<prompt> Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - The 1984 Cubs akaita franchise yokutanga postseason chitarisiko kubva 1945, uye vaiva vokutanga vaviri chete playoff zvikwata kuti Smith akatamba mumwe ari 1988 Red Sox. Smith akaponesa mitambo inopfuura 30 kokutanga mubasa rake, asi akaunganidza 3.65 ERA, yakaipisisa mumakore gumi. Mumwaka wepositi, akaonekwa mumitambo miviri yeNL Championship Series  <response>: . Mumutambo wechipiri, Smith akawana kuchengetedza mu 4 × 2 Cubs kukunda nekunyora maviri ekupedzisira kubuda. Kukunda kwakapa maCubs mutungamiri wemitambo miviri-kusina-mumwe mumutambo wakanakisisa-we-mashanu, asi San Diego Padres vakakunda mitambo mitatu inotevera kuti varambe maCubs mu 1984 World Series. Smith akatora kurasikirwa muMutambo 4: kupinda pasi pechisere nemutambo wakabatana, 55, akabvumira imwe hit uye akachengetedza mutambo wakabatana; pasi pechipfumbamwe, akabvumira imwe-kunze imwe chete kuna Tony Gwynn, ichiteverwa ne-two-run walk-off home run naSteve Garvey kumanikidza mutambo wechishanu wekusarudza. Smith haana kukanda mumutambo wechishanu; nepo Chicago yakabata 3-0 inotungamira mushure mechikamu chechipiri, San Diego yakarova nhanhatu dzisina kupindurwa dzemutambo wekupedzisira. Pakati pemwaka misere yaSmith neCubs 19801987, uyu ndiwo chete gore iro maCubs aive nerekodhi yekukunda, uye nguva chete yavakapedza pamusoro pechina muchikamu chavo. 