Talk:Kerry Wood

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[edit] Add a picture

Kerry Wood an important enough player to have a photo up. Oren0 23:28, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Footnote 2 error

Footnote 2 reads:

"2 It was mentioned during the top of the 9th inning on the Astros TV broadcast, and they showed fans in the Wrigley Field stands with hastily-made signs displaying "E-5", the official scorer mark for an error made by a second baseman."

If it was the second baseman, it would be E-4. This anecdote needs fact-checking. Justus R 01:23, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

Orie was not a second basemen I'm pretty sure Orie was playing third that game.

Since there is not even an article on the author, is it appropriate to remove the disambiguation? (Comment was added 08:01, 20 May 2007 by 67.184.145.5)

Kevin Orie played third base that day, according to the box score for May 6, 1998 on Baseball Almanac. The question would remain as to whether the ball was hit to the second baseman or third baseman. Since Baseball Almanac does not include any note about the alleged controversy, better solution is probably the one already taken - to simply delete the reference as non-encyclopedic. Justus R 15:02, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 20Ks

This week's lengthy NYT piece cites unnamed statisticians who believe Wood's 20K game is the best pitching performance ever, but my citation of it was deleted. What's up? It's not my opinion. I'm reporting what a highly reputable news source says is common opinion. While the judgement is subjective, it adds content to the article because not all readers will be familiar with baseball statistics and understand the magnitude of Wood's accomplishment. If I'm unfamiliar with baseball I might not understand that 20Ks is a big deal, whereas I would understand if it was explained to me that the game is regarded by many to be among the best single performaces ever. Regards. --Beaker342 06:37, 2 June 2007 (UTC)