Old Goat Still has it

[rockin500]

Good ol Greg shut down the cardinals for one run over 6 1/3 innings in a brutally cold/windy day. Nice to see greg pitch so well for once in the beginning of the season. :)

[Baseball Guru]

Another good game for Maddux as he wins #320 today vs the Reds:thumbsup:

[rockin500]

definitely a good game for mad dog. Hes our best pitcher so far. :D

[Spitball67]

definitely a good game for mad dog. Hes our best pitcher so far. :D

yeah who would have guess Maddux would be our best pitcher right now? I think it's great. We should sign Clemmons and have the "over the hill" rotation take us to the World Series! :D

[rockin500]

he's now 3-0 with a 1.33 ERA after limiting the dodgers to one run over 8 innings. (6 K's)

[Spitball67]

he's now 3-0 with a 1.33 ERA after limiting the dodgers to one run over 8 innings. (6 K's)

:thumbsup: freaking awesome!!

[Chisox73]

He had a pretty good evening at the plate also.

[Spitball67]

I don't know how he keeps doing it but Maddux is carrying our team now. The guy has been flat out great.

[rockin500]

he's now 4-0 with a 0.99 ERA. :eek:

[Baseball Guru]

Damn!:eek:

I'm so glad he's pitching well..:thumbsup:

One of the true professionals in the game:)

[rockin500]

well, he is up to 5-0 now, though his ERA went up. such a slacker. its up to 1.35 now! lol

[Baseball Guru]

I just can't believe this:eek:

Something about turning 40 and pitching huh?

Great story!

[DaCubz]

God, it'd be nice for Maddux to win a Cy Young at age 40, also carrying the Cubs into the playoffs. :)

[PopTop]

I've got Maddux on a couple of my fantasy teams, so I'm happy to see him doing well (even if he is a Cub ;))

Dude traded me Maddux, Nomar and Tim Hudson earlier this year for Felipe Lopez, Scott Linebrink and Brian McCann :eek: I'm still laughing about that one!

[rockin500]

Mad Dog was named NL pitcher of the month. Quite worthy IMO. :)

[DaCubz]

Maddux faces a below-average Arizona lineup tonight. He can certainly do it. Ryan and Sutton, watch out, Maddux is right behind ya.

[Baseball Guru]

I felt bad for the water cooler last night;)

[PopTop]

Any truth to this, or is it just a sportswriter musing to himself in order to fill column inches?

http://www.dailyherald.com/sports/rozner.asp?id=192832

Barry Rozner / Daily Herald (25May06) --- It’s time for him to go.

No, not Dusty Baker. It’s too late for that to do any good, though you wouldn’t find many votes against it.

The season’s a lost cause and there has to be a shake-up for the sake of the few decent players who remain, especially the young ones.

More kids have to be brought up. Others need to be sent down. Useless veterans should be released. Valued ones should be traded. And the Cubs should acquire players who can help in 2007 instead of waiting, forgive me, until next year.

The guy to go first should be Greg Maddux, the first-ballot Hall of Famer who deserves better than this.

Watching him pound that water bucket with a bat in full view of the cameras and his teammates Wednesday, spraying it all over trainer Mark O’Neal, tells you all you need to know about how much fun this is for him.

Maddux rarely snaps, and if he does, you’d certainly never know about it.

But who could blame him?

Maddux ran hard on a leadoff double in the top of the fifth, but Ronny Cedeno struck out with Maddux on third and one out, and Todd Walker flied to center.

Cruising into the bottom of the fifth with a 3-1 lead, Maddux needed only 9 pitches (68 for the game) to get three easy outs. Problem is, the third out was a routine grounder to Cedeno at short, which he threw into the dirt at first, and Walker couldn’t handle it.

It was called a hit, but all Cedeno had to do was take a couple of steps to his right, set and throw, like 25 other big-league shortstops do routinely every day. And that pretty much sums up the Cubs’ season, and their talent. Instead of walking off the field to get a breather, the 40-year-old Maddux threw 18 more pitches, several of which were hit very hard, and by the time it was over the Marlins had 5 runs on 4 hits and an intentional walk.

Now Maddux, being a pro, will say what happened was all his fault, and it’s true that he didn’t have to get pounded after the play at short, but he doesn’t have that margin for error anymore, and the inning would have been over if the Cubs had a decent infield. It’s not even the 5 earned runs Maddux didn’t deserve. It’s about playing like big-leaguers, which would have given him the chance to pitch 2 more innings with a lead and help the Cubs win a game.

Maddux probably would never push for a trade, and publicly he will say he wants to stay and earn his money, but his no-trade clause doesn’t mean the Cubs can’t investigate.

Former Cubs/Giants exec Ned Colletti is the GM in L.A., and he offered Maddux more money to sign with San Francisco than Maddux took to play for the Cubs. Arizona does things the right way, and San Diego would be an appealing city for several reasons.

Maddux is owed $6 million for the rest of this season, which could stall a deal, but if the Cubs have any heart at all they’ll find a way to get him out of here.

[rockin500]

he's musing to himself. I do believe there is a handshake agreement that maddux will not be moved during the terms of the contract. at least thats what Kiley and Sullivan say (or have said)

I just dont see it happening. and wouldnt be too surprised if he is still here next year with a new deal.