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
It was nice to go out and throw an inning. It's been frustrating going on the DL three times with this injury and not knowing what the problem was. They will go in, clean it up and send me on my way.
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.
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.
I haven't thrown a pitch yet. What's there to talk about?
Things were going real well and they still are going well with my shoulder. It was better than I expected. A month ago I wasn't looking to be where I was at. It (the knee) is what it is. I don't know really what happened and how it came about. It just kind of gradually got more sore and sore.
Everything felt good. It's different, but you still warm up, get loose and try to get guys out.
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'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.
With the time frame it's going to take, I'm glad we did it when we did it. So we should be ready for spring training, and ready to go.
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.
It's nice to get a hitter in there, just to have something in the box. I'm pleased with the way things are going. Today was another step. We got some hitters in there, and we're just progressing.
It's been pretty boring. But I'm sure it's going to pick up in a little while.