Kerry Wood
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"Kerry Lee Wood" is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher. During his career he played for the Chicago Cubs, Cleveland Indians, and New York Yankees. Wood first came to prominence as a twenty-year old rookie when he recorded twenty strikeouts in a one-hit shutout (baseball)/shutout against the Houston Astros, which some have argued may be the greatest single-game pitching performance in Major League Baseball history. The game also made Wood the co-holder of the MLB record for strikeouts in a single game (20), and earned Wood the nickname "Kid K". He was later named the 1998 National League Rookie of the Year. Wood would go on to record over 200 strikeouts in four out of his first five seasons, with a high of 266 in 2003, and holds several MLB strikeout records.

Though he struggled with injuries throughout his career, Wood was twice named an Major League Baseball All-Star Game/All-Star. Wood transitioned to a relief pitcher/relief pitching in 2007 due to continued struggles with injuries, ultimately reviving his career as a closer (baseball)/closer. During his career Wood was placed on the disabled list 14 times in 13 major league seasons, which included missing the entire 1999 season due to Tommy John surgery. After a slow start to the 2012 season, Wood retired on May 18, 2012.

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It's been pretty boring. But I'm sure it's going to pick up in a little while.

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It was a different scenario to come into the middle of an inning. It's different warming up in the bullpen. I need to stay loose and make sure to be ready to go in the game when they call me.

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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.

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I got a bit of a small obstacle to overcome this offseason. I fully expect to be ready when camp starts.

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Good timing for them, bad timing for us.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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I haven't thrown a pitch yet. What's there to talk about?

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