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 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.
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.
Good timing for them, bad timing for us.
(The knee) doesn't really bother me that much. I don't want to get into July or August, field a bunt and now I'm out for the rest (of the season).
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.
Everything felt good. It's different, but you still warm up, get loose and try to get guys out.
They're not fixing anything. They're taking a piece out. We're not in danger.
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.
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.
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 sit around and read papers about myself. If I see myself on TV, if I don't like it, I change the channel.
There are some things I want to do as a starter.
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.