Next Friday is the first day of April. A week after that, April 8th, the Rockies will open their regular season in LoDo against the Dodgers. That came fast, didn’t it?
Due to the lockout-induced later-than-normal start, the MLB schedule is denser than usual. The Rockies have two off days in April, three in May, then four each in June, July, August, and September. In those months, there are three different 17-day stretches with a game scheduled each day: May 20th to June 5th, July 1st to 17th (leading into the All-Star break), and July 22nd to August 7th (coming out of the All-Star break).