Expect the White Sox to get off to a cold start in 2020 (literally)

So, here's the White Sox's 2020 schedule.

You know what stands out the most? The first nine games are all in cold-weather cities -- between March 26 and April 5.

The Sox have their earliest home opener ever, March 26 against the Kansas City Royals. After that three-game home series, they go on a six-game road trip. They will face the Cleveland Indians from March 30 to April 1, and the Boston Red Sox from April 2 to 5.

Brrrrrr.

How many of those nine games do you suppose will get rained out, snowed out or colded out? Hopefully, the Sox get those three home games in against Kansas City. They may win two out of three in that series, but it shapes up as a tough start to the year with Cleveland and Boston on the first trip -- both in terms of weather and strength of opponent.

But here's some good news about the schedule: The crosstown home games are on weeknights (July 7 and 8), so hopefully they won't be part of my 20-game ticket plan next season! Unfortunately, the Sox are playing the Cubs on my birthday for the second straight year (July 7), so that means I won't be watching the game. Now that I don't work for a newspaper any longer, and don't have to care about the Cubs, I generally ignore them -- even when they play the Sox.

Other interleague games are against the National League West. And, of course, the Field of Dreams game against the New York Yankees on Aug. 13 is intriguing. 

It begs the question, will Sox fans drive all the way to Iowa to watch their team get overmatched by New York?