Detroit Tigers' 2010 Schedule Discussed

A few days ago, Major League Baseball announced its 2010 schedules. Here is Detroit's. For fans of the NFL, a schedule announcement is a pretty big deal. There's 16 games. Each of them seem infinitely valuable. But a 162-game baseball schedule? Eh, not so much. Your league schedule doesn't change much year-to-year. So you check to see where you open the season, when your home opener is set, and what team will be in town for it. You look for an easy stretch. You look for a hard stretch. You look for an extra-long stay at home, and you look for the long nights on the road. You check the final week of the schedule to see what teams may try to be spoilers in a pennant race. Then you check your interleague schedule. Who is the opponent you face inexplicably in May? Which teams and superstars do you get to see in June? And is there any possible road trips to schedule for the two series on the road? And finally you realize by a month into the season, everything you thought the...