Kerry Wood
Kerry Wood
Kerry Lee Woodis an American former baseball pitcher who played 14 seasons in Major League Baseballfor the Chicago Cubs, Cleveland Indians, and New York Yankees. Wood first came to prominence as a 20-year-old rookie when he recorded 20 strikeouts in a one-hit shutout against the Houston Astros, which some have argued may be the greatest single-game pitching performance in MLB history. The game also made Wood the co-holder of the MLB record for strikeouts in a single game, and earned...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth16 June 1977
CityIrving, TX
Everything felt good. It's different, but you still warm up, get loose and try to get guys out.
I don't even have a date when I'm going to get on the mound and throw.
Obviously when you can't contribute the way you want to and you miss extended periods of time, you feel like you didn't help the other 24 guys out there.
When I can go out there and throw the way I want to throw and recover the way I want to recover, that's when we're ready to go. Until then, that's what we are waiting on.
There are some things I want to do as a starter.
I think we felt a little more confident. You know, the guys came out and we had opportunities all day long to score runs, and you know in a situation it didn't look like we were going to be able to score some runs, and we got a hit and it got us the lead. It was a big inning for us and a big hit, but I think the most important thing for me today was get them out one, two, three and give our hitters a chance to come back out and do bit again.
It gives us and the fans, ... something else to look forward to.
I'm still getting some good life on the ball without the max effort. Everything is finishing toward the plate and seems pretty smooth. My location seems better because of that.
I was working on locating my pitches and throwing my slider for a strike. It was nice to get out there and face some hitters.
I was walking about 35, 40 minutes after surgery. They gave me a cane to walk out on and I carried it. It was pretty amazing. I got a little swelling, but it doesn't bother me to walk or do anything. The only day I missed throwing was the day I had the surgery.
My shoulder feels better the more I throw. I really don't want to miss more than one day without doing something with it.
Mark told me he didn't expect me to be doing what I did today until six or seven days after surgery. We're going the right direction.
I got a bit of a small obstacle to overcome this offseason. I fully expect to be ready when camp starts.
I got a bit of a small obstacle to overcome this off-season. I fully expect to be ready when camp starts.