Good morning from Chicago,

The Padres did yesterday what they too often do in losing 3-1 to the Cubs in Game 1 of their Wild Card Series.

So now they must do something that has been done just twice in major league history.

For some context, it has only been attempted 20 times. And the Padres are one of the two teams to have done it.

Since the best-of-three series replaced the Wild Card game in 2022, no team has lost Game 1 and come back to win the series.

But in 2020, when MLB expanded the playoff pool following the shortened regular season, the Padres and A’s did win their Wild Card Series after losing the opener.

The Padres dropped Game 1 of that series 7-4 before winning 11-9 in Game 2 and 4-0 in Game 3 against a Cardinals team managed by Mike Shildt.

“Go out there and do it aga

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