Tag Archives: Matt Holliday

Hall of Fame Election Results to be Announced Today

Just a few quick things this morning.  The Baseball Hall of Fame will be announcing it’s class of 2010 today at 2:00 pm ET.  Waiting for the HOF election results is always fun, but must be fairly excruciating for those on the ballot.
Joe Posnanski recently wrote an article for Sports Illustrated detailing his HOF ballot.  [...]

A Busy Off Season…Except For The Cubs

It’s been a busy couple of days.  Free agent pitcher John Lackey signed with Boston, center fielder Mike Cameron will be joining him in Boston, Roy Halladay was traded to Philadelphia, Cliff Lee is moving to Seattle and several prospects will be finding new homes.  Yes indeed, it’s been a couple of busy days…for everyone except [...]

Cubs Winter Meeting: Day 4 Recap

Day 4 at the Winter Meetings is usually a short one.  After the Rule 5 draft in the morning, most people pack their bags and head home.
Billy Beane, GM of the A’s, left a little early and said that he couldn’t wait to get home because it was much easier to make deals away from the [...]

Cubs Involved In Several Trade Rumors

The Cubs have been involved to one extent or another in several trade rumors so far this off season.  The most persistent rumors revolve around trading Milton Bradley. 
Last week, Chicago Tribune columnist Phil Rogers wrote on ChicagoBreakingSports.com that the Cubs were involved in discussions over a three way trade that would send Bradley to Texas, [...]

Are The Cubs Getting Close To Trading Milton Bradley?

In a recent interview, ESPN Chicago’s Bruce Levine admitted that he may have “jumped the gun” when he said that a Milton Bradley trade would be announced in three or four days (a week or two ago).  But it does seem that the chatter is picking up concerning a Bradley trade, and the potential trade [...]

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 the [...]

Cubs Take Over First Place

After their 5-2 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Sunday, the Cubs found themselves all alone in first place in the NL Central.  The sweep of the Reds coupled with the Cardinals loss at Philadelphia catapulted the Cubs into the division lead.
Rich Harden earned the victory on Sunday by pitching 6.0 innings of one hit [...]