Our home opener sucks. I love when visiting fans travel well...I do it all the time for the Badgers, Packers, Brewers, whatever...but baseball's Opening Day should be off limits. It's the one day where no matter how bad you may be, no one can tell you the season is going to be terrible, because it hasn't started yet. It's the most optimistic day of the year and a special moment to be shared between players and fans. Just my opinion. Our IL schedule is "meh." Not counting the Twins series' every year, 2009 will mark 3 out of 4 consecutive years where the AL central is our foe. I guess a visit to see the Crew in Cleveland or Detroit would be fun, but what about NY, Seattle, Oakland, etc one of these years? Based on this year's standings, our September schedule is rough: 9 vs. STL (!), 7 vs. CHC, 4 vs. Philly, and 3 vs. AZ Our longest road trips are two 9-gamers, one in April, one in August, both vs. some pretty good teams.