Alright folks, today’s practice was all about getting a grip on next year’s Georgia baseball schedule, specifically the game times. Been tryin’ to plan our family’s weekends around catching games, and not knowing when things actually start drove me nuts last season. Ended up missing a couple because I just guessed wrong. So, figured I better tackle this head-on.
The Starting Mess
First thing, went hunting online. Started simple – typed “UGA baseball 2025 schedule” and “game times” into my browser. Thought it would be easy, right? Wrong.
- Checked the official athletic site. Found the schedule fast, cool. But… times? Nada. Just dates and opponents. Typical, gotta figure it out later, I guess.
- Clicked over to their social media. Scrolled through their feed, lookin’ for any hints. Found some posts about game day info… for last season. Completely useless for planning ahead.
- Searched old emails. I remembered they sent emails about promotions. Dug through. Found one! Mentioned start times… for 2023 games. Yeah, no help.
Getting My Hands Dirty
Realized nobody was just gonna hand me a complete list. Had to build it myself, piece by piece. This took way longer than I planned.
Step 1: Got the Bare Bones Schedule. Went back to the official schedule page. Printed it out. At least knew who they were playing and when.
Step 2: The Painful Time Investigation. For each series, usually Friday/Saturday/Sunday games, I started digging:
- Looked up past seasons’ series against the same teams. When did Friday night games usually start? Around 6 PM? Seems so. Noted it down in pencil. “Likely 6 PM”.
- Checked opponent team schedules for clues. Sometimes they listed start times against UGA… but only sometimes.
- Scrolled through UGA Baseball’s feed again, looking for any announcements hinting at “night games” or “afternoon starts.” Picked out a few keywords here and there.
Step 3: Weekend vs. Weekday Rule of Thumb. Noticed a pattern:
- Friday games? Almost always 6 PM or 7 PM, depending on travel and stuff.
- Saturdays? Usually early-ish afternoon, like 1 PM or 2 PM.
- Sundays? Often noon or 1 PM starts.
- Midweek games? Slap-bang during rush hour, usually 5 PM or 6 PM.
Made this my default guess unless I found solid proof otherwise.
Step 4: Putting It All Together. Took my printed schedule. Pulled out my trusty blue pen and a highlighter. Started scribbling the inferred times next to each game based on the patterns:
- “FRI: ~6 PM”
- “SAT: ~1 PM”
- “SUN: ~12 PM”
- “TUE: ~5 PM”
For any game where I found actual specific info from previous mentions or opponent pages (only found maybe four!), I used a different color marker and wrote “CONFIRMED 7 PM” or whatever.
The End Result (and Reality Check)
After a couple hours of this detective work / headache combo, I had my sheet of paper:
- Every game date had its best guess start time scribbled next to it.
- A handful of games actually had “confirmed-ish” times.
- Bolded and highlighted the big rivalry games and weekends we for sure wanted tickets for, using the times I figured out.
Is this perfect? Absolutely not. The real times will probably get announced super late – maybe even just a week before the game! But now?
- My calendar is penciled in with our probable game weekends and those likely start times.
- I can actually start figuring out travel, parking, maybe grabbing some tickets in advance for marquee matchups we want.
- I feel way less stressed about accidentally double-booking ourselves on game days.
Sure, I’ll be checking the official channels constantly as we get closer, tweaking my times and maybe moving calendar blocks around. But man, going from complete unknown to “pretty sure it’s around 1 PM” feels like a major win. Definitely beats winging it and missing out! Next time, maybe they’ll publish times earlier… but I ain’t holdin’ my breath. At least I’m ready.