KERRY WOOD TO ANNOUNCE RETIREMENT

LazerShow15 · May 18, 2012

Wow, thought he was a decent reliever who has some good stuff yet.

cubfanbudman · May 18, 2012

He's been dealing with health problems all year and hasn't been effective. Sad to see him go but glad its as a Cub. One of the all time Cubs greats

MisterT · May 18, 2012

I remember so well when he burst on to the scene...I thought he would be an all time great.

Titans74 · May 18, 2012

Wood and Prior were going to be the next Ryan and Seaver. See how that turned out.

nosterbor · May 18, 2012

They were both overused. Thank you Dusty Breaker!

uniquebaseballcards · May 18, 2012

Titans74 said:
Wood and Prior were going to be the next Ryan and Seaver. See how that turned out.

Yes. At least for a year or two they actually were.

smapdi · May 18, 2012

Kerry Wood just retired, apparently. He just got a guy out in the 8th inning and is apparently done. They're giving him a big ovation. It's weird how time can telescope. It feels like, not yesterday, but certainly not 14 years and 2 weeks ago that he K'd 20 and I made a relative fortune selling his cards (and still have a hole in my 1997 BC set because of it).

Thanks to SiriusXM for finally getting it together to allow Sirius subscribers to hear baseball.

chompsmcgee · May 18, 2012

Bad mechanics derailed two potentially incredible careers for Wood and Prior. Strasburg, take note.

200lbhockeyplayer · May 18, 2012

Seeing Kerry Wood hang it up brings a close to the exclusive 10+K/9IP club...with it's mere 3 members - Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez and Wood.

This will be his lasting legacy as it's doubtful anyone will come close to sniffing that type of K/9IP ratio again. Lincecum is close, but it's almost impossible to make up the ground required to climb from his current 9.76+K/9IP.

It also highlights the absolute absurdity of Randy Johnson's insane 10.6 career K/9IP over a 22 year career. Just embarrassingly good.

Titans74 · May 18, 2012

uniquebaseballcards said:
Yes. At least for a year or two they actually were.

You are right, they were. And Noster is right too

markakis8 · May 18, 2012

200lbhockeyplayer said:
Seeing Kerry Wood hang it up brings a close to the exclusive 10+K/9IP club...with it's mere 3 members - Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez and Wood.

This will be his lasting legacy as it's doubtful anyone will come close to sniffing that type of K/9IP ratio again. Lincecum is close, but it's almost impossible to make up the ground required to climb from his current 9.76+K/9IP.

It also highlights the absolute absurdity of Randy Johnson's insane 10.6 career K/9IP over a 22 year career. Just embarrassingly good.

Which is why I think Randy Johnson it a top 3 pitcher of all time and definitely the best LHP of all-time.

Vagrant · May 18, 2012

Probably the player responsible for the Bowman Chrome craze as we know it. Yes I do remember Jose Cruz Jr., Hideki Irabu, and Travis Lee. I just mean in the sense of a player who went from relatively nondescript into having a $100+ card in a matter of months.

BigAppleJak · May 20, 2012

Great video of his last out!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/...-hug-strikeout-cubs_n_1529000.html?ref=sports

tramers · May 20, 2012

if Kerry had been in the Pirates system he wouldn't have lasted this long . Glad to see him leave as a Cub.

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