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CHICAGO -- Kerry Wood said thank you to Cubs fans and bid farewell on Sunday in full page advertisements in two Chicago newspapers. Wood spent his entire career with the Cubs since he was a first-round pick in the 1995 Draft but left via free agency this offseason and signed a two-year deal ...
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Church of Baseball —
Every now and then, a ballplayer will do something that makes you feel warm and fuzzy all over. I thought the ad that Kerry Wood placed in Chicago newspapers thanking the fans was a class act. ...
Rocco Baldelli thanks the Rays fans he left behind in St. Pete
Big League Stew —
When it comes to athlete-city divorces, nothing says friendly split like taking out an ad in the newspaper to thank the fans who were left behind. CC Sabathia said c-ya to Cleveland via the medium. Kerry Wood bid adieu to his Chicago constituency the same way last weekend. The latest fishwrap well-wisher to join the club is Rocco Baldelli, who took out a half-page ad in today's editions of the St. Petersburg Times. Though the newest Red Sock is now playing near his Rhode Island hometown, he says a piece of him will always remain a Ray in St. Petersburg (though presumably not during the Boston-Tampa Bay matchups everyone's already ...
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Kerry Wood
#34 / Pitcher / Chicago Cubs
Height: 6-5
Weight: 210
Bats: R
Throws: R
Born: Jun 16, 1977
Kerry Wood will be forever linked to Mark Prior in the department of "Oh, what could have been" for the Chicago Cubs. ...
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So long, Kerry.
desipio.com 11/21/2008 —
This is not the way the Kerry Wood era was supposed to end. It wasn’t supposed to end on the eve of free agency with a trade of a rotund prospect to the Marlins for a mediocre closer, signifying the Cubs desire to have somebody else pay ...
The New Cleveland Closer
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Indians close to deal with closer Wood
mlb.mlb.com 12/9/2008 — The Indians appear to be close to signing closer Kerry Wood to a two-year contract, MLB.com has learned.
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