When 'Kid K' ruled -- ChicagoSports.com

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Tuesday Morning Headlines/Open Thread
Published 5/6/2008 by carlheartscubs at A League of Her Own - Front Page
Yes, it's really been 10 years. Rather than start this diary right off with the craptacular play of the 2008 Cubs, we'll take a look back to one of the greatest days in Cub history. The day Kid K ruled the world From the Trib: Perhaps the most amazing aspect of Kerry Wood's record-tying 20-strikeout game of May 6, 1998, was that the 20-year-old rookie didn't really cash in on his newfound fame. That's almost unheard of in this ...

Open Thread: Cubs vs. Reds, Tuesday 5/6, 6:10 CT
Published 5/6/2008 by Al at Bleed Cubbie Blue: Front Page Posts
... didn't get it; it just barely nicked his glove, and it hit him in the mask. First pitch of the game." I asked Wood if he ever talked with Meals about that pitch. "No, but I remember kind of thinking, 'That's probably not the way I want to start the game off, hitting the umpire in the face with the first pitch,'" he said. "When you see it later on, when you see it on the replay, it's, 'Oh, yeah, I forgot about that.' It was kind of funny." Wood also told Paul Sullivan that: "I think I've met everybody at the game," ...