MLB contracted with some family that did it all by hand because they couldn't figure out how to automate it. It's easy enough to automate a schedule maker for 30 teams in whatever permutation of games you want. But then there is travel to 20-whatever separate cities. And conflicts with various and bizarre conventions and the NFL and the NHL and the NBA and MLS and the Ice Capades and the Pope coming to visit and you can't have an off day on the 4th of July or St. Swithun's Day, and you can only have so many off days per X time period, and you have to stick it to the Orioles in some way because MASN, and you have to have the Yanks and Sox play in primetime at least 44 times a year.

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