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
He said everything looked good in there, he did what he had to do and cleaned up what he had to clean up. I think everything else looked good and I should recover fine.
Good timing for them, bad timing for us.
I'm excited now, because we're blessed with a solid bullpen. It will be fun to watch these guys pitch everyday.
I'm just a normal kid who lives to play baseball. I'm living my dream.
The National League is baseball to me.
At home, when I'm not pitching, I'll sit and sign autographs for the kids. I've always done that and I'll continue to do it. That's part of the job.
A lot of times, when young guys come up, you think you don't have to work as hard because the talent is going to get you as far as you need to go. But as you get older, it's not that way. An injury is really a wake-up call and a slap in the face that maybe you were slacking a bit, and don't let it happen again.
I don't sit around and read papers about myself. If I see myself on TV, if I don't like it, I change the channel.
I love the slider. I'll throw it anytime. It helps the curve. The last five feet, it dives toward the left-handed hitter's box. It's a pitch that looks like a fastball coming in. It's a pitch I throw when I need a ground ball with a man on base.