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Chicago Tribune: Wood struggles as Cubs’ closer
Published 4/1/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
Chicago Tribune: Wood struggles as Cubs’ closer Kerry Wood’s debut as the Cubs’ closer turned into a nightmare when he gave up three runs in the ninth inning on Opening Day. Hitting Rickie Weeks in the back with his first pitch to lead off the inning began Wood’s downfall. Bob Howry hit Weeks again in the 10th. ... After a conversation with Lou Piniella, an intentional walk to Prince Fielder preceded Ryan Braun’s go-ahead single. But Wood said walking Fielder shouldn’t be part of any debate. “If we don’t get the first guy on base, we don’t have that conversation,” he said. ...
Baseball Today: Tuesday, April 1
Published 4/1/2008 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... JUST STARTING ONE: Kerry Wood was no better than Gagne as he started his stint as Cubs' closer in the same game. (Chicago Tribune) And Kosuke Fukudome -- whose three-run, game-tying homer off Gagne sent Wrigley Field into a frenzy -- ...
Why can't Kerry Wood be more like Kosuke Fukudome?
Published 4/1/2008 at Big League Stew
... I had just been shoved out of a skydiving plane when all I was ready to do was peer over the edge. I needed to get some fresh air. I needed a nice little lap around my block. And so I stepped away. (Welcome back to Chicago baseball, 'Duk.) Kosuke Fukudome wasn't supposed to be that good, (video), at least not this soon. (Yes, I'll take a game-dominating 3-for-3 and a triple away from a cycle every day.) And Kerry Wood wasn't supposed to be that bad, at least not in his first relief appearance of the ...
Cubs Still Somehow Manage To Fukudome Themselves [MLB Closer]
Published 4/1/2008 by DAULERIO at Deadspin
... Perhaps even more troubling than the loss, was Kerry Wood's three-run ninth-inning barf as the Cubbies' new closer. Lou Piniella still maintains an aura of positivity, even though more games like this will surely result in dust-kicking temper tantrums or more ...
