I looked back to see all the Kerry Wood illustrations I've done over the years, and most were about injuries, but this one was pretty cool.
In 2003 the Cubs had a really crazy week that ended with a 3-game series vs. the Yanks at Wrigley.
That Tuesday during a game with the then Lou Piniella-managed Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Sammy Sosa swung at a pitch from Jeremi Gonzalez and his bat busted to reveal an illegal cork soft and chewy center.
The Cubs went on to win 3-2, but Sammy got a big suspension, and it was truly the beginning of the end for him and Chicago.
The Yankee series was huge, the first time the Yanks had been to Wrigley since the 1938 World Series (quick trivia question: who won?).
Kerry Wood started game 2, the Saturday game against Roger Clemens who at the time had 299 wins.
This was also the game where Kerry Wood and Hee Seop Choi crashed into each other going for a pop-up - I think it was Wood's knee hitting Choi's head?
Anyway, Choi got a concussion which turned out to be the beginning of the end for him, too.
But Wood shut down the Yankees, striking out 11 and denying Mr. Clemens his 300th win.
Then on Sunday, Mark Prior beat 'em too, and the Cubs won the series 3 games to 2.
Here's Dusty Baker's quote at the end of the week (from the TRIB):
"I looked at the moon [Saturday] and it was like a half-moon," Baker said. "I'm a full-moon man. Things seem to go well with me when the moon is full. I'm trying to find a reason for the week and it was like, `Oh, that's why--we're on the dark side of the moon.' Maybe this new moon is going to be great. I'm trying to find anything I can."
Hilarious.
