Imagine it's late September. The Cubs have already hosted the White Sox for three unforgettable games at Wrigley Field - fans packed the rooftops (at 25 percent capacity) around the ballpark. Now, it's time to head to the South Side for the final series of the season, rife with playoff implications.
If the coronavirus pandemic doesn't derail the 2020 MLB season, that scene very well could become a reality.
The Cubs regular season schedule, which MLB released Monday, features six Crosstown Classic games. The first of two series between the Chicago teams runs Aug. 21-23 at Wrigley Field. The second is penciled in for Sept. 25-27 at Guaranteed Rate Field. Both three-game series include Friday and Saturday evening games, and end with a Sunday afternoon game.
The Crosstown rivalry consumes 1/10 of the Cubs schedule this shortened season.
"It's exciting, right?" Cubs manager David Ross said.
And quite convenient. That's the point of a regionally-based schedule, which has the Cubs facing only NL Central and AL Central teams. While trying to limit the spread of COVID-19, that convenience becomes especially important.
"We get to sleep in our own beds at night," Ross said of the Crosstown Classic. "We can set up things where if we need to we can work out here and drive over like you would in an Arizona spring training. There's a lot of options that we have for us that we can do with an in-town team. I feel like that's definitely a luxury."
Some of those same advantages apply to the Cubs' games at Milwaukee as well. As is the case with all their division rivals, the Cubs are scheduled to play the Brewers 10 times, including opening day at Wrigley Field on July 24.
As for their mid-September series at Milwaukee: "Players have the ability to drive up day of the game, drive back afterwards or get a car back," Ross said. "There's a lot of freedom and comfort in sleeping in your own bed, especially in the scenarios we're in this year."
The Cubs' setup with the White Sox is mirrored over in Missouri between the Cardinals and Royals; they will also play each other six times. The Cubs will play three or four games against each of the four other teams in the AL Central. The White Sox are expected to be a stauncher opponent than the Royals, automatically giving the Cubs a tougher route through their interleague schedule.
But that's a small price to pay for six rivalry games in Chicago.
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