Received the Red Sox 1997 schedule yesterday.
 
National League Opponents:
 
at NY Mets:  June 13, 14, 15
Philadelphia: June 16, 17, 18
Florida: June 30, July 1, July 2
Atlanta: August 29, 30, 31
At Montreal:  Sept. 1, 2, 3
 
Home games of note:
 
Friday April 11 - Opening day vs. Seattle - 1 pm
Monday April 21 - Patriots' Day, Vs Baltimore, 11 am
Fri, May 30 (7), Sat. May 31 (5 pm), Sun June 1 (1 pm),
Monday June 2 (6 pm) - New York Yankees
 
Two home stands vs. Toronto: July 10-13 (4 games) and Sept 17 & 18
(two games).
 
A new oddity this year:  only one weekday, non-holiday, non-opener
day game - July 30 vs. Seattle.
 
Another weird thing - on April 19 (Baltimore) and May 10 (Texas)
-- these are Saturday games and they start at 1 pm.  The Sat. April
12 game vs. Seattle is at 6 pm.
 
All other Saturday games are listed at - 5:05 pm starting time.
Weird.
 
That is very, very strange - it wrecks the afternoon AND the evening 
for fans.  Then again, there are a lot of weekend season ticket holders
who travel from far and wide, and this will help the people from,
say, Maine or Connecticut or Vermont to get to the Saturday game.
 
Still is a strange starting time.
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