The San Diego Padres enter the 2025 NL Wild Card Series on a surge, but their next test is a road clash with the Chicago Cubs . As the No. 5 seed prepares for Game 1 at Wrigley Field Tuesday, Padres manager Mike Shildt didn’t hold back when discussing the venue. He called it one of the toughest environments in baseball — a place he believes could shape the outcome of the entire series.

In a post by the Chicago Sun-Times’ Maddie Lee on the X (formerly known as Twitter) platform, she shared the manager's candid thoughts during his media session the day before Game 1.

“There’s not another ballpark, I would say, that could be any trickier than Wrigley.”

The quote echoes what players and fans have known for years — Wrigley isn’t just historic, it’s volatile. Wind off Lake Michigan, g

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