Trump and Pence rally at I-X Center

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is shown Saturday, Oct. 22, 2016, during a campaign rally at the I-X Center in Cleveland.

(Thomas Ondrey, The Plain Dealer)

This post has been updated to reflect that the banner's flight has been rescheduled from Tuesday to Wednesday, before Game 2 of the World Series.

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Sports fans crowding downtown Wednesday for Game 2 of the World Series might see an airplane banner jeering Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's long-ago interest in buying the Cleveland Indians.

The message, brought to you by ProgressOhio, an advocacy group aligned with Democrats: "TRUMP TRIED TO BUY & MOVE THE INDIANS!"

A plane circling Progressive Field, where the Indians and Chicago Cubs meet for their second game at 8 p.m., will carry the banner between 4:30 and 6:30 p.m.

ProgressOhio initially had planned to launch its Trump attack Tuesday night, before the Series opener between the Indians and Cubs and before the season opener for the defending NBA champion Cleveland Cavaliers. But the plane encountered electrical difficulties, and the flight had to be pushed back a day.

The banner references the GOP hopeful's failed attempt to buy the baseball team in the 1980s. Trump's effort received fresh attention this week as the Series approached and as his race with Democrat Hillary Clinton neared the finish line.

Brent Larkin, the cleveland.com and Plain Dealer columnist, wrote last year about Trump's pitch for the Tribe. "Had the deal gone through," according to Larkin, "many believed at the time -- and still do -- that [Trump] would have wasted little or no time moving the team to another city, most likely Tampa."

ProgressOhio is among Trump's biggest critics in the battleground Buckeye State.

"Ohio's professional sports teams are not just businesses, they are part of our culture and our identity,'' Executive Director Sandy Theis said in an emailed statement. "I doubt that legions were distraught when Trump Vodka, Trump Steaks or Trump University went belly up. But had Trump bought the Tribe and moved the team elsewhere, I know that millions of Ohioans would have been devastated.''