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
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.
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.
When I get this thing going and get healthy, it's going to be the way I expect to go out there and pitch. And I expect to stay healthy and be that way for the remainder of my career. ... I came back from the elbow and it's been great. I had the shoulder thing pop up and we're going to take care of that, get going and not look back.
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 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.
I don't even have a date when I'm going to get on the mound and throw.
He's already associated with education. Quite honestly, he probably stands a better chance coming into this than me or Karen Floyd.
Everything felt good. It's different, but you still warm up, get loose and try to get guys out.
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.
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.
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.