Bridgeport, CT - Bridgeport Bluefish team officials today announced the release of their schedule for the 2012 season.
The 2012 schedule will include 140 contests and features 70 home games at The Ballpark at Harbor Yard. The Bluefish will begin their season at home with a four-game series against the Camden Riversharks on Thursday, April 26. Following the inaugural tilt against Camden, Bridgeport will wrap up their opening homestand with a three-game set against the cross-sound rival Long Island Ducks. The home schedule includes eleven weekend series.
“We’re very excited about this year’s schedule and opening the 2012 season at The Ballpark at Harbor Yard,” says Bluefish General Manager Bob Goughan. “The organization is looking forward to putting together another competitive team, a great promotional schedule and continuing our tradition of affordable family entertainment.”
The first significant date in the early part of the schedule will be Friday, May 18, as the Bluefish will welcome the Sugarland Skeeters to the Atlantic League for their first matchup in the Park City. The Skeeters will take the place of the Road Warriors in the Freedom Division for 2012. On Monday, May 28, the Bluefish will take on the defending Atlantic League Champion York Revolution in a special Memorial Day contest. Sunday, June 17 will also mark an important event for all the fathers out there, as Bridgeport will tangle with the Lancaster Barnstormers in a Father’s Day matchup. The Fourth of July will prove to be a blast at Harbor Yard as the ‘Fish will once again square off against the Skeeters.
