Tag Archives: John Smoltz

Cubs Decline to Offer Harden Arbitration

On Tuesday, the Cubs declined to offer arbitration to free agents Rich Harden, Kevin Gregg, and Reed Johnson.  Not offering arb to Gregg and Johnson was not surprising, but there was some question about whether or not Harden would be offered arb.

Cubs Lose Heartbreaker to Cardinals

The Cubs game against the Cardinals started out good, but ended horribly for the northsiders.  In the first inning, the Cubs scored two runs off of John Smoltz on consecutive doubles by Kosuke Fukudome, Derrek Lee, and Aramis Ramirez.  Unfortunately, that was all of the offense the Cubs could muster all night. The Cardinals tied [...]

Cubs Drop Two-Out-Of-Three to Milwaukee

The Cubs lost the rubber game of their series with Milwaukee yesterday by a score of 7-4.  Randy Wells looked tired, Milton Bradley reminded us why we dislike him so, and the team generally failed to rise to the occasion. With the loss, the Cubs drop to 7.0 games behind Wildcard leading Colorado with just [...]

Cubs Lose Again

The Cards lost to the Dodgers last night, but the Cubs couldn’t take advantage of the situation as they also lost 6-3 to the Padres.  Derrek Lee had two hits, including a home run and a double, but it wasn’t enough to save the game for the Cubs. You would think that a team in [...]

Cubs Lose, Cards Win, Future Looks Bleak

It was bad enough that the Cubs lost and the Cardinals won.  That was bad enough.  But the way the Cubs lost was like being cut open and having salt poured into the wound.  It was that painful. Ted Lilly returned from the DL to pitch 6.0 innings of four hit, no run baseball.  It [...]

Cubs-Induced Anxiety Has Subsided

As you could probably tell from my post from Friday, I was a wee bit frustrated with the Cubs and their poor play.  After taking a couple of days off and with  two victories against the Pirates (and an unfortunate rain out on Sunday), I’m feeling better.  I’m still not ready to write off this season [...]

Are The Cubs Falling Out of Contention?

There is no joy in Mudville this morning.  The Cubs were beaten to a bloody pulp last night by the Phillies 12-5.  Honestly, the game wasn’t as close as the score would indicate.  You can read Carrie Muskat’s recap of the game from MLB.com.  I’d just as soon not talk about it. ********** As upset [...]

Cubs Look Bad in Loss to Rockies

Sunday was not kind to the Cubs as they dropped the game to the Rockies 11-5 and dropped two games behind St. Louis in the NL Central.  The game started out ugly and just seemed to get uglier as the afternoon wore on. Randy Wells allowed three runs in the first inning to put the [...]

Zambrano Added to Cubs Disabled List

The Cubs beat the Rockies Saturday night to tie the series with Colorado at one game apiece.  But the biggest news was the addition of Carlos Zambrano to the 15-day disabled list for the Cubs.  As you may recall, Zambrano came out early in his last start against Cincinnati with back spasms, but blamed the [...]