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CHICAGO, ILLINOIS – JULY 18: Matt Shaw #6 of the Chicago Cubs safely steals second base past the tag of Trevor Story #10 of the Boston Red Sox during the fifth inning at Wrigley Field on July 18, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Michael Reaves\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n
The Boston Red Sox<\/a> and Chicago Cubs seem to have set their plan pretty much in stone, although MLB has yet to make an official announcement.<\/p>\n With weather coming to Boston via a massive nor\u2019easter, it\u2019s highly unlikely the Red Sox and Cubs can finish their three-game series as regularly scheduled for one game Friday, one game Saturday and one game Sunday.<\/p>\n Instead, they initially made a change to have a doubleheader on Friday and another game on Saturday.<\/p>\n Now? It looks most likely that they\u2019ll head to the home of the Tampa Bay Rays<\/a>, Tropicana Field.<\/p>\n They still will probably see if they can get two games played Friday at Fenway Park. And from there, the plane flight schedules signal what comes next.<\/p>\n Plane Flight Schedules Reveal Truth<\/p>\n Even though MLB hasn\u2019t announced anything yet, some Internet sleuths have gotten to the bottom of this.<\/p>\n One investigator found that the Red Sox team charter plane has a scheduled flight to Tampa at 10 p.m. on Friday:<\/p>\n The Red Sox team charter has a scheduled flight to Tampa at 10pm this evening. pic.twitter.com\/nc5bVlQJld<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Jake Roy (@Jake3Roy) September 25, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cFor what it\u2019s worth, I\u2019d imagine they have to put this on the schedule regardless of whether it\u2019s actually happening due to air traffic control stuff,\u201d Jake Roy wrote in a follow-up post on X.<\/p>\n The Cubs\u2019 team charter flight also has a scheduled trip to Tampa at 10 p.m. on Friday:<\/p>\n Cubs team charter has a scheduled flight tonight as well pic.twitter.com\/s2t6jdhfdW<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Austin Champagne (@achamp100) September 25, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n The teams already moved the second game of Friday\u2019s doubleheader up from 6:05 p.m. first pitch to 5:35 p.m. first pitch. It sure seems like they\u2019re trying to get out of town.<\/p>\n It sounds like, based on MassLive\u2019s Chris Cotillo\u2019s reporting<\/a> on X, that the final game of the series would be played on Sunday afternoon, like the rest of the season finales across the league.<\/p>\n Why Tampa Bay?<\/p>\n There are multiple reasons why Tampa Bay \u2014 really, St. Petersburg \u2014 is the answer.<\/p>\n The first is simply that the Rays are on the road this weekend, playing out the rest of their season in Philadelphia (where there could also be weather concerns but evidently not to the point of Boston\u2019s).<\/p>\n The second is that it\u2019s a neutral field. Some wondered if they could just go to Wrigley Field, but the other National League teams fighting with the Cubs in the standings wouldn\u2019t like them getting extra home games.<\/p>\n And the third? It\u2019s a dome down there. The weather can\u2019t get to them and mess with this series anymore.<\/p>\n With both teams slated to play in the Wild Card Round of the playoffs, which begins Tuesday, Sept. 29, having action done by Sunday is pretty crucial.<\/p>\n So while it isn\u2019t confirmed, everything about the Tropicana Field plan makes sense. It just has to be made official, although flight schedules certainly make it seem to be the case.<\/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. More about Billy Heyen<\/a>\t\t<\/p>\n \t