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05-18-2012, 10:27 AM
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| | #natitude
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| Kerry Wood to retire after today's game
The man deserved better. | 
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05-18-2012, 11:11 AM
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| | BUTCH I Might BE
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| Had a solid career and made over 70 million never developed into the next Clemens but so it goes.. | |
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05-18-2012, 11:20 AM
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| | Undercover
| I still have his minor league rookie card. Injuries hampered a solid career.
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05-18-2012, 11:26 AM
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| | This We'll Defend
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| What could have been....at least he's rich(or should be if he didn't blow it) | |
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05-18-2012, 11:36 AM
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| | #natitude
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| Would have been great to see what a healthy career produced, and the retirement shocked me | |
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05-18-2012, 12:12 PM
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| | 313 Hockey
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| Despite what happened to him, he was just born with a gift and a curse. The gift to pitch, but he would never, on any team, have stayed healthy.
Also, he's only 34 believe it or not.
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Originally Posted by GAVol It's ok. Just a bout with premature emoderation. It happens to everybody. | | |
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05-18-2012, 03:19 PM
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| | Fluidmaster
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| I got home from work in time to see the last three innings or so of his 20 strikeout game. The Astros were waving at everything like the whole team had money on the Cubs.
The biggest what-if pitching tragedy of my lifetime is still Dwight Gooden, who (that one game notwithstanding) was way more dominant his rookie year than Wood was. But Kerry Wood's gotta be second. | |
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05-18-2012, 04:08 PM
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| | 313 Hockey
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Originally Posted by Vercingetorix I got home from work in time to see the last three innings or so of his 20 strikeout game. The Astros were waving at everything like the whole team had money on the Cubs.
The biggest what-if pitching tragedy of my lifetime is still Dwight Gooden, who (that one game notwithstanding) was way more dominant his rookie year than Wood was. But Kerry Wood's gotta be second. | My dad (who is not even a New York Met fan, by the way), just shakes his head in disgust when I bring up Gooden.
Also, JR Richard was a tragedy too. Gooden ruined his career. Richard was just screwed by the gods.
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Originally Posted by TBrown Swing hard in case you hit it. Applicable in baseball, and other facets of life.
Amirite | Quote:
Originally Posted by GAVol It's ok. Just a bout with premature emoderation. It happens to everybody. | | |
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05-18-2012, 04:52 PM
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| | Fluidmaster
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Originally Posted by zjcvols My dad (who is not even a New York Met fan, by the way), just shakes his head in disgust when I bring up Gooden.
Also, JR Richard was a tragedy too. Gooden ruined his career. Richard was just screwed by the gods. | I still think Gooden's problems were more due to injury than the drugs. The Mets blew his arm away just as surely as the Braves ruined Steve Avery's. | |
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05-18-2012, 04:58 PM
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| | Bleating Minion
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Originally Posted by Vercingetorix I still think Gooden's problems were more due to injury than the drugs. The Mets blew his arm away just as surely as the Braves ruined Steve Avery's. | Truth. But I think what the Mets did to Gooden was much more egregious. The innings that Gooden pitched early in his career are just insane. | |
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05-18-2012, 05:42 PM
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| | Matthew 6:2
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Originally Posted by volmanbill I still have his minor league rookie card. Injuries hampered a solid career. | Or Dusty Baker. | |
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05-18-2012, 09:30 PM
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| | Soon.
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Originally Posted by doozer Or Dusty Baker. | Prior was ruined by his genius too. | |
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05-18-2012, 09:45 PM
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#14 (permalink)
| | Bleating Minion
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Originally Posted by orangesox | His son popping out of the dugout and hugging him was perfect. | |
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05-18-2012, 09:49 PM
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| | Senior Member
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Originally Posted by GAVol His son popping out of the dugout and hugging him was perfect. | I don't think you could script a better exit for the guy. That was classic. | |
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