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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/03/sp...mp;oref=slogin
1. It's a really depressing story.
2. I've always wondered how good (or even great) Wood would have been.
3. One of the best sports article I've read (if anyone has others, even if old, please share)
4. Freakin' A. "torn labrum, torn rotator cuff, torn ulnar collateral ligament, every kind of arm “soreness” imaginable". That is just sick.
Discuss.
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He tended to throw across his body, which meant that he was relying almost exclusively on his arm instead of using his legs as a source of energy.
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/Kerry Wood
Agreed, very good article.
FWIW, two of the best articles I've ever read were in SI; one on Michael Irvin's parents, and the other on the 1972 US OLY basketball team titled "A Few Pieces Of Silver".
And speaking of being on-topic, SI's baseball preview issue a few years ago had a great article on complete games. Nolan Ryan once had three straight starts in the '70s that went something like; no-hitter, lost 14 inning 1-0 game to Luis Tiant, two-hitter. Four man rotation too, of course. Jack Morris had 175 complete games, Blyleven at least that many, etc.
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