Ten years since Wood threw 20 Ks

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It’s been 10 years since Kerry Wood set baseball ablaze with 20 Ks
Published 5/6/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
It’s been 10 years since Kerry Wood set baseball ablaze with 20 Ks He struck out 20 Astros that day - tying Roger Clemens’ record for most K’s in a game - while tossing a one-hit shutout. Monday is the 10th anniversary of that gem, and folks around the game still marvel at what Wood, a rookie making his fifth big-league start, did on May 6, 1998. That day, Billy Williams and Ron Santo, two former Cub greats who were on the team that Sandy Koufax threw a perfect game against in 1965, both told then-Cubs manager Jim Riggleman, “As great as Sandy’s day was, Kerry was more ...

Kerry Wood 20K: 10 Year Anniversary
Published 5/6/2008 by David Appelman at FanGraphs Baseball
... The New York Daily News recaps Kerry Wood’s incredible 20 strikeout performance all the way back on May 6th, 1998. The SportsCenter highlights are a must watch: (hat tip: ...