2009 Baseball Opening Day Games
The 2009 Major League Baseball season gets officially underway tonight as the 2008 World Champion Philadelphia Phillies host the Atlanta Braves. A full slate of opening games are scheduled for Monday. Opening day game tickets are typically the most expensive baseball games of the entire series as are baseball games involving the Red Sox and Yankees.
The 2008 World Series Champions Philadelphia Phillies will put tickets to their 2009 games at Citizens Bank Park onsale to the general public beginning Febraury 19th. The Phillies are holding special lotteries for Opening Night, Mets and Red Sox tickets.
The Philadelphia Phillies are one win away from their second ever World Series Championship, their only series win coming in 1980. The Phillies lead the Tampa Bay Rays three games to one.
Philadelphia has not had a professional sports team win its league title since the Philadelphia 76′ers swept the Los Angeles Lakers in 1983.
Game Five is scheduled for tonight at Citizen’s Bank Park with Cole Hamels pitching for the Phillies and this Game Five is a very hot ticket as fans look to be part of baseball, World Series and Philadelphia history.
If the Tampa Bay Rays can start hitting and find a way to defeat the Phillies and their ace, the Rays will force Game Six back at Tropicana Field.
The Tampa Bay Rays and Philadelphia Phillies will play each other in the World Series which begins Wednesday at Tropicana Field. Even with a historic comeback in Game 5 and a Game 6 win, the ghosts were not with the Boston Red Sox tonight. Tampa Bay outdueled the Red Sox 3-1 to win Game 7 and the 2008 ALCS and become American League Champions. This will be Tampa Bay’s first trip to the World Series and has been Tampa’s first trip to the postseason after ten years of futility. The Rays may believe they can do anything now that they have disposed of the defending world champions in a grueling seven game series. There are a lot of great young players on both the Phillies and the Devil Rays and it should be a great and evenly matched World Series.
Unless something drastic occurs, the 2008 World Series match-up will feature the Philadelphia Phillies versus the Tampa Bay Rays. The Philadelphia Phillies and the Tampa Bay Rays each have a three game to one lead in their respective League Championship Series. With a win tonight over the LA Dodgers, the Phillies will advance to their first World Series since 1993. The Phillies have only won one previous World Series in 1980. Win a win over the Boston Red Sox in Game 5 Thursday, the Tampa Bay Rays can advance to their first World Series ever. The Tampa Bay Devil Rays finished the 2007 season with the worst record in the American League.
The Los Angeles Dodgers completed a three-game sweep over the Chicago Cubs in MLB’s National League Division Series. The Dodgers advance to the National League Championship Series to play the Phillies. Game 1 is scheduled for October 9th in Philadelphia. In the American League, the Tampa Rays lead the Chicago White Sox two games to none as do the Boston Red Sox over the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. The remaining teams for the Championship Series in each league could be finalized as early as tomorrow.
The Major League Baseball postseason playoff picture is beginning to take shape. In the National League, the Los Angeles Dodgers will face the Chicago Cubs and the Milwaukee Brewers will play the Philadelphia Phillies. The American League playoffs feature the Boston Red Sox versus the Los Angeles Angeles of Anaheim and the Tampa Bay Rays will take on either the Chicago White Sox.
The New York Mets have opened up online registration for Mets Postseason Playoff Ticket opportunities. Register and become eligible to be chosen in a random lottery to buy Mets Playoff Tickets for their last season at Shea Stadium at face price.
Philadelphia Phillies’ fans can register for playoff tickets here.
