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CHICAGO, ILLINOIS – JULY 20: Pete Crow-Armstrong #4 of the Chicago Cubs slides past Trevor Story #10 of the Boston Red Sox, who is unable to make the tag, for a double during the sixth inning at Wrigley Field on July 20, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Geoff Stellfox\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n
The looming nor\u2019easter heading for Boston is certainly going to impact the Boston Red Sox<\/a> and Chicago Cubs<\/a>\u2018 three-game series to end the MLB regular season.<\/p>\n Both teams are going to the playoffs, but seeding could still be on the line when they meet in interleague action, and the weather forecast has the league considering all the options.<\/p>\n The current working setup would involve playing a doubleheader on Friday and the final game of their season on Saturday at Fenway Park in Boston before getting out of dodge.<\/p>\n It sounds like that isn\u2019t finalized, though.<\/p>\n In fact, they may end the season playing in a different ballpark all together.<\/p>\n Red Sox-Cubs in Tampa Bay?<\/p>\n ESPN\u2019s Jesse Rogers reported on Thursday that the Red Sox and Cubs could end up playing games in Tampa to close out the season.<\/p>\n This is what Rogers posted on X:<\/p>\n Lots of scenarios still in play for Cubs\/Red Sox this weekend. Could even get Game 1 in on Friday then have to move (Tampa?) Game 2 that night and Game 3 but go back to playing them Sat and Sun. Right now, playing 2 on Friday and 1 on Sat. in Boston but some of that\u2019s in doubt!<\/p>\n \u2014 Jesse Rogers (@JesseRogersESPN) September 24, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n If that theory played out, it seems that there\u2019d be no more Friday doubleheader, and that they\u2019d instead get to finish out the season on the same calendar as the other teams in the league.<\/p>\n MLB<\/a> starts the final day of the regular season at the same time for everyone to take into account the potential for playoff implications, and putting the Red Sox and Cubs in Tampa would allow them to fit that plan.<\/p>\n Still, it sounds like the wheels are still spinning. The ever-shifting weather forecast will force MLB to make a call, and they\u2019ll just have to hope they\u2019re right.<\/p>\n How This Impacts Rays<\/p>\n The reason this would be possible could be that the Tampa Bay Rays<\/a> aren\u2019t home this weekend \u2014 although the report doesn\u2019t specifically state that it\u2019d be at their ballpark.<\/p>\n The Rays are already on the road, playing in New York against the Yankees<\/a> to close out a series on Thursday night.<\/p>\n The Rays then head to Philadelphia for a three-game series against the Phillies<\/a> to finish the regular season.<\/p>\n While none of the reporting on this has said it specifically, one option is for the Red Sox and Cubs to play at the Rays\u2019 Tropicana Field, which is technically located in St. Petersburg. There is an alternative in Tampa, though. That\u2019s the Yankees\u2019 Spring Training home, Steinbrenner Field.<\/p>\n According to MassLive\u2019s Chris Cotillo<\/a>, it would specifically be a move to Tropicana Field if it happened.<\/p>\n This is a fluid situation, so it\u2019ll be worth staying tuned to see what happens here.<\/p>\n \n\t\t\tBilly Heyen<\/a> Billy Heyen is a Heavy contributor with focus on the NFL and MLB. He is a 2019 graduate of Syracuse University who spent his senior year following Jim Boeheim’s basketball team around the country. His reporting work has also included extensive work for The Sporting News, the Sandusky Register and Rochester’s Democrat & Chronicle. Adventures in sports writing have also led to in-person coverage of the Buffalo Sabres, Cleveland Guardians, U.S. men’s national soccer team and a variety of minor league baseball stories. 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