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Red Sox get unusual last-second schedule change before facing Yankees in playoffs

Major League Baseball has ordered a bizarre relocation for the Boston Red Sox regular-season finale, shifting the matchup against the Chicago Cubs from Fenway Park to Tropicana Field due to an impending severe coastal storm in the Northeast. The league advanced the weekend games into a Friday doubleheader to beat the heavy precipitation, leaving Boston to travel down to Florida before turning back around for their upcoming postseason wild-card series against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium.

While local supporters have expressed frustration over the grueling travel demands ahead of a crucial three-game playoff run, the contest must proceed because of vital National League seeding implications for the visiting Chicago squad. Red Sox manager Chad Tracy will now guide his club through this unusual logistical hurdle in St.

Petersburg before opening rival postseason territory.

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