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Kerry Wood left the Cub-LA game after 3 innings:


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I hope his elbow exploded. Schadenfreude is awesome.

Nope, can't do. Ben Christensen or Pete Rose? Sure.

 

Wood may be a lil petulant sometimes, but ultimately I think he is a good guy.

 

His "I choked" comments last October were great. He carried his team on his back through the playoffs, so he of all people earned the right to have an off day. You'd never hear Shammy say anything like that, but Wood he took it like a man. Respect.

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Uh oh... Dusty over-using Wood. Maybe blown his arm. Uh oh spaghettios. Not good for the Cubs.

Which is why Manuel was very smart not to let Loaiza, Buerhle and Garland throw more than 100-105 pitches -- not only because Garland falls apart after 6 but also because modern pitchers have fragile arms, no way around it.

 

Dusty Baker meanwhile tourinely allowed Prior, Clement, Zambrano and Wood throw 110-120 pitches, with a few 130+ games mixed in. And they are POWER throwers and sharp breakers onlike the Sox starters, so it's even worse.

 

Hopefully Ozzie is not that stupid.

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If he's done, the Cubs are done.

 

Right now, so goes Kerry Wood, so go the Cubs

First of all, there is no way to know if this is serious.

 

Secondly.....There is NO way Jim Hendry concedes the season, not with such high financial expectations (Wriggleymania), not with a 95 Mill payroll team, not with his ego.

 

Prior is coming back. If they lose Wood, they will get Washburn or Perez or maybe even one of the Oakland Trio -- Hudson perhaps? Sure, it will cost them Guzman/Beltran and Cisco/Brownlie, but when your team is on the World Series mission and you have the money, you don't care so much about the prospects.

 

True, they might not catch the Astros (then again, Clemens, Biggio, Bagwell are old and could succumb to injuries very easily), but there is this thing called WILD CARD -- who's gonna stop them, Dodgers? Braves?

 

If Wood is down AND Prior is out until July....then they have a hill to climb, no doubt. Still, with their talent it's doable.

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