Opening Day Time of 3:10pm?

[SephClone89]

Originally Posted by beasly213

It's also nice for those who only need to take a half day off at work instead of a full day. I'm happy about the 3:00 start.

Originally Posted by Chez

Me too. Though it could be pretty chilly out there by the 7th inning.

It's our first day back from spring break so I can't take a personal day.

[Harry Potter]

Originally Posted by SephClone89

It's our first day back from spring break so I can't take a personal day.

Those who don't have a spring break really feel for you, that you can't have another day off.

[SephClone89]

Originally Posted by Harry Potter

Those who don't have a spring break really feel for you, that you can't have another day off.

I would almost trade that spring break to have that Monday off.

Almost.

[Chez]

Originally Posted by SephClone89

I would almost trade that spring break to have that Monday off.

Almost.

Because Easter Sunday is on 3/31, a lot of schools are extending Spring Break through Monday. My high school aged daughter and one of my college aged sons don't return to school until Tuesday. They are both happy to be attending Opening Day instead.

[SephClone89]

Originally Posted by Chez

Because Easter Sunday is on 3/31, a lot of schools are extending Spring Break through Monday. My high school aged daughter and one of my college aged sons don't return to school until Tuesday. They are both happy to be attending Opening Day instead.

I know. The school where I student taught last year has that Monday off, but not the school where I work. Bummer.

[dickallen15]

Originally Posted by Chez

Because Easter Sunday is on 3/31, a lot of schools are extending Spring Break through Monday. My high school aged daughter and one of my college aged sons don't return to school until Tuesday. They are both happy to be attending Opening Day instead.

I wonder why. Easter always is on Sunday.

[TDog]

Originally Posted by Taliesinrk

Actually, IIRC, the 2003 opener was like a 3 p.m. start time and it was on a weekday (I want to say a Monday or Friday).

My last, at least most recent, opening day. The scheduled Friday start was 3:05, but it was delayed by rain. I got there long before 3 and had a great corporate seat, thanks to a very good friend, but it might have been after 5 before the game got started. Many people left before the ceremonies, and the park felt fairly empty when new closer Billy Koch struck out the side in the ninth to nail down the win.

The man who threw out the ceremonial first pitch got the first boos of the year. And he would later go to prison.

[Chez]

Originally Posted by dickallen15

I wonder why. Easter always is on Sunday.

Probably to accomodate folks who are going out of town for Spring Break -- so they don't have to travel back home or to school on Easter Sunday.

[jmeneghini1433]

2008 OD was a 3:05 start

[Foulke You]

Originally Posted by beasly213

It's also nice for those who only need to take a half day off at work instead of a full day. I'm happy about the 3:00 start.

Totally agree. I'm fine with the 3PM start. You can take a half day at work or if you end up taking a full day off, you don't need to get to the ballpark early in the morning to get a decent parking spot. For those of us that live far from the park, the 3PM start is most welcome.

[shingo10]

Originally Posted by TDog

My last, at least most recent, opening day. The scheduled Friday start was 3:05, but it was delayed by rain. I got there long before 3 and had a great corporate seat, thanks to a very good friend, but it might have been after 5 before the game got started. Many people left before the ceremonies, and the park felt fairly empty when new closer Billy Koch struck out the side in the ninth to nail down the win.

The man who threw out the ceremonial first pitch got the first boos of the year. And he would later go to prison.

Blago?

Seeing Koch strike out the side is something not many White Sox fans got to experience so you should feel blessed.

[TDog]

Originally Posted by shingo10

Blago?

Seeing Koch strike out the side is something not many White Sox fans got to experience so you should feel blessed.

Yes, but the governor was booed because he was known as a Cubs fan.

As for Koch, it was opening day, he was the new closer, he had seen success with Oakland, and although he had a bad outing in Kansas City before coming home, we believed this was what we were going to see in 2003.

[Brian26]

Originally Posted by jmeneghini1433

2008 OD was a 3:05 start

The Joe Crede grand slam game, right?

Funny how you have small memories of each Opener. Oddly, I can't remember much about the last two.

2003 - Rain delay, Loaiza got the start.
2004 ?
2005 Opener vs. Cleveland, Infield hit by Rowand?, Ross Gload stab & Shingo save
2006 - Opening Night, Rain, Thome Bomb
2007 - Contreras' wife serves him divorce papers and the Sox get destroyed
2008 - Crede slam (vs. Minn or Detroit? can't remember)
2009 - Rescheduled game due to snow, Wise gets booed out of the park for leading off, Thome homer
2010 - Buehrle start, Konerko homer, great Rios catch
2011 - Cold day, Edwin Jackson pitches a good game
2012 - ? I'm getting old.

[JB98]

Originally Posted by Brian26

The Joe Crede grand slam game, right?

Funny how you have small memories of each Opener. Oddly, I can't remember much about the last two.

2003 - Rain delay, Loaiza got the start.
2004 ?
2005 Opener vs. Cleveland, Infield hit by Rowand?, Ross Gload stab & Shingo save
2006 - Opening Night, Rain, Thome Bomb
2007 - Contreras' wife serves him divorce papers and the Sox get destroyed
2008 - Crede slam (vs. Minn or Detroit? can't remember)
2009 - Rescheduled game due to snow, Wise gets booed out of the park for leading off, Thome homer
2010 - Buehrle start, Konerko homer, great Rios catch
2011 - Cold day, Edwin Jackson pitches a good game
2012 - ? I'm getting old.

They beat the Tigers. Peavy outpitched Scherzer. Viciedo homered. Pierzynski had an RBI triple that scored Konerko from first. That was probably the most memorable play of the game.

[WhiteSox5187]

Originally Posted by Brian26

The Joe Crede grand slam game, right?

Funny how you have small memories of each Opener. Oddly, I can't remember much about the last two.

2003 - Rain delay, Loaiza got the start.
2004 ?
2005 Opener vs. Cleveland, Infield hit by Rowand?, Ross Gload stab & Shingo save
2006 - Opening Night, Rain, Thome Bomb
2007 - Contreras' wife serves him divorce papers and the Sox get destroyed
2008 - Crede slam (vs. Minn or Detroit? can't remember)
2009 - Rescheduled game due to snow, Wise gets booed out of the park for leading off, Thome homer
2010 - Buehrle start, Konerko homer, great Rios catch
2011 - Cold day, Edwin Jackson pitches a good game
2012 - ? I'm getting old.

2012's home opener was against Detroit and AJ had a big triple at one point in the game, the opening day game was against Texas and Dunn hit a homer. The 2008 home opener was where Crede hit a grand slam against Minnesota but opening day that year was in Cleveland and I think both Buehrle and CC were knocked out of the game by the third inning. 2004 was against Kansas City and I think that Bill Koch blew a save by giving up a homer to Carlos Beltran.

I have been to three opening days, 2007, 2009 and 2011. I am not going to opening day in 2013.