The Boston Pink Sox and Chicago Cubs appear to have set their plan just about in stone, though MLB has but to make an official announcement.
With climate coming to Boston by way of a large nor’easter, it’s extremely unlikely the Pink Sox and Cubs can end their three-game sequence as usually scheduled for one recreation Friday, one recreation Saturday and one recreation Sunday.
As a substitute, they initially made a change to have a doubleheader on Friday and one other recreation on Saturday.
Now? It seems almost certainly that they’ll head to the house of the Tampa Bay Rays, Tropicana Discipline.
They nonetheless will in all probability see if they will get two video games performed Friday at Fenway Park. And from there, the airplane flight schedules sign what comes subsequent.
Airplane Flight Schedules Reveal Reality
Regardless that MLB hasn’t introduced something but, some Web sleuths have gotten to the underside of this.
One investigator discovered that the Pink Sox group constitution airplane has a scheduled flight to Tampa at 10 p.m. on Friday:
The Pink Sox group constitution has a scheduled flight to Tampa at 10pm this night. pic.twitter.com/nc5bVlQJld
— Jake Roy (@Jake3Roy) September 25, 2026
“For what it’s value, I’d think about they need to put this on the schedule no matter whether or not it’s truly occurring as a consequence of air visitors management stuff,” Jake Roy wrote in a follow-up submit on X.
The Cubs’ group constitution flight additionally has a scheduled journey to Tampa at 10 p.m. on Friday:
Cubs group constitution has a scheduled flight tonight as properly pic.twitter.com/s2t6jdhfdW
— Austin Champagne (@achamp100) September 25, 2026
The groups already moved the second recreation of Friday’s doubleheader up from 6:05 p.m. first pitch to five:35 p.m. first pitch. It certain looks like they’re attempting to get out of city.
It seems like, based mostly on MassLive’s Chris Cotillo’s reporting on X, that the ultimate recreation of the sequence could be performed on Sunday afternoon, like the remainder of the season finales throughout the league.
Why Tampa Bay?
There are a number of the reason why Tampa Bay — actually, St. Petersburg — is the reply.
The primary is solely that the Rays are on the highway this weekend, taking part in out the remainder of their season in Philadelphia (the place there may be climate considerations however evidently to not the purpose of Boston’s).
The second is that it’s a impartial discipline. Some puzzled if they might simply go to Wrigley Discipline, however the different Nationwide League groups combating with the Cubs within the standings wouldn’t like them getting further house video games.
And the third? It’s a dome down there. The climate can’t get to them and mess with this sequence anymore.
With each groups slated to play within the Wild Card Spherical of the playoffs, which begins Tuesday, Sept. 29, having motion executed by Sunday is fairly essential.
So whereas it isn’t confirmed, all the things in regards to the Tropicana Discipline plan is sensible. It simply must be made official, though flight schedules actually make it appear to be the case.
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