Chicago Cubs, Wrigley Field and San Diego Padres
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Machado and the Padres are back on the road for the first round of the playoffs, beginning on Tuesday afternoon when they face Dansby Swanson and the Chicago Cubs in the opener of their best-of-three series.
Chicago Cubs pitcher Matthew Boyd will throw the first pitch of Tuesday’s wild card series opener, and it will mean the world to him for an important reason.
When Cubs left-hander Matthew Boyd takes the Wrigley Field mound in Game 1 of the wild-card series, he’ll know what to do with the extra nerves and excitement that come with playoff stakes. “It’s all energy,” Boyd said in a recent conversation with the Sun-Times. “You just acknowledge it for what it is, and you feed off it.”
San Diego Padres manager Mike Shildt warns his team ahead of 2025 MLB Wild Card Series at Wrigley Field vs. the Chicago Cubs.
In a selfie-style video taken from down on the field, Mulaney — who was born and raised in Chicago and returned to the city for My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman in 2024 — reiterated his excitement at becoming the "first comedian to ever play Wrigley Field in its history."
Matt Shaw homered and had three hits, Michael Busch also went deep and the Chicago Cubs ended a season-high five-game losing streak with a 10-3 rout of the New York Mets on Wednesday night.
The Chicago Cubs are the center of two claims involving an Illinois law that has been at the center of many recent class-action lawsuits, but the team reportedly called the allegations against them "false.
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